The Paraguariensis tree or Paraguayan Holly, with its holly-like leaves, grows to over 26 feet in height in subtropical ...

On a sunny morning, I met Robin Arramae at Panacea Coffee House in the Frog Level District of Waynesville. We sat on the back ...

As days grow shorter in the Great Smoky Mountains, the colorful landscape hums with life. Creatures large and small scurry ...

The following are winners in the N.C. Mountain State Fair’s opening weekend poultry, rabbit, sheep, goat and beef cattle ...

Macon County officials held a press conference last week to address illegal political signs and get ahead of some ...

After 34 years of service to the state of North Carolina, Cameron Ingram, executive director of the North Carolina Wildlife ...

I had the opportunity to speak by phone with writer and podcaster Jennifer L. Scott. The author of the Madame Chic books — ...

After more than a decade of leadership in Macon County, Derek Roland announced last week that he intends to resign his ...

I am sending this in hopes that it might save some of my neighbors in Franklin and other WNC communities some aggravation and ...

He fought to get on the ballot, and then fought to get off the ballot.  Now, after a favorable ruling from North Carolina’s ...

As my grandmother used to say, the MAGA party “doesn’t have the sense it was born with.”   The MAGA presidential candidate — ...

Last week the North Carolina General Assembly passed a conference report, also referred to as a mini budget that includes ...