A pair of local bills pushed by Rep. Mark Pless (R-Haywood) — one welcomed by most, another, not so much — took important steps through the General Assembly earlier this week but still have a long way ...

Do you believe that our country deserves better than this current administration? Do you feel fearful, angry, hopeless or ...

A senior administrator at Western Carolina University was secretly recorded describing how the school is continuing to ...

My office is cool and our building on Montgomery Street in Waynesville is quiet. Almost everyone who works at The Smoky ...

In May, a very special anniversary issue of the Asheville Poetry Review was released for public consumption celebrating 30 years as one of this country’s seminal literary journals. For 30 years, ...

Westernmost North Carolina Sen. Kevin Corbin (R-Macon) has been named the legislator of the year by the North Carolina ...

There are few, if any, occasions that take place in a Haywood County courtroom that are as joyous as a celebration for ...

The First Presbyterian Church of Waynesville has created a coupon book offering discounts to Waynesville merchants who lost ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is providing guidance to livestock owners on methods to protect their animals ...

In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in East Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation SBI, in partnership with the Henderson County Drug Interdiction and Criminal ...

My friends who are Donald Trump supporters have been claiming that President Trump has kept all his promises, that’s why they ...