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Motorcycle passenger dies in Parkway crash
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A 66-year-old Florida woman died Friday afternoon after the motorcycle she was riding crashed on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the National Park Service said. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Parkway | traffic fatalities | motorcycle
Henderson County News
NPS repaving 25 miles of Blue Ridge Parkway
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Twenty-five miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Asheville area between Milepost 365 and 392, will be resurfaced with thin-lift asphalt beginning this week, National Park Service officials announced. Read Story »
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Henderson County Life
Parkway visits up despite weather closures
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Blue Ridge Parkway managers announced on Monday that 14,976,085 visitors came to the Parkway in 2019, an increase over 2019 despite weather-related closures. Read Story »
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Asheville News
Man sentenced for Blue Ridge Parkway murder
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A 22-year-old Asheville man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his co-worker on a Blue Ridge Parkway hiking trail, U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Defendant pleads guilty to murder of Pisgah Inn coworker
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A 22-year-old Asheville man has pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault and first-degree murder in the death of his Pisgah Inn coworker last summer, U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Parkway
Henderson County News
Motorist dies in crash on Blue Ridge Parkway
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A 61-year-old Georgia man died in a one-car crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Grandfather Mountain Overlook, the National Park Service said. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
NPS OKs environmental impact statement for new Parkway bridge spanning I-26
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The National Park Service has OK'd the final environmental impact statement for the replacement of the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over I-26, part of the 22.2-mile widening of the interstate from I-40/I-240 to the U.S. 25 Connector (exit 54). Read Story »
Henderson County News
Grand jury indicts co-worker for murder, rape in Pisgah Inn case
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ASHEVILLE — A federal grand jury issed an indictment Wednesday adding sexual assault charges to a previous murder charge against a 21-year-old Asheville man accused of killing his Pisgah Inn coworker on a Blue Ridge Parkway trail last summer. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Parkway | murder cases
Henderson County News
Spruce Pine man dies in Parkway collision
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A 31-year-old Spruce Pine man died just before dawn today in a collision on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the National Park Service said. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Prosecutors say co-worker confessed to murder on Parkway trail
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Prosecutors filed federal murder charges Thursday against a 20-year-old Asheville man in the death of a female Pisgah Inn coworker on a trail near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Pack-snatching bear closes Parkway camping area
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The U.S. Forest Service temporarily closed the Graveyard Fields area to overnight camping after a bear snatched a backpack from a tent. Read Story »
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Flat Rock News
Parkway chief to keynote annual Sandburg meeting
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Phil Francis, the Superintendent of the National Park Service's Blue Ridge Parkway, will be guest speaker when the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara holds its annual meeting on Friday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at the Flat Rock Village Hall in Flat Rock. The public is welcome to attend. Read Story »
Tags: Carl Sandburg National Historic Site | Connemara | Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara | Blue Ridge Parkway
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