NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — We can’t say it enough. Western Carolina is back open for business, and that includes the famous Blue Ridge Parkway.

Hurricane Helene's Impact on Fall Colors

There is a lot of excitement heading into this season for our friends in the western Carolinas, considering last season’s fall tourism was interrupted by Hurricane Helene. The western Carolinas are by far one of the best locations to view the peak fall colors across the Tar Heel State.

This will be an excellent fall season to view the fall colors in the mountains. Even though there is still some deforestation following Helene.

The North Carolina Forest Service did an aerial forestland damage assessment following Helene. An estimated 822,000 acres of timberland received some level of damage during

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