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Will it involve snow tubing, cutting your own Christmas tree, a memorable dining experience, snow hikes, tasty treats, or a unique getaway? Embark on a North Georgia adventure this holiday season and explore all that places like Clayton, Dillard, Tiger, Sky Valley, and Mountain City have to offer. “There’s nothing that says Christmas more than the mountains,” Tony Penrose from the Forward Rabun Chamber of Commerce said.

After our recent visit to the Foxfire Museum, Jean and I spent the next four days in Eastern Tennessee. We lodged in Johnson City, which is between the Blue Ridge

The conference's awards ceremony celebrated the efforts of employees who make more than 60 sites outstanding destinations for Georgia’s citizens and visitors

HELEN -- Several Georgia State Park and Historic Site employees were honored recently during a Rangers Conference held at Unicoi State Park here.

We’ve found seven tourism operators to help you dine off the eaten path, at home and abroad.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In "Swept: This Work I Will Do," artist and broom squire Cate Richards presents a series of broom-inspired sculptures alongside Shaker brooms, connecting...

Nature has been a solace for folks in Western North Carolina long before COVID-19. But during the pandemic, local trails and forests saw record-breaking

The Transylvania Community Arts Council (TC Arts) has announced the appointment of Sommer Coen as studio manager and artist-in-residence of the TC Arts Ceramics program. Coen joined the staff of

3:10 Anh Pham, an international student at Rabun Gap-Nachoochee School shares what quarantine at the boarding school has been like. She hasnt been able to return home to Vietnam since before the pandemic started. Pham shares her story as part of BPR and Foxfire Museums COVID-19 Oral History Project. BPRs Lilly Knoepp produced the story. Life in Appalachia has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic.  For some people, the pandemic meant that they couldn’t go home. This week for BPR and Foxfire M...

Alicia Kilby: *laughing* John Kilby: Oh, gosh. As a teacher, I feel like the best learning experience is going to be actually attending a classroom. The quality of that one-on-one, you know, being in front of someone while they’re giving instruction-you’re just trying to learn things. It’s hard to do in a virtual setting. Some people can handle it, but… Alicia Kilby: I will openly admit that I struggled because you guys know as my past students, I’m super social. It was very hard for ...