Around 8:49 p.m., fire crews were dispatched for an individual with a possible broken ankle on the Appalachian Trail near the Matt’s Creek Shelter. Crews arrived at the foot bridge to find two ...

Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene took out a bridge over the Nolichucky River, severing two sections of the Appalachian Trail near ... the river in 12-foot rubber rafts.

Thousands of Appalachian ... ferry on the trail. A raft will carry backpackers across the Nolichucky River near Erwin, ...