The boards of county commissioners and county supervisors in the 17 counties in North Carolina and 12 counties in Virginia that host the Blue Ridge Parkway have passed resolutions of support calling ...

Ordering some item from a company like Amazon — a smock, a special coffee, cotton swabs, whatever — is quick, simple and easy. You place the order, and two or three days later, the package appears on ...

Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital, Duke LifePoint hospitals, are pleased to announce that Rebekah Artman ...

Singer-songwriter Wyatt Espalin will hit the stage at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at Mountain Layers Brewing in Bryson City. Born ...

A beloved winter spectacle in Western North Carolina, the 19th annual “Outhouse Race” will return to the slopes at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Sapphire Valley Ski Area. Crazy? Maybe. Dangerous?

A beloved winter spectacle in Western North Carolina, the 19th annual “Outhouse Race” will return to the slopes at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Sapphire Valley Ski Area. Crazy? Maybe. Dangerous?

EvenAfterAll this timeThe sun never says to the earth,“You owe me.” LookWhat happensWith a love like that,It lights theWholeSky.  This poem by the 14th century Persian poet, Hafiz, was cited in Wayne ...

Asheville rock group The Andrew Thelston Band will hit the stage at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at The Gem downstairs taproom at Boojum Brewing in Waynesville. In terms of musical ambassadors within the ...

Since 1999, hundreds of my reviews have appeared in The Smoky Mountain News. Of those, I would guess that less than 25 were ...

The attitude of “I get up in the morning and go to work, come home tired and hope for the best” just isn’t going to work anymore. Especially if you are a three-time Trump voter. This country is being ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission invites 2025 North Carolina taxpayers to donate all or part of their state tax refund ...

Gov. Josh Stein announced nearly $50 million in grants to support local governments in western North Carolina in their Hurricane Helene recovery efforts. The grants, which are administered by the ...