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Dr. T. Keith Edwards, now 95, wrote the magic prescription for a 5-year-old in 1957.

The Perfect Medicine

Sometimes it’s the simplest, coldest dose.
A juvenile beaver eats the flower from the spatterdock (cow lily) that grows in the lake.

Beavers at Bays Mountain

Kingsport, Tennessee’s city-run park has served as an ideal setting for North America’s largest rodent to work and thrive.
State Street is the main street of Black Mountain.

When a Place Chooses You: Making Black Mountain, North Carolina, Home

How a small town named after the East’s tallest mountains outsmarted a couple on the search for a larger community.
Jake Blood: “In the entire eastern United States, there are under 50 peaks over 6,000 feet and we’ve got 16 of them here in that 15-mile ridgeline.”

Peak Passion: The Magic and Lure of the Black Mountains

Trail association co-founder Jake Blood can’t get enough of the 6,000-footers in western North Carolina.
Artists showcase their creativity on April 6 at the Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk.

April 2024 Festival & Event Guide

Food and drink! Music and artworks! Seasonal celebrations galore! Pick your favorite festival theme and start planning.

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