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

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

A Graham County man recently pleaded guilty to felony littering of hazardous waste for throwing used needles on the ground in a local park, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced. Jeffery ...

When Grace Powell walks into the Jackson County Public Library on June 1 as its new full-time director, she will inherit more than a building full of books — she will inherit a community still divided ...

After last year’s property tax increase, Jackson County commissioners met Feb. 17 to begin planning next year’s budget, balancing fresh revenue growth against rising costs and lingering anxiety from ...

As Maggie Valley rebuilds from Hurricane Helene and absorbs slow but steady residential growth, aldermen have begun shaping a 2026-27 fiscal year budget defined by guarded optimism, rising service ...

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is expected to vote on a new academic freedom policy at its Feb. 26 meeting — though to many UNC-system professors, the proposed changes do little ...

A teacher at Swain County East Elementary School is under investigation for alleged non-sexual child abuse, according to The ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allocated a combined $686 million to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene-related ...

I sent this letter via email to our congressmen, Rep. Chuck Edwards and Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis. In Bryson City, I'm preparing to vote in the Primary. We’re a poor county; most of the property ...

Adam Smith, GOP primary candidate for Congress in the 11th district, had this to say about actual legitimate rallies or protests: “Let’s define it — ‘terror’ is the use of violence or the threat of ...

As former justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court, we’re writing with an urgent message. Please plan on voting in the Primary Election on Tuesday, March 3, by either early voting or on Election ...