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Matt DeHart: The Second Chapter of the Story

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Pleasant Ridge Park: Refuge and Recreation for Our Community

Get to Know Shelley Smith – Swamp Rabbit Cyclist, Local Foodie, Teacher of the Year

Flip Flops, Bags and the Southern Gent Behind Them Both

Beechwood Farms: A Family Legacy

We’re gathered around the family’s kitchen table. The patriarch leaning back in his seat, wide grin infectious from…

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Day Trippin’ From TR: Abbeville, SC

Story and photos by Haley Wolfe My friends and I ended up in the quiet, country town of…

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State Park Summer Road Trip: We’ve Got Your Route

Now that we have passed mid-summer, and the hot, hazy days of summer lie ahead of us, fewer…

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Dicey Langston Springfield Statue – Inspiring the Way for Travelers Rest’s Future

Courageous. Heroic. A daughter. A mother. An entrepreneur. An American Patriot. These are all ways to describe…

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The Race Is On

The first Saturday in each November, a spirited bunch of adventurers descend on a remote area of Polk…

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From Travelers Rest to The Winter Olympics: A Volunteer’s Story

Travelers Rest. It’s a name we’re proud of and a name we rather like the sound of. And,…

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Good Neighbors: Supporting Our Small Businesses

We’ve said it over and over in a myriad of ways the past few weeks. We are all…

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Upstate Forever Announces Generations Campaign

Local nonprofit organization seeks to raise $7 million to fund conservation and advocacy work amid rapid regional growth…

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Camp Wing, Travelers Rest and a 100 Years Since the Boys Were Sent Over There

In the spring of 1918, if you had been able to travel along Main Street, Travelers Rest was…

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Sam Burchfield: Coming Soon to the TR Farmer’s Market Harvest Market

by Lacey Eibery Keigley Each autumn in October, as the evenings get darker sooner and as an actual…

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Half a Century: A Long & Beautiful Story

Half of a century. That’s enough time to start and to end a dozen jobs. That’s a life…

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This Award-Winning TR Chef Makes a Delicious BLT

There’s nothing to compare to the taste of a fresh-grown tomato in a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich…

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A History Through Poetry: Meet Author Kimberly J. Simms

Silence is a pause between shifts, a Sunday dawn. It ain’t a commodity but it’s rarer than gold.…

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