On Memorial Day — a holiday that originally honored Union soldiers who died defending the principles enshrined in our ...

When Hurricane Helene slammed into Western North Carolina in late 2024, public attention focused on damaged homes, washed-out ...

Republican Mike Clampitt, currently serving his fourth term as District 119 House Rep., tells The Smoky Mountain News he ...

Yesterday a small but dedicated group of resistors gathered on the corner of Dillard Road and Main Street, here in Highlands.

After more than four years of setbacks, political wrangling and bureaucratic delays, a small but vital infrastructure project ...

Two weeks after the Jackson County Commission floated a possible withdrawal from the Fontana Regional Library system, ...

Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown announced on May 19 the selection of Kyle Pifer to serve as the ...

Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-Hendersonville) recently voted in favor of the president’s proposed budget bill (“Big Beautiful Bill”) that cuts Medicaid and food assistance by nearly $1 trillion and ...

I just read the opinion by Regan Fleming. This individual is part of a group of people who are working to dismantle the Fontana Regional Library.  These people are operating heavily in Jackson and ...

Maconians have sounded the alarm on what they see as excessive debris removal in the county’s waterways. Now, as the cleanup ...

March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring ...

On a recent sunny afternoon in Hot Springs, it was almost impossible to find a parking spot within vicinity of Big Pillow ...