2024

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May/June Skywatch: The Fluffy Surprise at the Tip of Leo’s Tail

Nearly overhead in the early evening twinkle the faint stars of a frequently overlooked attraction—the Coma Berenices Star Cluster.
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West Jefferson Gets a New Park

Culminating a nine-year effort, the Blue Ridge Conservancy recently transferred 152 acres on Paddy Mountain to the town of West Jefferson, North Carolina.
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‘Dolly Experience’ Debuts in May

The Dolly Parton Experience re-imagines what was called Dollywood Boulevard: One stop presents Parton‘s wardrobe.
Jeremy B. Jones. Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland. (Blair, 2014). 253 pp.

Book Note – Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland

by Jeremy B. Jones. (Blair, 2014). 253 pp.
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West Virginia Buzz: New Bee Campus in Morgantown

Many Blue Ridge region colleges are looking out for pollinators.

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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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