• A public hearing was held to advocate for a four-lane roadway on UD 23-441, extending from the Franklin Bypass in Macon to SR 1300 in Jackson. • Sales had boomed in home freezers as people sought to ...

MedCaT will host a Spring Learning Lab on April 11 and 12, focusing on women’s health. Held at Western Carolina University, the event will feature hands-on birthing simulations ...

A white blanket of snow covered the ground in Jackson County on the first day of spring. • The Smoky Mountain Mental Health Center, in cooperation with Jackson County Schools, initiated a new and ...

On Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., the American Museum of the House Cat will host their Paws of Legacy event.

North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the country. If present trends continue, we’ll surpass Georgia and become the eighth-most-populous state by 2030. There’s even an outside chance ...

On what was supposed to be a simple one-mile hike off an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, I managed to turn a peaceful afternoon stroll into an eleven-hour misadventure ...

Sylva resident Antoinette Puglisi MacWatt’s mother, Eula Mae Puglisi, traveled to Sylva in 1939. The 15 year old grew up in ...

The Lord’s Closet at Ochre Hill Baptist Church will be open from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 with free food boxes, a hot meal, and spring and summer clothing for ...

Jade Groen has broken the record for the most singles wins in Catamount women’s tennis program history. The history-making win came with her tenth singles victory of the season, boosting her overall ...

Unless there is a dietary reason for it, you ate bread this past week. That goes for all of us – bread is the most widely ...

• A Speed Queen washing machine cost $99 and claimed to have completed seven loads of laundry in one hour. • City Clerk Ed Nicholson reported that 13,000 tons of gravel were hauled and placed on the ...

A log falls to the ground as a sawyer tears into the hemlock tree that stood sentinel below the Jackson County Courthouse for many years. The tree to the left of the fountain is now just a tiny stump.