A pair of local bills pushed by Rep. Mark Pless (R-Haywood) — one welcomed by most, another, not so much — took important steps through the General Assembly earlier this week but still have a long way ...

There are few, if any, occasions that take place in a Haywood County courtroom that are as joyous as a celebration for ...

Westernmost North Carolina Sen. Kevin Corbin (R-Macon) has been named the legislator of the year by the North Carolina ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is providing guidance to livestock owners on methods to protect their animals ...

The First Presbyterian Church of Waynesville has created a coupon book offering discounts to Waynesville merchants who lost ...

My office is cool and our building on Montgomery Street in Waynesville is quiet. Almost everyone who works at The Smoky ...

In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in East Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation SBI, in partnership with the Henderson County Drug Interdiction and Criminal ...

A senior administrator at Western Carolina University was secretly recorded describing how the school is continuing to ...

Do you believe that our country deserves better than this current administration? Do you feel fearful, angry, hopeless or ...

In a year when Jackson County commissioners are proposing a substantial property tax hike, outside agitators are still ...

Most of us now understand that Project 2025, brainstorm of the ideologues at the Heritage Foundation and barely mentioned a ...