Since the earliest days of agriculture people have looked to the skies to predict the weather and ensure a successful harvest ...

For Veronica Leone Matthews, the mountains of western North Carolina are not just a beautiful backdrop. They are part of her family story, one that stretches back generations and now ...

With hurricane season beginning Sunday, June 1, Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey urges residents to get ready now, as forecasters are predicting another extremely active season.

One of the lesser-known but inspiring chapters of our local forest history unfolded in Pink Beds during the 1930s and 1940s, ...

The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas and the Korea Center of Greenville will host a Korean War 75th Anniversary Ceremony on June 21 in Brevard.

WNC Communities announced the 2025 recipients – including two Transylvania County students – of the George H.V. Cecil Journey ...

As migratory birds return to the slopes and valleys of western North Carolina this spring and summer, conservation leaders are encouraging birders to return with them.

Transylvania Partners for Democracy will hold a public forum in the Rogow Room of the Transylvania County Library, Wednesday, May 28 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The forum’s subject, ...

Brevard’s White Squirrel Weekend returns May 23–25 for its 21st year, offering three days of live music, food, shopping and ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain ...

Russian authorities have outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes ...