appalachian trail

Emergency officials say a hiker from the Netherlands who fell 50 feet off a cliff just north of the summit of McAfee Knob has died. Robyn Urdaibay wrote on the Appalachian Trail Hikers 2022 Facebook page that 23-year-old Paul Classen was sitting at the edge of the cliffs past the knob on Sunday with his feet on a lower rock....

M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart acknowledged that despite having tens of thousands of miles under his belt, the trail was tough going at his age.

A boy who recently hiked the Appalachian Trail is preparing for his next adventure in kindergarten

A boy who recently hiked the Appalachian Trail is preparing for his next adventure in kindergarten

A toddler and his father from Frederick, Maryland, were found dead along the Appalachian Trail.

A toddler and his father from Frederick, Maryland, were found dead along the Appalachian Trail, and police are investigating their deaths as an apparent murder-suicide. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Officials say two separate hikers braving the icy conditions fell while traveling along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia and were rescued Saturday.

A Massachusetts man charged with killing an Appalachian Trail hiker and attacking another with a hunting knife in Virginia plans to use an insanity defense at his trial

The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a critical permit for a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cross under the Appalachian Trail, siding with energy companies and the Trump administration. The justices ruled 7-2 to reverse a lower court ruling that had thrown out the permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. It would bring natural gas from…

In some respects, people starting the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail this month couldn’t have better timing. While the novel coronavirus was spreading across the globe with alarming speed, they were leaving civilization behind and heading to the woods of northern Georgia, with the ultimate goal of walking all the way to Maine. But the coronavirus has disrupted nearly every...

Dr. Anthony Fauci stressed to the American public that not everybody needs to get a test and explains why it could add risk to healthcare workers.

The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to remove an obstacle to construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

A freight train derailed on a bridge in Harpers Ferry, sending two cars into the Potomac River. Derrick Ward reports.