Following this year’s budget season, Macon County maintains its position with the lowest property tax of any county in the state of North Carolina at $0.27 cents per $100 of assessed property value.

The last few years have been a helluva ride for Haywood County Commissioner Terry “double down” Ramey. Prior to his 2022 ...

The fallout immediately following the disaster wrought by Hurricane Helene was tragic and traumatizing, but as time has gone ...

When you’re a child, this time of year is full of magic and wonder. As you get older, the holidays can become more nostalgic ...

This year both Jackson and Swain counties received state grants of $52 million to build new middle schools. For Jackson ...

Sylva first considered a proposal to address panhandling in November 2022 but ultimately decided against it after a majority ...

When Tropical Storm Fred cut a half billion-dollar swath of destruction through the eastern part of Haywood County and killed ...

Maconians are known among the citizens of Western North Carolina for robust and regular public input at local government ...

By the end of the 1900s, groups of marginalized Americans like women, Blacks, Hispanics and others had made great strides in ...

We hate to belabor one topic, but we have more than one marijuana-related award to hand out this year.   The steamroller ...

Payton McNabb shrouded herself in the cloak of Big Brother when she took to a Western Carolina University bathroom to film an ...