When Tara McCoy first began teaching pottery in 2016, it was her least favorite artistic medium, trumped by shell carving, ...

As unaffiliated voters have overtaken Republicans and Democrats as the largest voting group in the state, candidates running ...

The Smoky Mountain News has sent various public record requests throughout the past month to Swain County administration, all ...

This is the final installment of a three-part review of “Buddha.” Siddhatta Gotama, born in northern India around 500 BCE, ...

Hello from the second floor of an apartment building on Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. It’s mid-morning and ...

Fontana Regional Library System’s board of trustees met June 22 to discuss an agenda initially littered with items that had ...

During its first meeting on June 16 in Sylva, the new Jackson County Public Library Board of Trustees discussed member ...

The “Independence Day Celebration” will be held June 28 through July 5 at the Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center. The ...

The Town of Franklin has announced that Sarah Bishop has been named as the Assistant Town Manager/Finance Director effective ...

Superior Court Judge Tessa Sellers has granted Swain County a temporary enjoinment and restraining order against the Fontana ...

As Duke Energy proceeds with its plan to install an 80- to 100-foot steel transmission line and power substation along ...

A skirmish between a colonial militia and Cherokee warriors was waged in Western North Carolina in 1776. But where exactly the battle was fought is a matter for debate. Tensions had been rising ...