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In many people’s opinions, Breaks Interstate Park, on the Virginia/Kentucky border, has the most beautiful and dramatic setting of all of the commonwealth’s state-run recreational facilities. Blessed with an abundance of hemlocks and rhododendron, it’s perched on the edge of Russell Fork Gorge, the largest canyon east of the Mississippi River.

My choice outing, which makes [...]

Start making plans for how you’re going to bring in 2010. Here’s a list of New Year’s Eve shows in the region:

Avett Brothers – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium – Asheville, N.C.
Larry Keel’s Mountain Music Family Circus – Grey Eagle – Asheville, N.C.
Toubab Krewe – Orange Peel – Asheville, N.C.
Widespread Panic – Phillips Arena – Atlanta, Ga.
Band [...]

Georgia gets a new state park

Hopefully the only tumultuous weather in Cumberland, Md., this coming Memorial Day Weekend will be the storm of strings that’s inevitable based on the awesome line-up of the third installment of DelFest. After last year’s site destruction from hurricane-force winds, fest organizers are bouncing back with a huge roster of pickers in the Maryland Mountains [...]

Offshore wind power moves forward in North Carolina

Explore trail maps of the rarely hiked Citico Creek Wilderness and the popular Red River Gorge.

See three West Virginia reverends speak about their 13,000-mile bike ride.

See the science behind Newtown Running shoes with this web exclusive video

Running: Watch a video explaining the design features behind the Ecco Biom

Watch a trailer of Anthony Famiglietti’s new movie, Run Reckless

Halloween brings out the someone else in all of us. Each year, on the last day of October, donning your favorite assless chaps, fishnet stockings, or superhero costume – or maybe even all three at once – is absolutely hunky dory, and most folks won’t even give you a second glance.
The Halloween show offers a [...]

1,500 acres on the Blue Ridge Parkway preserved

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While other Virginia Appalachian Trail hikers are flocking to Grayson Highlands or Shenandoah loops, you can find just as much scenic eye candy and a lot more solitude exploring the James River Face Wilderness. As the Commonwealth’s officially designated wilderness, the 9,000-acre area sits where the mighty James cuts through the Blue Ridge Mountains, creating [...]

Last night, a landslide along Interstate 40 caused rock and rubble to tumble out into the roadway. Fortunately no life-threatening injuries were sustained.
Massive, forty-foot boulders and rock debris fill the entire westbound lanes of the interstate and even extend across the lane dividers and into the westbound lanes. The rugged metal fencing along the interstate [...]