Editor's note: this story has been updated with a statement from Cynthia Mason Womble, acting chair of the Fontana Regional ...

Nothing says summer more than the Fourth of July with friends and family. And in Western North Carolina, we celebrate ...

I have always been a sucker for a good love story, so when I was told that J. M. Coetzee — who has been awarded the Nobel ...

It starts the same way, most times — sirens in the distance, a frantic call, a body on the floor — but what happens next in ...

We probably all know people who claim they have been “bad” over the weekend. Often that means all of their typical ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has secured a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Dogwood Health Trust to support regional ...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded more than $1.1 million ...

Great American Bash” will feature Americana/rock sensation The Brothers Gillespie and The Borrowed Band (country/western) on ...

A  proposed resolution that expressed support for the Fontana Regional Library system didn’t survive the first four minutes ...

It’s the week paddlers from across the state and even the nation look forward to all year; it’s also the week Swain County ...

The Department of State Treasurer has notified local governments of their second round of interest-free loans for Hurricane ...

As I read the article about “Jexit,” I found myself wondering about the word “ideology.” In the article, proponents of taking ...