A 77-year-old man has died after being found unresponsive on the ski hill known as Bald Mountain at the Sun Valley Resort. In a statement from the ski resort, KTVB learned that Sun Valley Ski Patrol was called to a skier down near Birthday Bowl on Bald Mountain at roughly 10:30 a.

We will miss his strength and confidence,” official at not-for-profit animal rehab center says. “He was always so regal and stately.”

Tom Heinrich, a real estate broker who lived and worked in Blaine County for more than five decades, died Monday after a skiing incident on Bald Mountain.

He was born in Florida but came to the wildlife habitats at Grandfather Mountain in August 2015 from the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Florida. Ajax had fallen fro

LINVIILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A bald eagle from Grandfather Mountain State Park died at 11 years old on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The park said Ajax passed after complications from an infection.

Ajax was often seen flying between perches in his habitat, swimming in the pond and sharing perches with Griffin, another bald eagle.