Swain County implements curfew
Swain County commissioners amended the county’s State of Emergency again Tuesday morning to include a curfew for all residents.
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HCC launches emergency fund
Haywood Community College recognizes that student needs have increased due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and as a result, has launched…
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HIGHTS continues to serve youth during pandemic
HIGHTS is an organization serving vulnerable youth in Jackson, Haywood, and Macon counties. Since 2007, the organization has sponsored educational…
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Record visitation at public lands during COVID-19 pandemic
Visitation at many state forests in North Carolina is two and three times greater than what is typical for this…
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Haywood extends ‘stay home’ order
Less than two weeks after issuing a joint proclamation restricting movement to essential activity only, the Haywood County Board of…
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Macon County reports first COVID-19 related death
A Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 has died. The person was over the age of 65 and had underlying…
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Lake Junaluska adjusts Easter events schedule
Easter sunrise at the Lake Junaluska Cross will be streamed live from Lake Junaluska on Sunday, April 12, followed by…
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DHT, health departments parter for better access to testing
To support efforts to flatten the curve and slow the spread of COVID-19 in Western North Carolina, Dogwood Health Trust is…
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Haywood records third case of COVID-19
Haywood County Public Health received notice April 5, that another Haywood County resident has tested positive for the novel coronavirus,…
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WCU brings much-needed surgical masks to area
A chat room conversation between colleagues at Western Carolina University with ties to China led to fast action that is…
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Haywood awaiting 21 test results
Key messages from Haywood County Health Department Medical Director Mark Jaben following the first positive cases in the county.
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From Wuhan to Western North Carolina: A Coronavirus Pandemic timeline
When the first rumors of a strange new contagious pneumonia-like illness began circulating in China late last fall, few could…
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Haywood records first coronavirus cases
For weeks now, people have been asking why a county of 60,000 people like Haywood hadn’t yet reported a case…
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WCU professor discusses finding a COVID-19 vaccine
As a professor in Western Carolina University’s Department of Biology who specializes in immunology and infectious diseases, Mack Powell finds…
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A message from Dr. Mark Jaben
Dr. Mark Jaben, the medical director for the Haywood County Health and Human Services Department, is preparing video updates to…
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Ingles Markets to hire 5,000 employees
Ingles Markets, Incorporated has announced its most recent efforts to recognize and support associates during the COVID-19 crisis, which includes…
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SCC grad leads Boone lab amid COVID-19 pandemic
Wendy Williams, a 2005 graduate from Southwestern Community College’s Medical Laboratory Technology program, is now facing the Coronavirus pandemic head…
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WCU students eligible for housing, dining refunds
Western Carolina University will be issuing partial refunds to students for payments made toward on-campus housing and dining services they…
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Schools adjust to changing COVID-19 orders
With the realization that students won’t be returning to school until at least May 15, public school systems in Western…
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Folkmoot cancels 2020 summer festival
Amid the spread of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Folkmoot USA decided this week to cancel its signature international festival.
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Dogwood Health Trust responds to COVID-19
In a Zoom call Wednesday, Dogwood Health Trust CEO Antony Chiang announced the foundation has committed $10 million to spend…
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Dogwood partners with Kitsbow to make masks
The Board of Directors for Dogwood Health Trust recently approved the allocation of $10 million to address COVID-19 needs throughout…
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Waynesville suspends water disconnections
Following the lead of several other municipalities, corporations and co-ops, the Town of Waynesville has temporarily suspended billing-related water and…
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Cherokee logs first COVID-19 case
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians received notice of its first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 on Friday, March 27.
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Jackson requires new arrivals to quarantine
Jackson County is now requiring anybody entering from another state or country to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, along…
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Harrah's extends casino closure
The closure of Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resorts will extend an additional two weeks from the initial March 18 through April…
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NC Gov. Cooper issues statewide ‘Stay home’ order
As expected, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued an order earlier this afternoon directing residents to avoid all unnecessary activity…
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Haywood County’s ‘Stay home – stay safe’ order, explained
On the morning of March 26, the Haywood County Board of Commissioners became the latest public body in North Carolina…
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Agencies respond to enforcement questions
Haywood County Sheriff’s Office, Waynesville Police Department, Maggie Valley Police Department, Canton Police Department and Clyde Police Department recently issued…
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Swain County strengthens its emergency declaration
During an emergency meeting held Monday, March 30, the Swain County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a third amendment to…
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Democratic candidates in WNC call for immediate Medicaid expansion
As the greatest public health crisis in more than a hundred years continues to ravage both the physical and fiscal…
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Memphis restaurant delivers meals to Cherokee
DreamCatcher Hotels, the Memphis-based hotel developer that brought Memphis the Guest House at Graceland hotel concept, is sending a large,…
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DOT clears slide debris from N.C. 28
N.C. Department of Transportation crews from three counties worked from sunrise to sunset over four days to clear a rockslide…
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Deeper cracks delay opening Nantahala Gorge
The underground issues at a slide location in the Nantahala Gorge are evolving.
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Fontana Regional Library branches closed
All Fontana Regional Library locations in Macon, Jackson, and Swain counties will be closed to the public through March 31,…
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NC 2-1-1 to provide assistance for COVID-19
Gov. Roy Cooper has announced that 2-1-1 is the number to call for assistance and resources related to the COVID-19…
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Outdoor seating at restaurants now prohibited
As of March 20, North Carolina Environmental Health closes all restaurant seating areas, including outdoor seating, immediately.
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Cashiers humane society needs foster parents
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society has the perfect solution for those self-quarantine blues. Lift your spirits and brighten your days by temporarily…
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School calendar for Haywood updated
During a emergency virtual meeting of the Haywood County Board of Education Wednesday night, the board voted on a change…
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Cherokee imposes curfew
Principal Chief Richard Sneed has issued a March 25 curfew order on the Qualla Boundary in hopes of preventing spread…
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Haywood County restricts movement except for essential activity
As the Coronavirus Pandemic continues to spread, Haywood County and all four of its municipalities will now prohibit non-essential activity…
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Utilities respond to COVID-19
The public health crisis that is COVID-19 quickly became an economic one as governments nationwide took drastic steps to slow…
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Swain order shuts down certain businesses, short-term rentals
In an effort to promote social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, Swain County declared a State of Emergency…
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COVID-19: State of Qualla Boundary
Coronavirus is causing changes, cancellations and postponements across the region. Find out what’s happening in your community.
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Jackson to move toward indoor pool referendum
The numbers are in for what an indoor pool might cost to build and maintain in Jackson County, and commissioners…
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Macon passes a Second Amendment resolution of sorts
Since the beginning of the year, the Second Amendment sanctuary movement has swept through North Carolina, with the majority of…
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Schools mitigate COVID-19 closures
As schools shut down across the state as part of Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order, public school systems are trying…
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Organizations step up the fight against COVID-19
Of all the socioeconomic and educational weaknesses lain bare by the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 perhaps none is more disturbing…
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WNC health officials prepared for COVID-19
Just in the last week, the number of COVID-19 cases reported in North Carolina has grown from seven cases to…
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Labs backed up with COVID-19 testing
The public is struggling to understand the details surrounding protocols for COVID-19 testing and those standards have been changing almost…
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