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Jun 2024
Batter Up!
McCormick Field celebrates its 100th anniversary, with many more seasons to come
May 2024
Happy Campers
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
Feb 2024
Leading Ladies of Past and Present
Nineteen influential women who have had a positive impact on Western North Carolina
Sep 2023
A Bluegrass Icon
The life and legacy of celebrated bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs gets a standing ovation in his native Shelby
Aug 2021
Damming the TVA
50 years ago, a grassroots groundswell fought the federal agency’s plan to reshape the French Broad River Basin
Dec 2020
Great Reads
For all of its storm and stress, 2020 proved to be a watershed for WNC authors, with a wave of them publishing particularly notable titles
Jun 2020
Saturdays at the Mill
Childhood memories and the ashes left behind from WNC’s great era of textile mills
Aug 2019
Peak Expression
25 fall foliage adventures that are big on color and light on crowds
Apr 2018
The French Broad
After decades of neglect, WNC’s most iconic river flows toward a promising future
Dec 2017
Havana Great Time
The Fragas’ shining new restaurant and bar bridges the Cuban connection in Asheville
Aug 2017
Dream House
Denise Kiernan charts Biltmore’s legacy from the ground up
Apr 2017
Woven in Time
One hundred years ago, Fred Seely introduced the world to fine fabric handmade in the mountains
Dec 2016
A Mission to Remember
The push to build a WNC military history museum in Brevard marches on
Aug 2015
Built to Last
At Hart Square in Catawba County, a man with a passion for historic structures keeps the past alive
Apr 2015
Reelin’ in the Years
The Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians opens in Cherokee
Jun 2014
Music on the Blue

Mar 2014
Mountain Meds
S.B. Penick & Co. dominated the crude drug business
Jun 2013
Famous Fruits
The roots of Tryon's grape industry reach back to the late 1800s

Aug 2012
Living History
After 123 years, the Soldiers Reunion in Newton holds strong to its roots

Jul 2011
Show & Tell
Fiber sculptor Anne Lemanski narrates messages through her delicate conceptual creatures

Jul 2011
A Growing Field
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture strive to secure the female set a place on the farm

Jun 2011
Forever Forest
Take a trek through Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest to marvel at some of the oldest trees in Southern Appalachia
Sep 2010
Southern Revival
The capital of the Southeast is bigger, bolder, and better than ever
Feb 2010
Sprout it Out
Peter Waskiewicz’s seed revolution takes its cues from history

Dec 2009
Written in Time
One writer helps people preserve their stories for the future
Sep 2009
Swing Shift
For more than two decades, mill workers across the region played in a league of their own
May 2009
Memphis Belle’s Beau
Asheville pilot Robert Morgan kept 25 unforgettable dates with the girl of his dreams
Mar 2009
Artist in Residence
Douglas Ellington and the rise of Art Deco in Asheville
Mar 2009
Rise of a Superpower
Built to supply energy for defense industries during World War II, Fontana Dam became a monument to American ingenuity and determination
Mar 2009
The Tents of Bug Hill
Hundreds of the afflicted flocked to Highlands seeking treatment for tuberculosis
Mar 2009
WNC’s 50 Most Influential People
From the Past to the Present