The Shining Rock Classical Academy board at its Feb. 25 meeting voted unanimously to end grades 9-11 instruction effective ...

Western North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District has been a Republican stronghold for more than a decade, but the ...

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

In honor of Black History Month, the annual “Soul Food Dinner” will start at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at the Pigeon Community ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources is awarding more than $7.3 ...

I am writing about the Save America Act. I have seen conflicting information about this legislation, which is now awaiting ...

A Graham County man recently pleaded guilty to felony littering of hazardous waste for throwing used needles on the ground in ...

Lenten worship services will be held each Wednesday during Lent at Lake Junaluska’s historic Memorial Chapel and include a ...

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

Western Carolina University’s annual “Juried Undergraduate Exhibition” will run through March 20 at the Fine Art Museum on campus in Cullowhee. To note, an awards ceremony and reception will be held ...

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 ...

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 ...