Just two days before the three-year anniversary of the announcement that the Pactiv Evergreen paper mill in Canton would close, Canton’s governing board took a decisive step toward securing both its ...

More than 17 months after Hurricane Helene carved a path of destruction through Western North Carolina, the floodwaters have long since receded — but Waynesville officials say the federal ...

Waynesville did not reject solar last year; it hesitated. Twelve months later, amid skyrocketing electricity costs, a ...

Marquee country star Terri Clark will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. From paying her dues at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in ...

In 1996, the Volunteer Water Information Network (VWIN) program was established as a water quality monitoring program for many Western North Carolina counties. In Haywood County, Haywood Waterways ...

The annual Haywood County Extension Master Gardener plant sale is taking place now. Available are bare root strawberries, raspberries, black raspberries, elderberries, blackberries, asparagus and ...

Just after 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, the drizzle became a downpour — a moment of serendipity for those gathered in what’s now the town of Franklin to watch the deed transfer of the Noquiyisi ...

Situated on the corner of Haywood Road and Swannanoa Avenue in West Asheville, the AyurPrana Listening Room has become a haven for music lovers and artists well-versed in the sacred art of performance ...

A special stage production of “Honk! Kids” will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 6 and 13 and 2 p.m. March 7-8 and 14-15 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. Featuring book and lyrics by ...

North Carolina’s annual greenhouse gas emissions are at their lowest levels in decades. However, forecasts indicate that increased reliance on natural gas and coal for electricity generation could ...

Hello from Room 216 at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites on the southern edge of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It’s 9:30 a.m. Gazing out the window of the hotel, I can see the ancient ridges of the ...

This past Sunday at church, someone quoted the old Greek proverb, “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose ...