Post archive for July 2026

July 30, 2026

Waynesville's New Bike Park Landed a World Championship Qualifier Before It Even Opened

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July 30, 2026

The Haywood Trail With No Elevation Gain: Inside the County's New Craft and History Route

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July 29, 2026

A Tomato, a Bloody Mary, and Four Hours on the Murphy Riverwalk

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July 29, 2026

The Best Health Advice in Haywood County Costs Nothing and Starts at Your Front Door

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July 29, 2026

The Plant That Almost Never Flowers: Inside Cherokee's $100,000 Bet on River Cane

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July 28, 2026

The Tomato That Built a Restaurant: Twenty-Five Years of Early Girl Eatery

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July 28, 2026

What Nobody Tells You About Getting Married in the Haywood County Mountains

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July 27, 2026

A Thousand Yoga Mats Took Over Downtown Asheville, and the Regulars Fly In Every Year

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July 27, 2026

Twenty-Four Studios, Two Days, and No Admission: Leicester Opens Its Doors August 15-16

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July 27, 2026

The Sunflower Some WNC Growers Plant for Its Color, Not Its Seeds

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July 27, 2026

Chasing the Color Line: How To Time Peak Fall Foliage Around Asheville

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July 27, 2026

Thirty-Two Years of Weed-Whackers: Inside the Grassy Ridge Mow-Off, the Toughest Volunteer Weekend in the Mountains

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July 24, 2026

The Blue Ridge Parkway Road Trip That Ends at a 250-Room Mansion

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July 24, 2026

The Cashiers Greenway Is Getting Bigger, and It Says a Lot About Where the Plateau Is Headed

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July 24, 2026

A South Asheville Restaurant Just Earned a Perfect 5-Fork Rating, and Almost Nobody Knows It's There

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July 24, 2026

A Pickleball Tournament Is Feeding WNC Families, and It Wants You on the Court

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July 24, 2026

Eight August Events in Asheville You Won't Want to Miss This Summer

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July 23, 2026

A Highlands Lecture on Why the Bears Need Bridges Too

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July 23, 2026

Asheville Keeps Landing on the Best-Cities Lists, and This Time the Story Is About Coming Back

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July 23, 2026

A British Foraging Family Comes to Grandfather Mountain, and the Whole 2026 Speaker Series Is Worth Your Calendar

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July 23, 2026

Asheville's Food Scene Comes Roaring Back: New Openings and National Wins Mark a Rebound Year

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July 22, 2026

760 Woody Lane: A Log Cabin, a Guest Studio, and Two Acres Inside Laurel Ridge Country Club

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July 22, 2026

The Salamander Capital of the World Is About Two Hours From Your Front Porch

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July 22, 2026

The Shelton House Turns 150, and Waynesville Is Throwing It a Two-Day Party

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July 22, 2026

The Smokies Start Where the Lawn Ends: Inside Elk & Embers, the Waynesville Retreat AFAR Just Put on the Map

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July 22, 2026

The Asheville Vegan Restaurants Worth the Drive Up the Mountain

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July 22, 2026

Paddles Up, Pantries Full: How a WNC Pickleball Tournament Turns Entry Fees Into Groceries

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July 22, 2026

The Garage in Bethel That Became a Recording Studio by Accident

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July 21, 2026

Asheville's Newest Indian Restaurant Is Worth the Drive Over the Ridge

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July 21, 2026

Franklin Is Quadrupling Its Water Storage, and the Days of Boil-Season Restrictions Are Numbered

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July 21, 2026

Twenty Makers From the Far Western Counties Are Bringing Their Work to Mars Hill This August

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July 21, 2026

The Bat North Carolina Stopped Expecting to Find, Caught at Last in a Nantahala Mist Net

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July 21, 2026

The Riders Beat the Mayor to the Ribbon: Inside Bracken Preserve's New 34 Acres

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July 20, 2026

Your NC Registration Renewal Notice May Stop Showing Up in the Mailbox

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July 20, 2026

A Perfect Day on Mount Pisgah: Overlooks, Waterfalls, and the Best Deck View on the Blue Ridge Parkway

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July 20, 2026

The Museum Porch Concert That Turned a Tuesday Night in Asheville Into Something Worth Driving For

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July 17, 2026

A Burger Joint Is Eyeing West Asheville, and Haywood Road Keeps Getting Better

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July 17, 2026

Inside Panthertown Valley, the "Yosemite of the East" Hidden in Transylvania County

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July 17, 2026

The Smokies Are Rewriting Their Map: New Attractions Rise While Mountain Legends Fade

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July 17, 2026

Biltmore Village Wants to Hear From You: Inside Asheville's Post-Helene Streetscape Plan

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July 16, 2026

Fiber Art Takes Over a Waynesville Gallery This Summer With ‘Threads’

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July 16, 2026

The Historic Switzerland Inn Is Betting on Themed Rooms, and Guests Are Booking Them Up

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July 16, 2026

Black Mountain's Blues Festival Just Dropped Its 2026 Lineup, and the Swannanoa Valley Is Ready

