Elk “traffic jams” are now a thing in western North Carolina’s mountain towns. After being listed as extinct for more than a century in the state, the elk has not only rebounded, but it has shed any ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. — Traveling to a popular destination like Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you might grow accustom to the everyday traffic jam. But one person caught a rather spectacular type of ...

RIGHT NOW, THERE’S A $6,000 REWARD AFTER A YOUNG ELK WAS SHOT BY AN ARROW. IT HAPPENED ON ITS SHOULDER CHURCH ROAD IN CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA. OFFICIALS WITH THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIAN SAYS ...

At one time, centuries ago, elk were plentiful in the southern Appalachians, but overhunting led to a decline by 1790. In 2001, the National Park Service successfully reintroduced elk to the ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. — It seems elk season is upon us in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In a video sent to us by Laurie Grace Wood, it appears that a bull elk and some of his ladies ...