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Visiting Virginia While Staying Home

While travel isn’t advised right now due to the stay-at-home recommendations surrounding COVID-19, there are still ways to check out new places and virtually visit places of scenic beauty in the mountains of Virginia.

Seeking Lonesome

Yancey County Volunteers Use Shelter-in-Place Time to Create Life Saving Masks

When Burnsville, North Carolina, resident Joy Boothe read about the growing shortage of N95 surgical masks, the former supervisor of the Blue Ridge Fitness and Rehab Center went to work.

For 106 Years, West Virginia’s Tomaro’s Has Kept on Baking

New outfits in soft pastels, the vinegary smell of egg dye, and chocolate bunnies commonly herald the coming of Easter. But in West Virginia’s Italian bakeries, anise-flavored bread is equally prized.

Visiting North Carolina While Staying Home

Spring has arrived and the blooms are bursting throughout Western North Carolina. Sadly, the coronavirus crisis has forced many attractions, parks, and stores to close down temporarily. Luckily, you can still pay a visit without leaving your chair!

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Visiting Virginia While Staying Home

While travel isn’t advised right now due to the stay-at-home recommendations surrounding COVID-19, there are still ways to check out new places and virtually visit places of scenic beauty in the mountains of Virginia.
Kurt and Cookie along the lonesome Glenwood Horse Trail

Seeking Lonesome

Joy Boothe shows a few of her masks

Yancey County Volunteers Use Shelter-in-Place Time to Create Life Saving Masks

When Burnsville, North Carolina, resident Joy Boothe read about the growing shortage of N95 surgical masks, the former supervisor of the Blue Ridge Fitness and Rehab Center went to work.
Tomaro’s has been in the same location for 106 years.

For 106 Years, West Virginia’s Tomaro’s Has Kept on Baking

New outfits in soft pastels, the vinegary smell of egg dye, and chocolate bunnies commonly herald the coming of Easter. But in West Virginia’s Italian bakeries, anise-flavored bread is equally prized.
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Visiting North Carolina While Staying Home

Spring has arrived and the blooms are bursting throughout Western North Carolina. Sadly, the coronavirus crisis has forced many attractions, parks, and stores to close down temporarily. Luckily, you can still pay a visit without leaving your chair!
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Vibrant Monarch butterfly clings to its translucent dew covered cocoon
Creature Feature

Monarch Mimickers

It’s easy to mistake other orange species for the king of fall butterflies.

August 26, 2026
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

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