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Hannah Harvey: Telling Tales of Coalminers, Gaelic Fairies and More 29 Jul 2012 | 01:00 pm
Hannah Harvey is a storyteller steeped in Appalachian tradition. Her stories, like a family tree, draw webbed lines from the present deep into the past, from contemporary coal miners’ lives to her own...
Riding The Wind at Lookout Mountain 29 Jul 2012 | 01:00 pm
Stepping onto the concrete launch pad and peering into glider-specked Lookout Valley 3400 feet below always gives me a singular thrill. It is not your normal knee-wobbling fear-of-heights experience. ...
Bridge Day! 28 Jul 2012 | 01:00 pm
Not only is it an engineering masterpiece, connecting the high gorge walls of the New River and coming in at 3,030 feet long, 876 feet tall and 70 feet wide, the New River Gorge Bridge is home to Faye...
"On Coal River" Explores Mountaintop Removal Mining in West Virginia 5 Jun 2012 | 01:00 pm
Mountaintop removal coal mining in the Appalachians does more than obliterate mountains. It obliterates communities, according to “On Coal River,” produced by two Asheville, N.C., residents.
Dogs Love Summer 26 May 2012 | 01:40 am
And they love it for the same reasons we do . . . it’s fun to go outside, it’s fun to walk along trails and get wet in the heat. But of course canines have some other reasons to love summer too, like ...
Bill Blizzard, Blair Mountain & Justice for Miners 25 Aug 2011 | 07:12 am
Maybe it’s no wonder that Bill Blizzard led the largest insurrection on American soil since the Civil War, and the largest labor uprising ever (and for his efforts in West Virginia’s epic Battle of Bl...
21 Wonders of Eastern Kentucky 18 Aug 2011 | 01:39 am
It will take longer than a weekend to explore all the hills and hollers of eastern Kentucky, where steep ridges and thick forests have long hidden its natural wonders and inspired its rich art and mus...
Great Fall Leaf Treks 5 Aug 2011 | 01:08 am
The air is crisp and blue, the mountains are on fire with color, and it’s one of the most beautiful times of the year to take the car, a picnic and a map (or not), and head for the hills. Here are som...
TWEETSIE : A Timeless Theme Park 6 Jul 2011 | 01:00 am
All of a sudden, we took a turn and found the Country Fair. It was loaded with rides, like little cars to drive, plus a merry-go-round, and it all sat in the middle of the Tweetsie Railroad theme park...
Childsville, North Carolina: Lost, Found, Lost Forever 7 Apr 2011 | 03:54 am
On Three Mile Creek in Avery County, North Carolina in the mid-1800s, Jacob Carpenter kept records of people who had died nearby. Amidst colorful accounts of the deceased, their reputations and their ...
