Tipper Pressley has dedicated the past 18 years to archiving the unique customs of mountainfolk and sharing them with an ever-growing audience.
John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown has been teaching and preserving Appalachian traditions for 100 years.
How does Asheville recover its image? Do the opposite of what they did to get into this mess.
One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs you’ll ever hear at Christmastime originated right here in North Carolina. John Jacob Niles was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1892. At the age of 18, he got a job with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, selling the hand-cranked devices to businesses and schools. While visiting his customers,...
The North Carolina 19-foot Fraser Fir selected last month to grace the Blue Room in The White House this Christmas was delivered Tuesday.
An eight-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville has been temporarily closed due to a string of “human and bear interactions,” the National Parks Service announced. Recently, visitors to this area have been documented “feeding and attempting to hold a young bear,” which led NPS officials to restrict access to this scenic route. ...
A tree from North Carolina will once again grace the Blue Room at the White House this Christmas. Cline Church Nursery, Fleetwood, Ashe County, was selected for the honor. The National Christmas Tree Association chose them as the 2023 Grand Champion Grower.
Over the next 25 years, the market for electrical power in North Carolina will undergo dramatic change. If progressives get their way, government will use a combination of subsidies and mandates to vastly expand our dependence on solar and wind. If cooler heads prevail, we will vastly expand our use of nuclear energy — which...
The North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources (DNCR) in conjunction with other organizations dedicated to the state’s rich history, recently unveiled the Moonshine and Motorsports Trail in order to highlight the history of bootlegging and stock car racing in the Tar Heel State. Funding for the Moonshine and Motorsports Trail was allocated in...
North Carolina has a special place of honor in our nation’s capital this Christmas season, all thanks to a special tree named “Ruby.” Ruby, a 78-foot tall Red Spruce from North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, was lit on Tuesday by nine-year-old Catcuce (Coche) Micco Tiger, a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI),...
The N.C. Home Builders Association is taking an interest in a legal fight over a proposed Ashe County asphalt plant. The case addresses “an issue of critical importance to the homebuilding industry,” according to a brief filed Tuesday with the N.C. Supreme Court.
