News & Updates
Dollywood ranked top global theme park
Nationally, Dollywood outranks iconic Disneyland in California. Read more
Jul 30, 2020
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Pristine land added to conservation corridor
The property straddles the Eastern Continental Divide, which separates the waters that flow toward the Atlantic seaboard from those that flow toward the Gulf of Mexico. Read more
Jul 24, 2020
Museum extends folklife exhibit
The master artists comprise some of Virginia's most celebrated practitioners of folk traditions both old and new to Virginia. Read more
Jul 24, 2020
The Sierra Club
Sierra Club addresses its racism
"Willful ignorance is what allows some people to shut their eyes to the reality that the wild places we love are also the ancestral homelands of Native peoples, forced off their lands in the decades or centuries before they became national parks." Read more
Jul 22, 2020
WNC gardener wins Beard Award for book
The Whole Okra is Smith’s first book, which Chef Sean Brock said is "a long-anticipated contribution to the foodways of the American South.” Read more
Jul 20, 2020
NASA/Bill Dunford
Comet visible in the night sky
Now visible before dawn, NASA says Comet NEOWISE will begin to make its appearance in the evening sky shortly after sunset on July 11. Read more
Jul 10, 2020
Cameron Davidson photo • Virginia Tourism Corporation (Virginia.org)
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion cancelled
“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the 2020 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic." Read more
Jul 9, 2020
Healthcare workers get free admission to museum
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is offering free admission to healthcare workers. Read more
Jul 2, 2020
Viewpoint
From the publisher, June 2020
Mountain people are known for their industriousness, ingenuity and work ethic. Those traits will be more helpful than ever as the families and small businesses that call this region home claw their way back from the effects of the coronavirus. Read more
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