Pennsylvania State Police said an expert hiker reported missing on the Appalachian Trail in Lehigh County was found dead Thursday. Michael William Kaiser, 56, of Newportville in Bucks County, was ...

An “expert” Pennsylvania hiker reported missing after entering the Appalachian Trail was found dead at the bottom of a 30-foot embankment, state police said. The body of Michael William Kaiser, 56, ...

A man accused of fatally stabbing an Appalachian Trail hiker with a machete in 2019 was found not guilty by “reason of insanity.” Getty Images/iStockphoto A Massachusetts man accused of killing an ...

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. – The man charged with murdering a hiker on the Appalachian Trail will receive medical care until January, according to court records. James Jordan was arrested in May after ...

The Cape Cod-born hiker who stalked Appalachian Trail travelers in Virginia two years ago has been found not guilty by reason of insanity for a knife attack that killed an Iraq War veteran and ...

It’s the granddaddy of all hiking trails and it passes right through our backyard. Running from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail spans 2,190 miles as it passes through 14 states. The longest ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — A freight train derailed as it crossed the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, sending two cars into the water and damaging a footbridge that is part of the ...

A recent college graduate documents his challenging experience hiking all 2,185 miles of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and explores how that trail came to be.

Leslie Heffington’s first hike was 2,192 miles long. Heffington, 27, finished the Appalachian Trail on Oct. 19. She spent 181 days hiking from Georgia to Maine on a mostly solo hike. Only one in four ...

Only about 40 communities on the East Coast have been honored with the "Appalachian Trail Community" designation, and one of them happens to be Warwick, New York. That's no small feat when you ...

RICHMOND — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a lower court was correct to block a major natural gas pipeline from crossing underneath the Appalachian Trail in the mountains of ...