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Bridge Day!

Not only is it an engineering masterpiece, connecting the high gorge walls of the New River and coming in at 3,030 feet long, 876 feet tall and 70 feet wide, the New River Gorge Bridge is home to Fayette County, W.Va’s Bridge Day...

Recipe Contest: Savory Party Dishes!

Movies in the Mountains: Hunger Games

Check out this great article by Cara Ellen Modisett on how the movie was filmed in our own local areas of North Carolina to give beautiful forest backdrops as described in the book "The Hunger Games."

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The shores of the winding New River Gorge serve as the landing place for hundreds of Bridge Day adventurers.

Bridge Day!

Not only is it an engineering masterpiece, connecting the high gorge walls of the New River and coming in at 3,030 feet long, 876 feet tall and 70 feet wide, the New River Gorge Bridge is home to Fayette County, W.Va’s Bridge Day...
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Recipe Contest: Savory Party Dishes!

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Movies in the Mountains: Hunger Games

Check out this great article by Cara Ellen Modisett on how the movie was filmed in our own local areas of North Carolina to give beautiful forest backdrops as described in the book "The Hunger Games."
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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

June 29, 2026
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Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
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The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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