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August 6, 2012

With humor and gravity in the telling, Hannah Harvey strives to give voice to a contemporary Appalachian identity richer and more complex than any of the stereotypes about the region she loves.

Hannah Harvey: Telling Tales of Coalminers, Gaelic Fairies and More

With humor and gravity in the telling, Hannah Harvey strives to give voice to a contemporary Appalachian identity richer and more complex than any of the stereotypes about the region she loves.
Joe Hanning and Jagger enjoy hikes to spots like McAfee Knob.

Dogs Love Summer

And they love it for the same reasons we do. It’s fun to go outside, it’s fun to walk along trails and get wet in the heat. But of course canines have some other reasons to love summer too, like getting to chase stuff, to pose for the camera...
The shores of the winding New River Gorge serve as the landing place for hundreds of Bridge Day adventurers.

Bridge Day!

Not only is it an engineering masterpiece, connecting the high gorge walls of the New River and coming in at 3,030 feet long, 876 feet tall and 70 feet wide, the New River Gorge Bridge is home to Fayette County, W.Va’s Bridge Day...
Actress Jennifer Lawrence portrayed Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games;” many scenes were filmed in N.C.’s DuPont State Forest.

Reader Favorites: Movies in the Mountains

Our beautiful mountain geography; our small, charming, sometimes frozen-in-time towns; our warm welcome; our reasonable prices for things. They’re all part of what brings Hollywood to the Blue Ridge region...

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Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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