Jackson County commissioners have taken a huge financial step toward withdrawing from the Fontana Regional Library system by ...

Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital, Duke LifePoint hospitals, are pleased to announce that Rebekah Artman ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission invites 2025 North Carolina taxpayers to donate all or part of their state tax refund ...

On March 3, six candidates — three Democrats and three Republicans — will compete for Swain County commissioner. The winner ...

At the Southwestern Child Development Commission building, the future is meeting the past. Western Carolina University ...

Celebrating the beauty of winter in the mountains of Western North Carolina, “Ice Fest Weekend” will take place Jan. 29-Feb.

The first thing is to tame the rage so that you do not live in it all the time. Or worse, repressing it so often and so much ...

The annual “Burns Night Supper” will be held from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at The Scotsman Public House in Waynesville. Scots all over the world celebrate the birth of Robert Burns, national poet ...

Since 1999, hundreds of my reviews have appeared in The Smoky Mountain News. Of those, I would guess that less than 25 were negative. The cause of this disparity is simple enough. My good editor at ...

The Greenway Advisory Council plans, guides, coordinates and promotes effective greenway projects and oppor-tunities in Haywood County. The member ...

In truth, there are two camps when it comes to Texas singer-songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey: you’re either completely obsessed with his music, with his tunes becoming a pillar of the soundtrack of your ...

Last week I had the opportunity to travel to rural Georgia with a friend to see the Venerable Monks on their Walk for Peace. It was the same day that we awoke to the news of the United States invasion ...