Western North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District has been a Republican stronghold for more than a decade, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s decision to elevate Buncombe County ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources is awarding more than $7.3 ...

A study by a Western Carolina University economist indicates that Jackson County saw more than $144 million in total economic ...

In honor of Black History Month, the annual “Soul Food Dinner” will start at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at the Pigeon Community ...

Recently, President Trump said, “I don’t know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat,” at the National Prayer ...

I am writing about the Save America Act. I have seen conflicting information about this legislation, which is now awaiting ...

Western Carolina University’s annual “Juried Undergraduate Exhibition” will run through March 20 at the Fine Art Museum on campus in Cullowhee. To note, an awards ceremony and reception will be held ...

A Graham County man recently pleaded guilty to felony littering of hazardous waste for throwing used needles on the ground in ...

Lenten worship services will be held each Wednesday during Lent at Lake Junaluska’s historic Memorial Chapel and include a ...

For months, Jackson County commissioners have been making material decisions to advance a costly and widely criticized plan ...

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has identified infestations of spongy moth in seven counties across North Carolina that it anticipates treating in 2026.   Residents within the ...

I never got his name, but the New Zealander who had offered to fix one of my fellow traveler’s bicycles seemingly couldn’t resist commenting on American politics.  “You Americans are always bumbling ...