Nearly all counties in The Smoky Mountain News coverage area have fewer childcare facilities than just several years prior, ...

Hello from Room 242 at the Easy Stay Inn & Suites in downtown Fernie, British Columbia. It’s Thursday, late morning. I just ...

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 ...

Western Carolina University’s undergraduate elementary education program has earned an A+ from the National Council on ...

What was initially seen as a debacle at the hands of Mother Nature 12 years ago has turned out to be a serendipitous moment ...

Growing up, we had a VHS tape where we’d recorded three different movies from the television — “The Million Dollar Duck,” ...

The average home price in Cashiers is $1.4 million. The starting salary for a first-year teacher in North Carolina is in the ...

The North Carolina State Fair will recognize 11 farm families during the fair this year through the Farm Family of the Day ...

There are 46 different categories of competitions for adults and kids at the N.C. Mountain State Fair, including an ice cream ...

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 ...

Friends of Panthertown will continue their summer fireside chat series from 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, at their ...

WALK CASHIERS, a collaborative initiative led by the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce, Jackson County, and Vision Cashiers, ...