A blistering letter signed by four Democratic candidates for Congress in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District is ...

Unlike the other four members of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, John W. Smith did not take the basic ethics ...

A blistering letter signed by four Democratic candidates for Congress in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District is ...

The Town of Sylva was selected to be the host of the 2025 CycleNC Mountain Ride August 1-3, 2025, hosted by North Carolina Amateur Sports. Approximately 400 cyclists and their families from across the ...

In a move that will raise some eyebrows and just as many questions, the decades-long dance festival put on by Folkmoot USA in Waynesville has quietly been eliminated.  “At this moment, we feel ...

Two weeks after spearheading the removal of a resolution in support of the Fontana Regional Library system from the Sylva Board of Commissioners agenda, a move he later called a “rookie mistake,” ...

The Haywood County Arts Council’s latest exhibition “Chiaroscuro” will run from July 30-Sept. 1 at HCAC’s Handmade Gallery in downtown Waynesville. “Chiaroscuro” highlights the bold use of light and ...

His unlikely political ascent began in 2006 when Cochran, a Republican and Swain County’s maintenance department manager for the previous 13 years, challenged incumbent Swain County Sheriff Bob Ogle, ...

Two members of Waynesville’s Zoning Board of Adjustment were improperly appointed by Town Council in violation of the town’s own term limits policy, a Smoky Mountain News investigation has found.&nbsp ...

On a fourth-generation family farm nestled in the hills just outside of Fairview, Jamie Ager spent his childhood watching the seasons change, the animals grow and the land evolve with the rhythms of ...

Americana/folk singer-songwriter A. Lee Edwards will perform at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. Edwards has been a singer-songwriter for over 30 years. His music ...