Franklin’s town council has approved a one-year moratorium on the development of any new data centers. The town follows in the footsteps of a growing number of local governments, including those in ...

Following what appears to have been a successful ban on camping and fires on the popular Max Patch Bald in northern Haywood ...

What did you do on July 4, the 250th anniversary of our Independence Day? Did you enjoy baseball, hot dogs and apple pie as ...

Hello from Niantic, Connecticut, along the Long Island Sound. The early July sunset this evening was filled with bright pink ...

Jackson County Public Library board trustees alongside Library Director Grace Powell convened July 2 to discuss board bylaws ...

Join Haywood Waterways Association on the West Fork of the Pigeon River for an Aquatic Ecology Workshop. The workshop will be ...

Josh Stein signed a new North Carolina budget into law on Tuesday, making it the state’s first new spending plan in about ...

It’s difficult for anyone to testify in court. It’s especially difficult for a child who has experienced abuse.  That’s what ...

The title of Dennis Maloney’s “Clearing the Stream” (Walton Well Press, 2026, 143 pages) could be a metaphor for public ...

At a May 19 Swain County commissioners meeting, IT Specialist Michael Lyons revealed that he’d deleted contested May 5 ...

On July 1, Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosted a naturalization ceremony in partnership with the United States ...

Scott Low is a true troubadour. Based just over the state line in Clayton, Georgia, he’s been a professional musician around ...