The bitter battle between the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Lumbee as the Lumbee seek federal recognition has ...

Anne Thomas-Abbott had a “profound” experience this October as she observed students taking part in a National Park Service curriculum about trees and carbon sequestration. The power of the lesson ...

An additional chunk of asphalt fell away from an eastbound lane of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge this week, delaying the reopening of the interstate. N.C. Department of Transportation crews ...

The Haywood County Arts Council’s (HCAC) “Small Works” exhibit will run through Dec. 31 at the HCAC Gallery & Gifts showroom in downtown Waynesville. The annual exhibit that expands the types of work ...

Did you know that there are 2 different types of persimmons? There are astringent and non-astringent persimmons. • The astringent or Hachiyas persimmons, are high in tannins which is what makes them ...

I appreciate Scott McLeod’s sage advice to relax for the upcoming Christmas day and following New Years. One of the problems with the way our society celebrates this time is it depends too much on ...

Have you been advised by your MD or PCP to take a vitamin or mineral or herbal supplement? “Dietary supplements are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before they reach the market.

After Tropical Storm Fred moved through Western North Carolina in 2021, litter cleanup throughout the East Fork and downstream along the Pigeon River was an unfunded effort, leaving local ...

Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) is under contract on 100 acres of raw and pristine land in Cashiers. Fully surrounded by ...

Facts, once unassailable, have become, well, difficult to quantify. People make up or repeat lies, especially on social media platforms and other online spaces, and people believe them, think what ...

The award-winning Land of the Sky Chorus will present “Harmonies of the Holidays,” a celebration of barbershop and a cappella vocal music at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, in the sanctuary of First United ...

When they are challenged on their authoritarianism, North Carolina Republicans’ most frequent ploy is to retrieve grievances from decades ago. The party is run by a coterie of legislators who suffered ...