This story originally ran in The Smoky Mountain News in November 2018 following Politics Editor Cory Vaillancourt’s trip to ...

Sunny sea-level Savannah, Georgia, is known for a lot of things — historic colonial beauty, low country cuisine and a ...

A man initially convicted in a Cherokee Tribal Court for playing a role in a debilitating December 2019 ransomware attack is ...

A local hero comes home to Western North Carolina for the first time in 20 years, potentially reigniting a longtime feud with ...

The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council continues to classify much of Eastern North Carolina as being in a ...

Jackson County Americana/rock ensemble Fuzzy Peppers will hit the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at the Junction Pub in ...

There’s no fool like an old fool. Allow me to serve as a prototype of that adage. I’m old, three years past the Good Book’s ...

The Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department announced a Jan. 17 hike on the Panthertown Loop trail. Trail is about 4.5 ...

Franklin, that your constituency thoroughly understands your characterization of Senate Bill 382 as an “historic legislative ...

After a request for an assistant JV volleyball coach prompted a review of coaching supplements in the school system, the ...

Not being particularly tearful yesterday (Dec. 29) was a terrible moment for me. It was the day that marked the passing of ...

This time of year, we often see dramatic and often negative stories about food and nutrition. A few things to remember: • ...