The North Carolina State Fair will recognize 11 farm families during the fair this year through the Farm Family of the Day program sponsored by Tractor Supply Company. Nominations and applications are ...

Drought conditions continue across North Carolina, with recent rains having a minor impact on the precipitation deficit that has been worsening since last fall. According to the classifications ...

WALK CASHIERS, a collaborative initiative led by the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce, Jackson County, and Vision Cashiers, announced a significant expansion of the Cashiers Greenway Ramble, marking ...

There are 46 different categories of competitions for adults and kids at the N.C. Mountain State Fair, including an ice cream eating contest you can enter on Sept. 15, the day of the event. Deadlines ...

The Highlands Biological Foundation continues its Zahner Conservation Lecture Series, a long-running summer tradition that connects the community with leading voices in science, conservation and the ...

Hello from Room 242 at the Easy Stay Inn & Suites in downtown Fernie, British Columbia. It’s Thursday, late morning. I just got back from a gloriously sweaty run along the Elk River underneath the ...

Western Carolina University’s undergraduate elementary education program has earned an A+ from the National Council on Teacher Quality for its excellence in preparing future teachers to teach reading.

The ramp from U.S. 74 to Interstate 40 West in Haywood County will be closed for about two weeks while a contractor conducts a maintenance repair. Traffic heading from Clyde to destinations west of ...

Nearly all counties in The Smoky Mountain News coverage area have fewer childcare facilities than just several years prior, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.  Haywood and ...

Friends of Panthertown will continue their summer fireside chat series from 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, at their office at 116 Central Street in Sylva. This free community event features the ...

What was initially seen as a debacle at the hands of Mother Nature 12 years ago has turned out to be a serendipitous moment of melodic beauty that still reverberates to this very day.  At the 2014 ...

The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. July 25 Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 at the Old Acquani Expo Center in Cherokee. Learn about Cherokee traditions and lifestyle from ...