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2019 Mountain Festivals Guide
Our annual festival guide points the way to great gatherings from the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Find food, beer and wine plus rubber ducky races, apples, peaches, barbecue, bluegrass – and even Santa Claus. Read more
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Happy Hens and Highlands Farm
The Story of Baby James: A Calf Changes Lives
The calf, born without the ability to suckle, and with a near-fatal infection, has become an international inspiration. Read more
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Jon & Gina Phillips of J & G Photos
Photo Essay: Wildlife & Wildflowers
It’s the pretty season in the Southern Appalachians. Read more
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John Warner, Warner Photography
New North Carolina Fresco: Christopher Holt Immortalizes Faith
An emerging fresco artist caps years of study and preparation as he completes his first major commission, at a downtown Asheville mission serving the homeless. Read more
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David B. Jenkins
Rock City Barns: Disappearing Icons of the Blue Ridge
David Jenkins, who set out in 1994 to find all of the messsaged barns for his book “Rock City Barns: A Passing Era,” laments here that time has greatly reduced the number of barns that once formed a perfect outdoor marketing campaign. Read more
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Jess Daddio
Keeping Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Well-Trailed
Thomas Jenkins has been building trails around Harrisonburg, Virginia for 25 years. His efforts have helped transform the city into a mecca of hiking and biking, and opened up long-neglected national forest trails. Read more
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Joe Tennis
Not Your Daddy's Caverns
No, you can’t modernize a cave, but the degree of fun in some dark, damp, cool spaces has been on the rise in recent years. Read more
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