• Jerry Gaines achieved the unbelievable feat of making All-American in three different sports when he was named to the ...

On Sunday, July 6, in cooperation with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the North Shore Cemetery Association will host decorations on the North Shore of Fontana Lake at Proctor ...

Ever written your congressman? I have. I always get a prompt and cordial, if bland, reply. Back in 1988, I actually spent a few weeks as a Capitol Hill intern ...

In 2018, he became a resident of the Broadmead continuing care retirement community in Cockeysville, Maryland splitting his time between there and the North Carolina mountains. He moved to Broadmead ...

Turtles and tortoises represent some of the last survivors of the world’s long past. These are some of the most ancient living creatures on earth and have remained relatively unchanged by evolution ...

By Hannah YarringtonImported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, are native to South America but have steadily spread across the southeastern United States, making their way into 74 of North Carolina’s 100 ...

Billy Ray enjoyed bowling, fishing, drag racing, hunting ginseng and spending time with his family and friends. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 years, Patricia Ann Lewis Jones; and ...

Hats off the EBCI Veterans Service Office, who brought four 18 wheelers of toys to its “Christmas in June” event. It was free event, with no questions asked. From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday, June ...

Carter is the author of four full-length collections of poetry, Larvae of the Nearest Stars (LSU Press 2019), The Swamp Monster at Home (LSU Press 2012), and The Memory of Gills (LSU Press 2006), and ...

Thursday, June 19 through Thursday, June 26• 9 a.m. today (Thursday) Sylva town board meeting, Town Hall. The meeting will be livestreamed and posted to the town’s Youtube page.

Our public enemy #1, Haemonchus contortus, or more commonly the barber pole worm, is responsible for most losses from roundworm parasitism. For this parasite, a management tool referred to as FAMACHA ...