RALEIGH — Outdoor activities in the new year are being boosted by The Great Trails State Coalition’s campaign to highlight the legislature has designated 2023 as the Year of the Trail in North Carolina. It […]
RALEIGH — Hiking and paved trails in the state which saw high traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic may be getting a boost of cash for improvements and maintenance. The spike in outdoor activity and trail […]
For those venturing off the beaten path, be advised — it’s a little crowded out there. By nature’s standards, anyway, as the great outdoors has become the great escape. Hiking trails, parks and other open […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands is on its way to the president’s desk after […]
RALEIGH – July 4 is “free fishing day” in North Carolina where everyone — residents and non-residents alike — can fish in any public body of water from 12:01 a.m. to 11: 59 p.m., without […]
Jason Ward fell in love with birds at age 14 when he spotted a peregrine falcon outside the homeless shelter where he was staying with his family. The now 33-year-old Atlanta bird lover parlayed that […]
The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, a nine-day fishing tournament highlighted by the Monday through Saturday quest to catch the biggest blue marlin off the Crystal Coast, is underway for the 62nd straight year. According […]
WELDON — Weldon is known as the Rockfish Capital of the World because of the fish that swim up the Roanoke River to spawn usually starting in April. But before the striped bass really hit […]
RALEIGH — As Eddie Bridges recalls, there were really only two things for young men like himself growing up in Burke County to do back in the days following the end of World War II. […]
MOREHEAD CITY — If we’ve learned anything in the first day of competition at Big Rock, it’s that the marlins have been eating well. The 61st annual Big Rock Tournament is in full swing, and […]
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