Opt-In meetings gather public input on future needs
How would you spend $800 million?
Residents and opinion leaders from the seven westernmost counties and the Qualla Boundary have just completed a series of input sessions design to gather broad-based feedback to help answer just that question.
The fastest way down: Cataloochee Ski Area
What started as an unsure adventure turned into a passion-filled career for Jim Rowell.
Putting the pedal — and roots — down in the Smokies
What looked like a risk to some was a dream for Diane Cutler and Andy Zivinsky.
Food for the soul
The feeling of a new customer walking through the door never gets old for Haley Milner.
Magic in a bottle
If you build it, they will come. If you brew it, they will come and party.
Showcasing the history of the open road
A loud roar echoed from the back of the building. The deafening sound is terrifying, yet exhilarating, with the smell of burning oil and gasoline permeating through the air.
Heart of the matter
It’s the sound of the ancient mountains, the unique people and rich culture of Southern Appalachia. It’s the sound of Soldier’s Heart.
Family-run Christmas tree farm stakes out its roots
When Myra Sawyer looks around the Sawyer Family Farmstead, she couldn’t image living anywhere else in the world.
Holding heritage in his hands
It was a summer job that literally molded itself into a future.
Razing the sweepstakes: Police handcuffed in latest standoff with successor of video gambling
Sweepstakes-style video gambling is making bold forays into the rural communities of Western North Carolina, back for yet another skirmish in the decade-long war against the betting devices.
State lawmakers have tried to ban them. Police have tried to bust them. Judges have tried to reprimand them.
