Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of the Southern Appalachians, an ancient landscape teeming with life — ...

On Saturday, April 26, a group of protesters took to the Little Tennessee River to call attention to what they see as excessive debris removal in Macon County as part of the cleanup process from ...

Here in Western North Carolina, we know the value of independence, personal responsibility and limited government. That’s why ...

For the rest of “While the Town Slept” writers William Johnstone his nephew, J.A. Johnstone, bring us along for the ride as ...

By this point, more than six months after Hurricane Helene barreled through Western North Carolina, it’s a common sight.

This Easter season — a time for moral reflection and renewal — I feel compelled to speak to the direction of our national ...

I appreciate your straightforward and informative coverage of the removal of the plaque over Sylva Sam’s Confederate flag. I ...

REACH, the Haywood County nonprofit that provides aid to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, has a new director.

In response to a public records request made by The Smoky Mountain News, Jackson County Manager Kevin King revealed that ...

Since President Trump, by the will of the majority of American voters, has come into office he has given a multitude of ...

In a town where history lives not just in the pages of books but on every brick-lined sidewalk, beneath every gabled rooftop ...

Standing on the precipice of their 20th anniversary, The SteelDrivers aren’t looking over their shoulders at the road to the ...