“We first went to Maggie Valley, North Carolina, and took a camper to a family that had lost their home.” said Randy Craig, ...

The old growth forests of Western North Carolina took a beating from Hurricane Helene. Now they've lost a bid for federal protection. This worries advocates that the forests could soon vanish.

KATIE MYERS, BYLINE: Josh Kelly walks softly on the bare winter ground in the Pisgah National Forest near Barnardsville, North Carolina. This is an old-growth forest, but he says it's not only the ...