DELAYED COLOR? Expert says warmer temperatures this year may delay peak leaf viewing season BILLY CHAPMAN Oct 8, 2026 Oct 8, 2026 0 1 of 3 A Blue Ridge Parkway visitor stops for a photo of fall color at Price Lake on Oct. 16, 2025. WALT UNKS, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL FILE A rock outcropping glows in golden hour light against a backdrop of fall color at Rough Ridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway on Oct. 16, 2025. WALT UNKS PHOTOS, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL FILE Maple leaves glow red against a clear blue sky at the Grandview Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone on Oct. 16, 2025. Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BILLY CHAPMAN FALL FOLIAGEkAm(96? E96 42=6?52C C@==D 7C@> $6AE] b_ E@ ~4E] `[ >2?J A6@A=6 :? 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NC’s State Health Plan sues Atrium, saying it can’t set plan members’ copays Open enrollment begins Monday and had been set to end later this month.
NC cannabis council considers public consumption policy for THC products North Carolina’s Advisory Council on Cannabis faces a December 31st deadline to issue final recommendations for a comprehensive cannabis polic…
Concord’s Barnes claims win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League event at Lake Gaston Jason Barnes said he hadn’t been to Lake Gaston in 15 years and didn’t know what to expect at the Phoenix Bass Fishing League event.
Rowan Public Library hosts NC storyteller Liz Z. Pardue Oct. 13 "I like the adrenaline rush of sharing fictional fear with others,” Liz Z. Pardue said.
NC has changed math standards. Here’s what high school students will now take New math standards are coming to North Carolina public schools that will change what’s taught in high school and are supposed to make the subj…
