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Last Wednesday was a day women have been waiting for, working for, speaking out of turn for, making trouble for…
Growing up I wasn’t a fan of Larry King. As a little girl in the 1980s, I was more concerned…
To the Editor: Our Haywood county government is planning to build a new jail at a cost of over $14…
To the Editor: Checking a track record, a review of past performance, is a good way to determine a decision…
To the Editor: My 89-year-old dad got his first COVID vaccine this afternoon.
To the Editor: Today, January 21, I received my first Covid-19 vaccine shot administered by the Haywood County Health Department…
David Suzuki is an internationally renowned geneticist and environmentalist and is the author of more than 40 books and recipient…
An online public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, will take comment on proposed revisions to the N.C. Groundwater…
REI in Asheville is offering a full schedule of outdoor classes and activities for the adventurous this winter.
Volunteers are needed to help plant rivercane at Rivers Edge Park in Clyde at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29.
Thousands of volunteer birdwatchers will mobilize this March for the first-ever N.C. Bird Atlas survey, a statewide community science survey…
Photojournalist Jeffrey Delannoy spent four days on assignment for The Smoky Mountain News in Washington, D.C. both before and after…
Staff at Jackson County Public Schools looking forward to COVID-19 vaccination got a welcome surprise last week when an impromptu…
Just last week, Swain and Macon county health officials lamented over a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines making it to…
It’s always hard to predict what kind of flu season the U.S. should expect and how severe cases could be. Add…
Swain County Tourism Development Authority plans to take another step toward separating itself from the Chamber of Commerce after the…
The Catawba Nation of South Carolina cleared an important hurdle in its quest to open a casino in Kings Mountain…
Jackson County Commissioners unanimously passed a policy change last week that makes it clear that sitting commissioners are expected to…
In his over 30 years of being part of the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville, longtime Executive Director Steven…
It was just about a month ago when I received a text from a dear friend, a truly cosmic and…
The nonprofit Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center (OHMTEC) recently announced the semifinalists in our international solo contest.
Madison Cawthorn, rolling himself around the Longworth House Office Building, draws attention from around every corner and down every straightaway…
A new vaccine pre-registration process is in effect at the Jackson County Department of Public Health, which is currently vaccinating…
Rich Price, a passionate and proud 1988 graduate of Western Carolina University, has spent the last seven years as the…
Vaccinations by the numbers: Total number vaccinated in Haywood County: Over 6,000 Total vaccinated this week in drive-through events: 1,500
More than three years after the cold February day when 26 FBI agents descended on the Qualla Housing Authority building…
It wasn’t exactly the fall of the Berlin Wall, but on Thursday, Jan. 21, workers in Washington, D.C. began disassembling…
Stealing a leaf blower in Haywood County ended last week with a hefty prison sentence for an Asheville man, who…
Jackson County commissioners approved five pieces of legislation during their regular meeting Jan. 19 that will allow work to begin…
Seasonal closures in the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests have begun, with affected roads closed to motorized vehicles through April.…
Waynesville resident Kaleb Rathbone is now serving as an assistant commissioner to N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, overseeing Western N.C.…
The 3.5-mile hike to the top of Pinnacle Rock is a heart-pumping one, the old logging roads that now serve…
Twelve rock faces in the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests are closed to climbing, rappelling, hang-gliding and other activities through…
A recreational racing program will offer skiers and snowboarders of all abilities the chance to push their speed with weekly…
Before taking a look at Ann Hood’s Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food (W.W. Norton & Company, 229…
Short escapes from all of the noise coming from everywhere are so refreshing, so worthwhile. The holidays were a fantastic…
To the Editor: It is totally baffling. At a time when the pandemic is pretty much out of control, vaccines…
To the Editor: Barely a week after the violent and deadly attack on our nation’s capital by domestic terrorists, The…
To the Editor: A ray of hope has appeared in a strange but clear way over the past number of…
To the Editor: Who is going to make a difference? Who’s going to clean up the mess this GOP administration…
To the Editor: In your article, “Words matter: Rhetoric became rage in D.C. insurrection,” Rep. Madison Cawthorn admits that he…
To the Editor: Let’s look at the definitions. Sedition: “conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a…
Like any organization that brings people together, Folkmoot USA had a difficult 2020. Without the ability for travel or gathering,…
As the afternoon sun sank in the wintry sky Jan. 15, a line of first responders stretched 50-deep outside the…
As of Tuesday, Jan. 19, Haywood County Public Health received notice of 130 new cases of COVID-19 within the last…
Rural counties in Western North Carolina are feeling the frustrations with the national COVID-19 roll out plan.
A task force founded by Gov. Roy Cooper in the wake of violent protests after the police killing of Minneapolis man…
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