WYTHEVILLE, Virginia — Most people meet this town zooming past it at 70 mph. Interstate 77 comes up out of North Carolina.

At age 91, Dale "Greybeard" Sanders set the record as the oldest person to complete the nearly 2,200-mile-long Appalachian Trail.

Artist Jocelyn Mathewes uses her own experience with a chronic autoimmune disorder to inform her art, Terry Mattingly writes.

Changes to the Endangered Species Act may leave iconic Georgia wildlife like the right whale vulnerable.

The challenge for Barbara Kingsolver and Yiyun Li: capturing how dedication to the piano can be a source of joy and pain.

After losing his title in 2021, Sanders returns to finish in sections within a year and inspire fellow hikers.

One of Kenya's more high-profile and controversial citizens happens to own a nice piece of property here in Texas. While ...

Republican Bobbie Shields is challenging longtime Charlotte state Sen. Joyce Waddell in the 2026 general election.

Richie Owens grew up surrounded by music and stories, many of them tied to his family’s roots in East Tennessee and his ...

In classic “arsenic or cyanide, sir?” fashion, New Yorkers are given the Hobson’s choice between a Democratic Party that has lost any connection to rural and working-class Americans and a Republican ...

Appalachian folk duo The Local Honeys will perform at The Lyric Theater in Wooster on Oct. 16, with Akron musician Abigail ...

Stanford recorded a sharp rise in Catholic initiations, from an average of about four adult baptisms a year to 46 full ...