A 60-year-old hiker from North Carolina was found alive days after she disappeared along the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut, officials said Friday. Marta Renee Bowen was located several miles south ...

The United States Postal Service unveiled a new series of forever stamps highlighting the Appalachian Trail on Friday. Among the 15 stamps in the series includes a scene in Kent where a footbridge ...

Dr. Marta Renee Bowen was reported missing Wednesday, May 3. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection UPDATE: Dr. Marta Renee Bowen, the missing hiker from North Carolina, was ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Mike Rayder, who formerly lived in Connecticut, is the author of “Altered On the ...

Connecticut is one of the Northeast’s smaller states, with a lot of the area being devoted to its cities and its beautiful shoreline. This is why it’s always a bit of a surprise when I’m reminded of ...

Four years ago now, Diana Jackson was walking 2,192 miles. The Darien native is one of some 3,300 people each year who try to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail (the AT), from Georgia to ...

State police are searching for a missing hiker along the Appalachian Trail in Kent. They say 60-year-old Marta Renee Bowen, of Durham, North Carolina, went missing from her campsite on the trail. Her ...

SALISBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Crews rescued an injured hiker on the Appalachian Trail in Salisbury just before severe storms rolled in on Saturday. Members of the Northwest Regional Ropes Rescue Team ...

UPDATE: Dr. Marta Renee Bowen, the missing hiker from North Carolina, was later found safe, Connecticut State Police wrote in a Facebook post at about 5:15 p.m. May 5. The original story is below. A ...

KENT — State police say a North Carolina psychiatrist who vanished in a hilly wooded area along the Appalachian Trail was found alive Friday — "safe and sound," a DEEP spokesperson said. "The missing ...