Today, we will be discussing a somewhat sticky subject – thistles. Thistles have been largely relegated into the noxious weed ...

The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation has announced the start of its 2025 LIFT Grant cycle. The Health Foundation’s LIFT Grants will support and fund programs focusing on one or more ...

THE 49TH HASKETT REUNION will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 at the Webster Baptist Church Fellowship Room, with a pot luck lunch at noon. Hasketts are descendants ...

This week in local history: ...

Kaitlyn Brooke Price, 32, Cherokee, possession of drug paraphernalia, felony possession of Schedule II controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture, sell or distribute Schedule II ...

By Dave RussellThe jail has seen at least six deaths since 2019 and a spate of drug overdoses, leading to new procedures and equipment at the jail. Up-to-date security cameras were installed following ...

and Bryson City by the end of the year.However, company officials said that they will continue to operate theirfiber bonding division in Sylva."The decision came about because the company can no ...

Jamie RathboneA Canton man has been charged with kidnapping and raping two Haywood County runaways at a Jackson County residence.Jamie Eugene Rathbone, 23, has been charged by the Jackson County ...

"He indicated that I had a checking account in which I deposited county fees collected by the Sheriff's Office," Holcombe wrote as read to the board by Chairman Jay Denton. "While serving in my ...

They were given suspended sentences and ordered to perform community service by Judge Loto Caviness.Cases involving two other teens are expected to be resolved during the Nov. 13 Superior Court term, ...

Dr. Bob Oliver closed the door on an OB-GYN practice that opened doors for many here in Jackson County.One of the doors that opened knocked the fundamentalist medical practitioners in the posterior as ...

The 1987 edition is nothing short of invaluable, and this year’s volume appears to be even more so, if that’s possible. Again edited by Max Williams, professor emeritus of history at Western Carolina ...