Votes poured in this summer for our State of the Hops contest, which pitted 64 of the best breweries in North Carolina and Virginia against each other, but at final tally, only one brewery could walk away victorious.
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline has grabbed most of the headlines, but 25 additional natural gas pipelines have been proposed for the East, crossing national forests, state parks, and suburban backyards.
The resource-rich mountains of eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia have a long history of extraction, but with the coal industry on the decline, Breaks Interstate Park is hopeful the area’s recreation tourism scene will climb to the top. Literally.
