Lace up your dancing shoes as we experience the energy and tradition of flatfooting up close! Lace up your dancing shoes as we experience the energy and tradition of flatfooting up close! Learn about ...

Before she was the Queen of Country Music and a superstar, Dolly Parton was living a humble life in Appalachia. Born in ...

What is Appalachia without biscuits & cornbread?! We talk with a historian & explore restaurants. What is Appalachia without some biscuits and cornbread?! We talk with historian and expert, Leni ...

Appalachia is one of the most culturally revered regions of the United States. In many ways, it's the region people think ...

BLUFFTON — Bluffton University social work student Micah Dodson will talk about the realities and difficulties of life in Appalachia during the university’s First Tuesday forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb ...

From the rolling hills of the Great Smoky Mountains to the magnificent views of the Blue Ridge valleys…there’s something so ...

Jeremy Jones is a non-fiction writer and professor of English at Western Carolina University. His new book, Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries, is out September 16, 2025. It ...

Ron Rash is a poet, novelist and short-story writer whose 2009 novel Serena was a New York Times bestseller. Rash's signature subject is life in Appalachia, past and present. Expect to be good for ...

Just as the leaves begin to turn, visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park can turn back the clock and get a taste of daily life long ago in the Appalachian Mountains. The annual Mountain Life ...

Candles in farmhouse windows can shine a long way on dark nights in the Blue Ridge Mountains. That light was especially symbolic at Christmas when settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them ...