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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

Drought conditions continue across North Carolina, with recent rains having a minor impact on the precipitation deficit that ...

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