Officials say the injured hiker had to be airlifted out of the Georgia forest after being stuck in a remote part of the ...

An injured hiker was rescued Saturday after a grueling, hours-long operation involving multiple emergency agencies and a ...

ELLIJAY, Georgia (WDEF) – Ellijay officials got a briefing from the U.S. Forestry Service this week on the end of the Rough Ridge fire in the Cohutta Wilderness. This has been the major smoke producer ...

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. - First responders in North Georgia have rescued a woman who was hurt while hiking in the Cohutta Wilderness. The rescue happened Friday afternoon on the Beach Bottom Trail in ...

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. — A hike took a terrifying turn when a woman was hurt in the middle of the Cohutta Wilderness near Jack’s River Falls with no easy way out on Friday afternoon. The Fannin County ...

BLUE RIDGE, Georgia (WDEF) – Forestry officials have better news to report on the Cohutta Wilderness wildfire. They say higher humidity and lower temperatures in the mountains have slowed down the ...

The basicsGeorgia’s Rough Ridge fire, started by a lightning strike at about 3:15 p.m. Oct. 16, has consumed more than 28,000 acres of the Cohutta Wilderness Area of the Chattahoochee National Forest.