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January 2019

Elk viewing has become more accessible in the Virginia mountains.

Accessible Elk Viewing Platforms Come to Virginia Mountains

Nature enthusiasts with special needs now will have access to some spectacular mountain views and captivating elk antics.
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Three Land Tracts Protected in North Carolina Mountains

Virginia and North Carolina join initiative to cut carbon emissions.
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Dollywood to Expand

Dollywood pushes into the “Wildwood Grove” for its 2019 season, giving the popular park its first new, additional area in a decade in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
A statue of defense attorney Clarence Darrow stands outside the historic courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, where the “Monkey Trial” took place in 1925.

Mountain Curios: Scopes Trial Had Odd Undertone

The famous “Monkey Trial” of 1925 put the little town of Dayton, Tennessee, on the map, as per plan.
Most of Thomas’s Front Street storefronts have been restored, with living space above thriving galleries and antique shops.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: Thomas, W.Va. – “Everyone’s Hometown”

"Everyone’s Hometown." That’s what you see on the welcome signs coming into Thomas, West Virginia, population 554. Is a hometown feel enough to grow a remote high-valley town surrounded by national forest?
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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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