Two anglers staked out at a lake near the Great Smoky Mountains were scanning the water when they noticed something floating in the lake, deputies in North Carolina told the Citizen Times. It turned ...

What local anglers at Fontana Lake are calling the best late fall/early winter bass fishing in their memory continues at the reservoir in the Great Smoky Mountains. The catch includes a mix of ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: I heard that someone caught a 52-inch-long muskie on Fontana Lake over the weekend of Sept. 23. Is this true? Is ...

SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS — A 1-year-old died after a boat capsized on a lake in North Carolina on Saturday, according to authorities. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said an officer ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Nantahala National Forest surround the popular 11,000-acre Fontana Lake in Graham and Swain Counties. Ordinarily it’s a recreation mecca for fishing and ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Update (9/28): The National Park Service said crews have fully contained a backcountry fire along Fontana Lake. Firefighters said they will continue monitoring the fire through the ...

While Western North Carolina may be a tourist destination — as well as home to quite a few transplants who now enjoy our mountains, woods and lakes — there are still a few of us with longer histories ...