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Dec 2024
From spending time outdoors to eating good food and shopping local, here are some of our best tips for festive fun
Dec 2024
Jamie McDonald and Bear’s Smokehouse staff join World Central Kitchen to Feed WNC
May 2024
For generations of children—spanning more than a century of campfire songs, canoe races, s’mores, and more—WNC’s summer camps have defined the season
Sep 2023
The life and legacy of celebrated bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs gets a standing ovation in his native Shelby
Sep 2023
A young craftsman in Avery County uses steel and local materials to construct handmade knives
Jun 2022
Old Fort’s Black community is creating outdoor recreational areas to rejuvenate their home
Aug 2021
After so many months of cancelled and postponed events, the urge to get together and celebrate is palpable. Here to satisfy is a season of great gatherings bursting with local culture: From woolly worms, elk, and Bigfoot to mountain arts, food, music, and more, these festivals truly have something for everyone.
Dec 2020
In West Asheville, a nomadic couple settles into their first house and enlists a designer to make it home
Sep 2020
In WNC's central region, follow these routes to explore the Linville Gorge and Lake James, Mount Mitchell, and the region's forestry heritage
Sep 2020
Head to WNC's far western areas to take in Indian Lakes, Newfound Gap, Nantahala, and Waterfalls scenic byways
Feb 2020
Mark your calendar! From food and drink fêtes to cultural celebrations and musical blowouts...
Jun 2019
Detour off the Blue Ridge Parkway this summer to take in arts, outdoors, and small-town allure
Dec 2018
Locals, especially, can confirm Western North Carolina holds a wealth of riches. From natural wonders and cultural treasures to splurge-worthy experiences, the indulgences afforded in our mountains are, in many ways, priceless.
Dec 2018
For our annual Images of Western North Carolina Photo Contest, amateur and professional photographers answered the call.
Oct 2018
“It’s an amazing lifestyle. My commute to work is a trek in the woods.”
Aug 2017
Local bluegrass kingpins return with a new album and old sounds made modern
Apr 2016
After a century of state parks, Western North Carolina’s are more popular than ever
Apr 2016
The winding route to Plumtree through far western Avery County on U.S. 19 East is the very definition of a road trip. It’s the kind of byway most people would take only if this out-of-the-way hamlet were the destination itself. But for fans of beer and scenic beauty, a thriving brewery and a cluster of outdoor options are enticing reasons to tour the North Toe River valley’s flower-filled fields.
Apr 2015
Combine ease, adventure, and the great outdoors with these glamping opportunities
Apr 2015
Roan Mountain’s Cloudland Hotel once served as an elevated
destination for naturalists
Apr 2013
Save the French Broad Float combines environmental activism and waterborne adventure
Jun 2012
Slip away to peaceful Apalachicola for sun, siestas, solitude, and a taste of wild Florida