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2022

Birds of the Blue Ridge: Dark-eyed Junco

Our little sharply dressed messengers of winter have arrived – the “snowbirds!" Or, as others call them, Dark-eyed Juncos.

The list of reasons to visit Rockbridge County gets longer as the days get shorter.

These brown-eyed beauties are highly vocal and will even call during the daytime.

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not." —The Lorax

It was a photographer’s good luck and privilege to get an invitation to capture images of a family of foxes living in an east Tennessee barn.

Magazine

Our quest to have our readers select the happiest towns in the mountains began with a set of criteria applied

April 2, 2026

Online Extras

The 2024 Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion (BRRR), a three-day music festival, kicked off with cool temps and a packed

September 1, 2024

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Walking Winchester in the relentless rain of a soggy spring could not dampen my enthusiasm to see the home of

August 10, 2018

Behind Blue Ridge Country

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

April 12, 2018