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The view from the Oconaluftee River Overlook, the last scenic view before the Blue Ridge Parkway ends at U.S. Highway 441 and less than a mile from the Oconaluftee Visitor Center, where elk range.
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The Mountains Under Cover
In the shadow of COVID, western North Carolina dons masks and keeps distances (or doesn’t) BY GREG LACOUR
THE TENTS LOOK LIKE OVERSIZED TOADSTOOLS. It’s as if they sprouted overnight after a heavy rain on the campus of Western Carolina University in the town of Cullowhee, about an hour’s drive southwest of Asheville. They’re the kind of white, peaked tents commonly used for outdoor gatherings, and the university has scattered six of them throughout the 589-acre campus, with plastic folding chairs spaced 6 feet apart beneath them. Continued on next page
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