This story originally ran in The Smoky Mountain News in November 2018 following Politics Editor Cory Vaillancourt’s trip to ...

Sunny sea-level Savannah, Georgia, is known for a lot of things — historic colonial beauty, low country cuisine and a ...

The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council continues to classify much of Eastern North Carolina as being in a ...

A local hero comes home to Western North Carolina for the first time in 20 years, potentially reigniting a longtime feud with ...

The Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department announced a Jan. 17 hike on the Panthertown Loop trail. Trail is about 4.5 ...

Franklin, that your constituency thoroughly understands your characterization of Senate Bill 382 as an “historic legislative ...

There’s no fool like an old fool. Allow me to serve as a prototype of that adage. I’m old, three years past the Good Book’s ...

Not being particularly tearful yesterday (Dec. 29) was a terrible moment for me. It was the day that marked the passing of ...

The pickleball courts renovations at Lake Junaluska are complete. This project, which highlights the growing popularity of ...

After a request for an assistant JV volleyball coach prompted a review of coaching supplements in the school system, the Macon County Board of Education is considering funding several additional ...

It’s Jan. 6, 2025, and my mind was on established routines and rituals. The warm frenzy of the holidays is now behind us.

This time of year, we often see dramatic and often negative stories about food and nutrition. A few things to remember: • ...