LAKE JAMES, NC (WTVD) -- A Lake James woman says she got the fright of her life when a bear came up and sniffed and then licked her while she was doing yoga out on her lawn. Kristen Jones told ...

LAKE JAMES — Firefighters near Lake James are trying to figure out what sparked a quick-moving wildfire that has burned 100 acres. Eyewitness News reporter Dave Faherty was on the front lines ...

Lake James State Park will hold its Centennial Celebration for North Carolina State Parks in partnership with the Catawba Valley Heritage Alliance, with the 13th annual Catawba RiverFest, 11 a.m ...

Lake James Smallmouth Bass. Season 5 Episode 3 | 26m 15s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Live bait fishing on Lake James for the sporty smallmouth bass. Aired 09/17/2022 ...

Lake James State Park was established in 1987 and encompasses 3,644 acres on both the north and south shore of the lake. The park recorded 471,566 visitors in 2014, the most visited park in ...

Lake James is more than 6,000 acres and offers 150 miles of shoreline. The beach is near the Paddy's Creek part of the park. It's a large beach, about 700 feet wide.

A Duke Energy Habitat Enhancement Program grant will allow Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina - a land trust based in Morganton, North Carolina - to work with Lake James residents to control ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – McDowell County Sheriff’s Office deputies are searching for a missing woman they say could be in the area of Lake James. Malisha Natia Smith, 28, was repo… ...

An enhanced version of the photo taken at Lake James Saturday. “I locked right onto this creature and knew immediately it was a Bigfoot,” Bigfoot 911 member John Bruner told McClatchy news group.