By Ophelia Thornton | Shortly before the Doe River reaches its confluence with the Watauga River, it flows under what is arguably Upper ...

During the early 1980s, Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander was promoting a plan for increasing the quality of public education in the state...

By Ophelia Thornton | As East Tennessee State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Services celebrates its 40th year, one of ...

By Donna Davis | One hundred years ago, a baby was born who was instrumental in putting Shelby, North Carolina, on the map. What Elvis ...

By Daniel Roop | Dusk, and the sassafras tea had just come to a boil when Elsie said, “I never understood why you wouldn’t let us spend ...