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Taryn Ferro
Spring 2025 Festivals & Events Guide
For every weekend for the rest of the year, there’s a great excursion awaiting, with a perfect event built in.
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Roger Canada
Mountain Warmth: A Photo Essay
Flora and fauna thrive as a new season settles in.
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Ryan Rice
Displaced Eagles Kept the Suspense: New Home for Jolene and Boone
When Hurricane Helene took out the white pine that held their nest, the fear was that they would not return.
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Orelena Puckett: Mountain Midwife
From 1889, after having lost 24 of her own children at birth or soon after, Orelena Puckett found a calling in midwifery, which she undertook for the rest of her life.
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Peter Brandt, Appalachian Mountain Club
Emma Gatewood’s Walk
Seventy years ago this May, a 67-year-old woman set out from the Georgia mountains in tennis shoes with the goal to walk until she got to Maine, something no other woman had done.
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Courtesy of Tanya Jones
Mayberry and Beyond
How did Mount Airy native Tanya Jones put the hometown of Andy Griffith and the Bunker Siamese twins on the map?
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Ryan Rice
Happy F(e)ather’s Day!
From housework to feeding, from following fledglings around to keeping an eye out for danger, bird fathers get the job done.
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