Swain County School’s Food and Nutrition Director Jennifer Brown has been named to No Kid Hungry’s 2022-2023 Out of School Time Meals Champion Cohort. Jennifer Brown is one of 10 professionals named t ...

An Andrews man received a 15-year sentence after pleading guilty to a slew of charges, including first-degree burglary and selling drugs, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said.   This month, Dus ...

North Carolina’s recently enacted state budget means historic Moore Building, a landmark for Western Carolina University and the community, will be renovated and reopen after sitting dormant for more ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Superintendent Cassius Cash was recently awarded the Walter T. Cox Award for conservation excellence by the Clemson University Institute fo ...

Sally Campbell, class of 1937, and Lorene Browning Collins, class of 1942, are celebrating big birthdays this week. Campbell is turning 104, making her Western Carolina University’s oldest alumna, whi ...

A winding drive on Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge will soon take a little longer than normal. A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation will close one lane in each direction ...

Nancy Bergenstock (center) of Franklin recently set up an endowed scholarship as well as a legacy gift through the SCC Foundation. She’s pictured here with Brett Woods (left), Director of the SCC Foun ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation’s crews, contractors, and volunteers have collected more than 11 million pounds of litter from roadsides, exceeding the state’s record for litter collection set i ...

Wendy LeMay (right) and Lambert Wilson are co-chairs of Southwestern’s annual gala planning committee. Despite a pandemic-induced cancelation for the second straight year, Southwestern Community Colle ...