Articles From July/August 2024

Connie Deegan on her love of snakes: “I just find them beautiful and important and fascinating.”

Champion of Snakes

Connie Deegan helps Johnson City, Tennessee, residents appreciate nature in all its forms.
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Feel Like a Woman

Relief on a hot summer day changes a life.
The Whitetop Mountain Band appears at several Crooked Road events this summer.

Crooked Road Celebrates 20 Years

The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail turns 20 this year with celebrations continuing across southwest Virginia.
Table Rock Lake tops the voting for South Carolina.

Top Water Spots in the Mountains

Who better to choose the best lakes, rivers, waterfalls, fishing spots and so much more than the readers of Blue Ridge Country magazine? Nobody! Time to get outside and get wet.
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July/August Skywatch: What Lies Between Summer’s Two Brightest Stars?

Between these two luminaries is a region which, at first, might seem to have little of interest. Look again, but more closely.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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