When Yvette Brooks launched the nonprofit organization Through the Trees in 2020, she had large ambitions about the ways in which a technology-focused charity could benefit the community at large in ...

Blue Ridge Community College Religion and Philosophy Instructor Eric Williamson has published his own textbook, ...

Transylvania County officials continue to assist people impacted by Hurricane Helene after an estimated $28 million in direct damage to homes and businesses, but members of the Board of Commissioners ...

Rosman will receive between $300,000 and $400,000 in FEMA funding for damage caused by Hurricane Helene. Rosman Mayor and Town Administrator Brian Shelton said Tuesday night during the Board of ...

Eight displaced Transylvania families will be living in Penrose travel trailers soon thanks to a collaboration between local property owners, businesses and a nonprofit organization. John and Heather ...

A driver has died after going around a barricade on a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Helene’s destruction, then driving off the roadway, officials said. Photos of ...

E.V. McCall of Lake Toxaway has released her first self-published book, “The Golden Chain.” McCall is a 17-yea- old student ...

During National Family Caregivers and National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness month in November, the Alzheimer’s Association Western Carolina Chapter wants to make sure dementia caregivers in western ...

The Board of Directors of Smart Start of Transylvania County has announced the appointment of Shirley Leew as the organization's new executive director. With a degree in speech pathology and audiology ...

This is part of a series of articles on traditional food preparation in southern Appalachia pairing with a display on the ...

What does sisterhood mean to me? It’s a way of being with other women — both young and old — where I: –Hold the highest and best for them and see them as their “future selves”—especially when they’re ...

Six weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged sections of western North Carolina, more and more outdoor areas that were closed by the storm have reopened to the public.