July 2023

Evening light busts through storm clouds late in the evening from the summit of North Carolina’s Mt. Mitchell, the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi River.

Our Signature Mountains: A Photo Essay

Our contributing photographers are back with great shots of and from some of the region’s highest peaks.
skywatch

Skywatch July & August: Summer’s Big Five

If you know just five stars—the brightest five—then you are already on your way to knowing the summer sky.
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New 12.5-Mile Trail Links Bristol, Virginia and Mendota, Virginia.

The Mendota Trail has more than a dozen trestles over its 12.5-mile length.
A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller. Minotaur Books, 2012. 364pp.

Book Note: A Killing in the Hills

Here’s the best thing about Julia Keller’s “A Killing in the Hills”: After you read it, there are seven more novels waiting in the series.
Resoration of The Inn at Foster Falls is the result of years of research on its original construction to assure true-to-history reconstruction.

Along the New River: New Life for 1887 Building

Tiny Foster Falls, Virginia, regains some of its old luster with a new inn.

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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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