Nearly eight months after Hurricane Helene, the 700-resident town of Damascus, Va., is ready for over 25,000 people to descend for the annual Appalachian Trail Days Festival on May 16-18.

The town of Damascus is hosting its annual Trail Days festival May 16-18. Eight months after Hurricane Helene devastated the ...

Damascus will host the 38th annual Appalachian Trail Days Festival on May 16-18, as the town gears up for another busy season of hikers on the Appalachian Trail.

This year’s northbound Appalachian Trail thru-hikers came from across the U.S. and beyond and toted slightly lighter packs ...