When Hurricane Helene slammed into Western North Carolina in late 2024, public attention focused on damaged homes, washed-out ...

The USDA Forest Service announced that several trails and recreation sites damaged by Hurricane Helene have reopened across ...

Republican Mike Clampitt, currently serving his fourth term as District 119 House Rep., tells The Smoky Mountain News he ...

Sliding Rock, one of the most popular destinations in Pisgah National Forest, will open for the summer season ...

Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-Hendersonville) recently voted in favor of the president’s proposed budget bill (“Big Beautiful ...

Western Carolina University will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, to kick off the first phase of ...

On Memorial Day — a holiday that originally honored Union soldiers who died defending the principles enshrined in our ...

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has made headlines by targeting the United States’ most well-known colleges — ...

After more than four years of setbacks, political wrangling and bureaucratic delays, a small but vital infrastructure project ...

The Waynesville Garden Club honored Carolyn Taylor with its Outstanding Lifetime Member Award (since 1976) at its May 8 ...

Smokies Life announced Jim and Leslie Costa as the recipients of its 2025 Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency. During their ...

Maconians have sounded the alarm on what they see as excessive debris removal in the county’s waterways. Now, as the cleanup ...