I recently found my old CD album, the giant book of plastic sleeves that many of us tediously curated back in the day.

Birds, bees, bears, dragonflies, salamanders, hemlocks, fungi. Scientific research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has made headlines by targeting the United States’ most well-known colleges — those with the largest endowments and lowest admission rates — but now, in ...

When Hurricane Helene slammed into Western North Carolina in late 2024, public attention focused on damaged homes, washed-out ...

March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring ...

Republican Mike Clampitt, currently serving his fourth term as District 119 House Rep., tells The Smoky Mountain News he plans to run for reelection in 2026 despite recent health concerns. In April, ...

The USDA Forest Service announced that several trails and recreation sites damaged by Hurricane Helene have reopened across ...

On May 2, 2024, a brief, awkward moment inside a women’s restroom at Western Carolina University was recorded, uploaded to social media and sparked a flashpoint in America’s ongoing culture wars. At ...

Sliding Rock, one of the most popular destinations in Pisgah National Forest, will open for the summer season ...

Sometimes fictional books, when they’re written well, can give the same, if not more, insight to a people and culture than a ...

I just read the opinion by Regan Fleming. This individual is part of a group of people who are working to dismantle the Fontana Regional Library. These people are operating heavily in Jackson and ...

Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-Hendersonville) recently voted in favor of the president’s proposed budget bill (“Big Beautiful Bill”) that cuts Medicaid and food assistance by nearly $1 trillion and ...