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July 16, 2026

The Invasive Worm Showing Up in WNC Gardens That You Should Never Cut in Half

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July 16, 2026

The Old Crab Is Back in Cruso, and So Is the Day That Bears His Name

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July 16, 2026

The Great Flood of 1916 Turns 110, and the Echoes of Helene Are Hard to Ignore

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July 16, 2026

The Little Mountain Town That Minted America's First Gold Dollar

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July 16, 2026

Why Hendersonville Might Be North Carolina's Most Underrated Summer Destination

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July 16, 2026

The Mountains Just Swept a "Two-Day Recharge" List, and These WNC Towns Made the Cut

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July 16, 2026

Chasing the Shadow of the Bear: The 30-Minute Autumn Spectacle Above Cashiers Valley

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July 16, 2026

Four New Litters Give North Carolina's Red Wolves Their Best Year in Recent Memory

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July 15, 2026

The History Beneath a Cowee Woods Home in Franklin, NC

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July 15, 2026

The Tomato Gets Its Own Festival in Canton This August

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July 15, 2026

The Discovery Channel Moonshiners Are Coming to Maggie Valley This July

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July 15, 2026

The Dance That Never Stopped: A Century of Cornmeal, Cloggers, and Community on Waynesville's Main Street

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July 15, 2026

Every 'Mater Matters: Canton's First Tomato Art Contest Turns a Humble Fruit Into a Fundraiser

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July 15, 2026

ASAP's Farm Tour Returns in September, and This Year's Lineup Is Worth the Drive

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July 10, 2026

Why Brevard Has Quietly Become the East Coast's Waterfall Capital

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July 10, 2026

The Malvern in Asheville Proves a Short Menu Can Say Everything

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July 10, 2026

The Blue Ridge Has Some of the Darkest Skies in the East, and You Do Not Have to Go Far to See Them

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July 10, 2026

Blackberries, a Parade of Cobbler, and the Little Festival That Put Lenoir on the Map

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July 10, 2026

Asheville Is One Vote Away From Being Named the South's Best Culinary Town

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July 10, 2026

The Oldest Square Dance in North Carolina Still Fills Geneva Hall Every Saturday in Little Switzerland

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July 10, 2026

How Polk County Turned Farm Country Into a Front Door for Its Neighbors

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July 9, 2026

A Balsam Mountain Inn Class Lets You Cook the Recipes That Built Appalachia

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July 9, 2026

The Jarrett House Is Back: Inside the Five-Year Rescue of Dillsboro's 140-Year-Old Landmark

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July 9, 2026

Best Apple Picking Near Asheville: Our Favorite Henderson County Orchards for a Perfect Fall Day

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July 9, 2026

Closing the Gap: How Waynesville Is Stitching Its Greenway Into One Continuous Path

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July 8, 2026

A Cottage That Isn't Even Finished Yet Is the Ticket in Cashiers This August

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July 8, 2026

The French Broad Just Got Easier to Paddle, and Transylvania County Is Where It All Begins

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July 8, 2026

Why Brevard Is Called the Land of Waterfalls, and How 250 Cascades Ended Up in One Small NC County

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July 8, 2026

The People Project: How Elk Came Home to the Smokies After 150 Years

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July 8, 2026

A Room of 118 Neighbors Said No to Data Centers in Franklin, and the Council Listened

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July 7, 2026

The 94th Asheville Open: How a Depression-Era Tennis Tournament Became a $775,000 Summer Boost for Downtown

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July 6, 2026

The Native Plant That Held the Riverbanks Together When Helene Hit

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July 6, 2026

A New Highlands Company Wants to Watch Over Your Mountain Home While You're Away

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July 6, 2026

A 2.1 Quake Rattled Jackson County on the Fourth of July. Here's What's Actually Shaking Under Our Mountains.

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July 3, 2026

Waynesville Finally Says Yes: How a Downtown Social District Went From Dead to Done

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July 3, 2026

A Lakeside Legacy: How Lake Junaluska's Oldest Building Still Anchors a Mountain Community

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July 2, 2026

A New Golf Tournament at Biltmore Is Already Cutting Checks to WNC Nonprofits

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July 2, 2026

Six Galleries, One Party: The Bascom's Summer Show Opens in Highlands

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July 2, 2026

Hazelwood Is Putting Its Whole History on One Giant Map, and You're Invited to Add to It

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July 2, 2026

The Mile-High Escape in the Smokies You Can Drive Right To

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July 2, 2026

The 35th Maggie Valley Arts & Crafts Show Returns to Soco Road This July

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July 2, 2026

The Front Porch of the Smokies: Inside Franklin's Push to Reimagine Its Downtown

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July 2, 2026

Eighty Years of Cherokee Craft: How Qualla Arts & Crafts Turned Tradition Into a Living Wage

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July 1, 2026

Chimney Rock Celebrates One Year Back Open With a Revolutionary War July 4th Weekend

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July 1, 2026

30+ Amazing Things to Do in Statesville and Iredell County

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July 1, 2026

A Family's Guide to Summer in Highlands: Waterfalls, Alpine Coasters, and Cool Mountain Days

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