/tags/blue-ridge-mountains Blue Ridge Mountains en-US Copyright Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:03:22 GMT /2024-01-12/facing-an-unpredictable-weather-future-nc-ski-resorts-are-staying-optimistic-and-making-snow Business has been booming at North Carolina's six ski resorts over the past few winters, but winter weather is becoming more unpredictable. How is the industry thinking about the future? Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:03:22 GMT /2024-01-12/facing-an-unpredictable-weather-future-nc-ski-resorts-are-staying-optimistic-and-making-snow Nick de la Canal /politics/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews He personally put up the barricades to keep visitors out in order to protect his mountain hometown from the coronavirus. But James Reid remembers when the… Thu, 07 May 2020 15:58:54 GMT /politics/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews He personally put up the barricades to keep visitors out in order to protect his mountain hometown from the coronavirus. But James Reid remembers when the… Thu, 07 May 2020 15:58:54 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2019-12-17/southern-food-is-always-on-the-move An unpopular opinion — highways and fast food are quintessentially Southern. The mid-20th century development of the interstate system ripped and… Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:51:19 GMT /arts-culture/2019-12-17/southern-food-is-always-on-the-move Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-17/southern-food-is-always-on-the-move An unpopular opinion — highways and fast food are quintessentially Southern. The mid-20th century development of the interstate system ripped and… Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:51:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-17/southern-food-is-always-on-the-move Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Hiking through fields and forests has been life changing for Jennifer Pharr Davis. She is a professional hiker and adventurer. At just 21 years old, she… Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:13:25 GMT /arts-culture/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Hiking through fields and forests has been life changing for Jennifer Pharr Davis. She is a professional hiker and adventurer. At just 21 years old, she… Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:13:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-01-23/listen-the-music-of-steel-wheels The Steel Wheels is a band with a raw, cool sound. Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the four-piece string band marries old-time musical… Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:36:04 GMT /arts-culture/2015-01-23/listen-the-music-of-steel-wheels Carol Jackson /arts-culture/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Grammy Award winning musician David Holt moved to western North Carolina to learn "mountain music" in the early 1970s.The move was just the beginning of… Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:54:04 GMT /arts-culture/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Grammy Award winning musician David Holt moved to western North Carolina to learn "mountain music" in the early 1970s.The move was just the beginning of… Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:54:04 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio