May 2020

The blue dasher dragonfly is seen most often near mountain ponds, lakes and other still waters.

Photo Essay: Critters, Creatures and Other Wild Things

With warmer weather, the mountains come alive with creepers and crawlers, leapers and alighters—all moving about against the backdrop of full green.
Becky and Wayne Welch sold a 68-acre tract along the Jacob Fork River to the Foothills Conservancy, which will transfer it to North Carolina State Parks.

Wait, Bigfoot Habitat Preserved? (Well, at Least a Carnivorous Plant)

Foothills Conservancy has purchased a 17-acre tract in Burke County, N.C. where the legendary half-man, half-ape prowls. Or so some say.
Overlooking the town of Murphy, The Hunter Pyramid memorializes the area’s first white settler.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: We Love Murphy, N.C.

A Valentine’s Day Visit to a North Carolina Town. Our columnist found a lot to love about this small town in the southwest corner of the state.
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Mill Creek Stories: Do Unto Others

Does karma have a delivery schedule to keep?

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

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

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