High at the top of Toxaway Mountain thousands of baby red spruce trees are beginning great and storied lives. They burst forth from beneath the soil into a world where
AVERY COUNTY — The past year has had its fair share of important stories, with everything from breaking news, statewide announcements, local happenings and everything in between. The following is
NEWLAND — Each year, the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree comes from a different national forest. This year s tree, a 78-foot-tall Red Spruce named Ruby, is coming from the Pisgah National
Sometime around 1940, a red spruce seedling pushed above the forest floor in southern Haywood County. Its roots drank from the moist soil, and each ye.