At 7 a.m., the air is full of birdsong and morning cool, the heat of the day still a distant worry. I drive on empty roads through slumbering Townsend, Tennessee, and into Great Smoky Mountains ...

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 ...

The North Carolina Department of Commerce Division of Community Revitalization announced a new Notice of Funding Opportunity.

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

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

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

The 35th annual Maggie Valley Arts & Crafts Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11-12 at the Maggie Valley Festival ...

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 ...

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

Springtime is birthing season for many wildlife species. This spring, over 62,000 people watched and listened remotely as the ...

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