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Oct 2017
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation celebrates 20 years of supporting the beloved road
Oct 2017
A local writer serves up Asheville’s culinary history in a special presentation
Aug 2017
A couple tackles the monumental task of building their own home from the ground up
Aug 2017
Canton’s former black high school will promote community once more, thanks to an effort by Gladys Knight and her husband, Canton native William McDowell
Aug 2017
Discover close encounters with creative characters and starry nights
Apr 2017
Tapping a rich vein of local history and present-day prospecting
Dec 2016
Steve Woody’s medical-tech company is primed to boom locally and help heal around the globe
Oct 2016
Classes at Hendersonville’s St. Gerard House share culinary skills to individuals with autism
Oct 2016
Commemorating the 450th anniversary of Juan Pardo’s exploration of the Carolinas
Oct 2016
A father-daughter team in Ashe County stretches maple syrup making to its southernmost limits
Aug 2016
How Asheville is becoming world headquarters for climate science and ground zero in the quest to confront climate change
Dec 2015
Poet Ellen Bryant Voigt, founder of Warren Wilson College’s writing program, is honored with a MacArthur Genius Award
Dec 2015
Boone professor Ray Russell’s amateur interest in meteorology sparked the region’s top forecasting service
Oct 2015
A color-coded nutrition program cultivates healthy preschoolers at the Verner Center and beyond
Sep 2015
A Morganton couple aims to spread monuments to the country’s
founding documents far and wide
Aug 2015
At Hart Square in Catawba County, a man with a passion for historic
structures keeps the past alive
Jul 2015
Forty years after Elvis rocked Asheville, the city’s still all shook up about it
Mar 2015
A historic photo collection in Hendersonville springs to life with community input
Feb 2015
Head to Charleston this spring to tour grand estates and prize-worthy gardens
Dec 2014
A Polk County entrepreneur’s soap business is making waves in biofuels research
Aug 2014
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation invests in the tribe’s past and future
Jun 2014
Burnsville artist Mel Chin defies convention and challenges the definition of art
Jun 2014
A local singer-songwriter and bluegrass group release new albums, just in time for summer
Dec 2013
You can never foresee how the life you choose—or the one that chooses you—can ultimately impact someone in extraordinary ways. Meet seven inspirational locals whose personal journeys are making a big difference in the lives of others.
Jul 2013
A crew of friends spends an evening in search of the best classic cocktail
Jan 2013
Polk County artist Janet Orselli reanimates abandoned objects to create uncommon beauty
Oct 2012
Meet a modern breed of distillers honoring the moonshine traditions of the past, while elevating our region’s growing reputation for craft liquor
Oct 2012
From new outdoor learning environments to reimagined downtown corridors, the nonprofit Asheville Design Center is helping communities create blueprints for brighter futures
Oct 2012
Native American and Southern Appalachian cuisine meet at the home of a Cherokee couple