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

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

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 ...

The USDA Forest Service announced that several trails and recreation sites damaged by Hurricane Helene have reopened across ...

Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-Hendersonville) recently voted in favor of the president’s proposed budget bill (“Big Beautiful ...

Western Carolina University will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, to kick off the first phase of ...

Sliding Rock, one of the most popular destinations in Pisgah National Forest, will open for the summer season ...

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

Smokies Life announced Jim and Leslie Costa as the recipients of its 2025 Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency. During their ...

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

The Haywood County Farm Bureau Board of Directors announced the four recipients of its scholarship, given at the May 19 ...