Today, we will be discussing a somewhat sticky subject – thistles. Thistles have been largely relegated into the noxious weed ...

• Jerry Gaines achieved the unbelievable feat of making All-American in three different sports when he was named to the ...

The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation has announced the start of its 2025 LIFT Grant cycle. The Health Foundation’s LIFT Grants will support and fund programs focusing on one or more ...

THE 49TH HASKETT REUNION will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 at the Webster Baptist Church Fellowship Room, with a pot luck lunch at noon. Hasketts are descendants ...

Kyle Greathouse, the Western Carolina basketball player injured in an automobile accident early Wednesday morning (Jan. 24) has now been charged with driving while impaired. A DWI charge against his ...

Jolene Sneed, school counselor and social worker at Smokey Mountain Elementary, was named Subway School Health Champion Winner for July.

After a five-plus year legal battle with Jackson County commissioners, Duke Energy this week began demolishing the Dillsboro powerhouse.

Lady Bird Johnson, the only First Lady ever to visit Jackson County, and Franz Whitmire, a former high school principal and county commissioner, both died last Wednesday (July 11).

Sylva Rotarians will celebrate 80 years of service to their community next week with a barbecue and covered-dish picnic.

Scotts Creek produced more water than the Tuckaseigee could add to its already full load and backed up into Back Street in Dillsboro. Monday morning saw a flock of business owners and town leaders ...

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This picture of local Boy Scouts is believed to have been taken shortly after the organization's 35th anniversary celebration in 1945 in front of the old Sylva School, next to ...