A North Carolina composer who brought Appalachian folk music to the concert stage rests beneath a headstone engraved with the notes of his lifelong song.
Recently recognized in the “Best of Asheville” contest by Asheville Media Group, as Asheville’s #1 company in all four of these categories — Heating and Cooling, Plumbing, Electrical and Solar — MB HAYNES continues to set the standard for excellence.
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In this year’s Best of Asheville awards, D.C. Creasman was recently voted for the Gold Medal for Best Jewelry Store and Silver Medals for Best Boutique Shop and Best Place to Buy a Gift.
The Builders Association of the Blue Ridge Mountains (BABRM) is pleased to announce the award winners for the 2025 Western North Carolina Parade of Homes, which took place over the weekends of Oct. 11-12 and Oct. 18-19.
The Cherokee legend of Spearfinger, a witch born of stone and shadow, endures as one of Appalachia’s oldest and most haunting stories.
A handmade stone marker in Waynesville’s Green Hill Cemetery tells the story of a wife and mother whose 1935 grave reflects the humble artistry of mountain families.
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An Asheville area hillside, a century-old chapel, and a ghost story that refuses to fade.
A young soldier from Waynesville stood at the edge of war, then fate intervened. Leon Love’s story, carved in stone atop Dix Hill, reminds us how a single choice can change a life.