In the wake of two devastating floods just three years apart, Western North Carolina’s resiliency didn’t come from government agencies. While FEMA and state emergency teams provided vital aid, three ...
At age 51, acclaimed blues rocker Patrick Sweany has performed over the decades at seemi­ngly at every venue from ...
As on any other rainy late summer morning in Southern Appalachia, the sun rose over densely wooded, knobby green peaks ...
Michelle Parker hadn’t finished unpacking the last of her belongings that had survived Tropical Storm Fred in August 2021 ...
When it comes to the rich, vibrant history of Haywood County Fair, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone as passionate and ...
Last September, my family was gearing up for our first “leaf season” (and apple season, and hayride season, and football season) in Haywood County. As recent transplants from another state, we had ...
Each week I look forward to reading a copy of your newspaper. The stories, articles, op-ed pieces, letters, announcements and ...
It was a time and a place, and now that place is gone. Or is it? I came across some version of that idiom about time and place a few months ago, just as we at The Smoky Mountain News were beginning to ...
Haywood County will mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene this week with a series of commemorations beginning ...
The first time I saw Josh Copus post-Hurricane Helene was when I was allowed, as a journalist, to mosey on into downtown ...
The Congress has to finalize the Big “Bad” Bill (for most of us) by Oct. 1 or face a government shutdown. This means Congress ...
Hurricane Helene may not have been so devastating for Western North Carolina were it not for the half foot of rain that dumped on the region just ahead of Sept. 27, 2024. Getting ahead of what ...