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Bob Timberlake

North Carolinian Bob Timberlake became a professional artist in 1970, encouraged by painter Andrew Wyeth

Taylor Barnhill

Taylor Barnhill is executive director of SouthWings, a conservation nonprofit based in Asheville, N.C., providing volunteer pilots and aerial education to enhance conservation efforts toward clean air and water, healthy forests...

Hollywood to Home

Singer, songwriter and actress Schuyler Fisk grew up on a farm oustide Charlottesville, Va. with her parents – actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk. They chose to live away from the smog and stars of Los Angeles.

Irene McKinney

Irene McKinney is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry and a West Virginia Commission on the Arts Fellowship in Poetry.

Grace Toney Edwards

Grace Toney Edwards is director of the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University in Virginia. She lives in Christiansburg, Va. and Knoxville, Tenn. Edwards was the recipient of the 2006 Educational Service to Appalachia Award...

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North Carolinian Bob Timberlake became a professional artist in 1970, encouraged by painter Andrew Wyeth.

Bob Timberlake

North Carolinian Bob Timberlake became a professional artist in 1970, encouraged by painter Andrew Wyeth
Taylor Barnhill is executive director of SouthWings, a conservation nonprofit based in Asheville, N.C., providing volunteer pilots and aerial education to enhance conservation efforts toward clean air and water, healthy forests and sustainable communities across the Southeast.

Taylor Barnhill

Taylor Barnhill is executive director of SouthWings, a conservation nonprofit based in Asheville, N.C., providing volunteer pilots and aerial education to enhance conservation efforts toward clean air and water, healthy forests...
Singer, songwriter and actress Schuyler Fisk grew up on a farm outside Charlottesville, Va. with her parents – actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk.

Hollywood to Home

Singer, songwriter and actress Schuyler Fisk grew up on a farm oustide Charlottesville, Va. with her parents – actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk. They chose to live away from the smog and stars of Los Angeles.
Irene McKinney is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry and a West Virginia Commission on the Arts Fellowship in Poetry.

Irene McKinney

Irene McKinney is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry and a West Virginia Commission on the Arts Fellowship in Poetry.
Grace Toney Edwards is director of the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University in Virginia. She lives in Christiansburg, Va. and Knoxville, Tenn. Edwards was the recipient of the 2006 Educational Service to Appalachia Award and was senior editor of “A Handbook to Appalachia” (2006).

Grace Toney Edwards

Grace Toney Edwards is director of the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University in Virginia. She lives in Christiansburg, Va. and Knoxville, Tenn. Edwards was the recipient of the 2006 Educational Service to Appalachia Award...
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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 

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June 29, 2026
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The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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