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Environmental groups are decrying the Trump Administration’s execution of the Great American Outdoors Act and the Dingell Act, which permanently…
By Tom Fiedler • AVLWatchdog.org | For the Rev. Franklin Graham, the scathing editorial in Christianity Today last year calling his friend…
Haywood Community College (HCC) and Lees-McRae College (LMC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Guaranteed Admission Program…
Melissa Metcalf Le Roy believes her father, the late Oscar William Metcalf Jr., would have been the first to apply for…
Can we bridge the divide? That’s the most fundamental question facing us as Americans as we sort out the post-mortem…
The Haywood County Commissioners have decided to move forward with a long-term plan to expand the existing jail at the…
North Carolina has launched a new initiative to help the state prepare for the impacts of climate change while reducing…
Usually, the K-8 Trailblazers group at Mountain Discovery Charter School in Bryson City can be found venturing out to trails…
In the wake of COVID-19, 2020 has been a banner year for the outdoor recreation economy, and throughout the month…
The annual Winter Lights event at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville will be a drive-thru experience this time around.
Approximately 689 acres of fields in the Cades Cove area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be burned…
A $4,000 grant from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy will help the Great Smoky Mountains National Park practice proactive bear management…
So you’re a reader, a lover of books and the printed word, and if the pandemic permits, you visit your…
The first phase of a development effort worth tens of millions of dollars is expected to open in 2022 following…
Jessica Merritt is counting down the days until her husband returns home from his final days of service in the…
Canton native Eric Hill was 18 when he decided to join the military. It was a quick decision. He wanted…
Haywood Community College registration for spring semester is now open for both new and continuing students.
Families observing Thanksgiving this month will be following a tradition that arose several hundred years ago from events in Plymouth,…
Election Day results showed Democrat Mark Jones edging Republican Mark Letson by a slim nine-vote margin in the race for…
By Boyd Allsbrook • Contributing writer Before the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns gutted U.S. commerce back in March, the Canton…
By Quintin Ellison • Special to SMN John Hindsman Jr. leaves his civilian job this week for his military one,…
The 18th chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was a lot of things — a World War II veteran,…
The results are in — well, sort of — and Republicans in Western North Carolina don’t have much to complain…
For the better part of the last 30 years, G. Love (aka: Garrett Dutton) has been radiating his message of…
It was during the third sip of my second glass of wine that I decided to splurge. As a minimalist,…
Do you want to make a crafty project with friends, but don’t have the materials, space or know-how? CRE828, a…
The town of Franklin will soon be home to SECU Hospice House of WNC. This new facility will provide hospice…
Haywood County Public Health received notice of 57 new cases of COVID-19 since Oct. 30. As of 5 p.m. Nov.…
November is Native American Heritage Month and events adhering to pandemic protocols have been scheduled for Western Carolina University.
Election Day results showed Democrat Mark Jones edging Republican Mark Letson by a slim nine-vote margin in the race for…
Two employees at Skyland Care Center in Sylva have tested positive for COVID-19, meeting the N.C. Division of Public Health’s…
It was one of those fairy tales that actually came true. Madison Cawthorn, a 25-year-old political unknown, pounced upon an unexpected…
The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina has purchased 322 acres in Burke County, completing the second and final stage of…
Picture-perfect fall weather drew countless numbers of people to embark on outdoor adventures during the month of October, but some…
When President Richard Nixon ‘s signature on the Clean Air Act of 1970 prompted North Carolina to create its Division…
An Oct. 27 letter signed by 24 Democratic U.S. Congressmen is asking federal agencies to take urgent action on behalf…
Hurricane Zeta has washed out a significant portion of a road used to access the Salt Rock Gap Trailhead at…
Work has begun to replace seven bridges in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and repair seven others, improvements made…
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission wants to hear about hellbender sightings, part of agency biologists’ ongoing effort to learn more…
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking for help to monitor the spread of a deadly rabbit disease known as…
An exhibit featuring the work of more than a dozen regional and local artists who have rendered William Bartram’s 18th…
As the sun began its descent on Monday — the eve of Election Day — I sat down to write this…
To the Editor: Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision on women’s reproductive rights, has been in the…
Franklin Republican Karl Gillespie will now become the third Macon County commissioner in the last decade to make the jump…
After spending more than a year campaigning across Western North Carolina, 31-year-old Republican Kaleb Wingate will claim a District Court…
The abrupt departure of Western North Carolina’s congressman, Asheville Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, wasn’t the only surprise of the 2019…
Five seats were up for grabs on the Haywood County Board of Education this election — two in the Waynesville district,…
A pair of Republican incumbents seeking to retain their seats will remain on the Haywood County Board of Commissioners after…
The Macon County Republican political machine just keeps on cranking out winners.
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