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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?
Weekly re-education is one key to Come. When. Called.

The Good Mountain Mutt – Come When Called

No exceptions.
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Birds of the Blue Ridge: Red-tailed Hawk

Of all the avians belonging to the genus Buteo, the red-tailed hawk is the most familiar to anyone who glances about for birds.
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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

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

April 12, 2018

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