Elk are the largest land mammals in the state. Males weigh around 700 pounds and can sport antlers up to five feet wide. More than 200 years after elk disappeared from North Carolina's mountains, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is urging the public to refrain from feeding, approaching or touching wild elk following ...

SIX ARE IN ISOLATION. AN ELK IS SAFE AFTER DEPUTIES AND WILDLIFE STAFF IN HAYWOOD COUNTY WORKED TO REMOVE A SWING FROM ITS ANTLERS. ELK HAD BEEN SPOTTED WITH THAT BLUE SWING ON ITS ANTLERS. THE ...

The National Park Service is seeking volunteers for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Elk Rover team. Elk Rovers will help manage traffic and educate visitors on safely viewing the park's elk ...

One of the elk living in Cataloochee Valley of Haywood County looks across the valley in June 2013. Photo by Colby Rabon, courtesy of Carolina Public Press By Jack Igelman, originally published by ...

A new state rule close to adoption would forbid people from picking up elk they find dead on roadways or other places. The rule, in part, is to prevent them from accidentally eating one of the large ...

IT’S A NEW DAY AND A NEW CHAPTER FOR WINSTON-SALEM FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS AS IT PREPARES TO INTRODUCE AND SWEAR IN ITS NEW SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR JOHN COMES TO EDUCATION. HE BRINGS MORE THAN 20 YEARS ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is urging the public to refrain from feeding, approaching or touching wild elk following recent reports of dangerously close interactions in the Maggie Valley ...