This year’s Greening Up the Mountains, scheduled for Saturday, April 26, celebrates the 27th anniversary of the spring ...

A little over a week after the county removed what has been referred to as the “compromise plaques” from the Confederate ...

Local elected leaders and farmers, along with state and federal officials, gathered April 14 over bacon and eggs to tackle twin challenges facing Western North Carolina’s agricultural sector — ongoing ...

Migrant/immigrant workers know what real work is, tending crops under a blazing sun that provide the food that we eat, doing jobs that no one else wants to do. Isn't it a bit ironic that thousands of ...

Western Carolina University will welcome eight-time Emmy-nominated showrunner Dan Tapster to talk about the making of our planet.

Last Thursday afternoon, dark storm clouds overtook downtown Canton. Sitting on a couch in the Cold Mountain Art Collective on Adams Street, Hannah Burnisky gazes out at the raindrops sliding down the ...

Western Carolina University will welcome eight-time Emmy-nominated showrunner Dan Tapster to talk about the making of our planet. “Life on Our Planet,” a new Netflix series chronicling the ongoing ...

To prescribe term limits for what ails Congress is like offering bleach for COVID-19. It can’t help. It is likely to make matters worse. It’s a distraction from what ought to be done. Term limits, ...

A beloved Western North Carolina tradition, the “Easter Hat Parade” will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in downtown Dillsboro. Bring your finest Easter bonnet and dress up the smiles on ...

On Sunday, April 27, with the cooperation with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the North Shore Cemetery Association will begin a year of decorations at Branton and Lower Noland Creek ...

Since adolescence, I have stood for the principles and platform of the Republican Party, especially in the area of fiscal restraint. I watched as several previous administrations bloated the national ...