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January 2025

Washed-Up Treasure Provides Tiny Respite from Helene Destruction

When Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the Blue Ridge region, the loss was unimaginable. But sometimes what’s lost finds a way back home.

In some federally owned areas of the Southern Appalachians, recovery will take years.

Now you see ‘em, now you don’t.

In decades and centuries past, settlers in these mountains consumed what they called the fiddleheads of ferns. But just what is a fiddlehead?

Well, perhaps canine-ified, but the message is the same.

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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