Near the end of Charles Lloyd’s “Figure in Blue” (Blue Note) comes “Hymn to the Mother, for Zakir.” Its brief, exquisite melody glides in like a slow tide, and eventually releases into eddies of ...

Inclement weather and icy conditions have forced the closure of large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. The closures are due to a freezing cold front that brought cold temperatures ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Even Democratic leaders were surprised. Onondaga County residents on Tuesday swept Democrats into office in a tidal wave that flipped control of the county Legislature to Democrats ...

As Western North Carolina heads into the winter season, a group of nonprofits and local leaders are scaling back funding to keep the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway ...