pilot mountain

While the Triad area is part of the foothills, we do have a mountain range we can call our own. It includes the landmark Pilot Knob. For this week's Carolina Curious, WFDD's Paul Garber was wondering: How did the Sauratown Mountains form here, and what sets them apart?

Geologically speaking, the knobs of the Sauratowns, such as the one on Pilot mountain, are known as monadnocks.

According to a statement released Thursday by Pilot Mountain Rescue and EMS Board of Directors President Adam McHone, “state grant funds earmarked for improvements to the rescue squad building had been misused.”

The town of Pilot Mountain has officially fired three police officers after concluding its weeks-long investigation into departmental corruption.…

A release issued by the town Tuesday said Chief of Police Robbie Jackson had been placed on leave with pay “as the town investigates the Pilot Mountain Police Department.”

A new North Carolina license plate will help raise money to preserve Pilot Mountain State Park. The effort to get the state-required 300 signatures for a…

Most of Pilot Mountain State Park has reopened now that a wildfire that burned more than 1,000 acres has been contained. The fire was aided by unusually…

The cause of the fire that's consumed more than 1,000 acres and continues to burn on Pilot Mountain has been discovered. As of Wednesday evening, the…

Updated 4:45 p.m. Fire crews in Surry County are working to control a fire in Pilot Mountain State Park that has already burned hundreds of acres. A North…

A woman climbing at Pilot Mountain State Park has fallen to her death. A Surry County Emergency Services spokesperson says the 30-year-old Durham woman…