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Lifting appreciative eyes to the skies is one of the enduring pleasures of life among the East’s highest peaks, and that includes at night, when soaring summits shoulder out urban light and offer rare, high-elevation opportunities to appreciate the cosmos. The clear, cold nights of winter can’t be beat. The founders of the Astronomy Club of Asheville realized that more than 40

We are shaped by the landscapes we are born to as inescapably as any other earthly creature born to any other ecosystem.

By Beth Lawrence

The number of boating-related fatalities in Tennessee so far this year is closing in on 2022s mark after the death of a Cannon County man over the weekend.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) officers responded to a call of an overturned kayak just after 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

(Silver Point, TN)  A 69-year old man from neighboring Cannon County drowned in the Caney Fork River around 11:00 o'clock Saturday (10/28/2023) morning. A husband and wife put their two kayaks in at the Buffalo Valley Boat Ramp. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) was notified about the incident.  Deputies from the Putnam County Sheriffs Office along with the TWRA and THP quickly arrived on-the-scene. In fact, a THP helicopter spotted the decea...

If you’re looking for a fun, yet informative read, then I’ve got one for you. Jim Buchanan’s “Historic Tales of Sylva and Jackson County” (The History...

Wednesday, Oct. 25

By Beth Lawrence

This once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure is rebuilding and upgrading numerous sectors, including transportation.