The fallout immediately following the disaster wrought by Hurricane Helene was tragic and traumatizing, but as time has gone ...

The last few years have been a helluva ride for Haywood County Commissioner Terry “double down” Ramey. Prior to his 2022 ...

When you’re a child, this time of year is full of magic and wonder. As you get older, the holidays can become more nostalgic ...

Newly elected Gov. Josh Stein wasted no time addressing some of the state’s biggest challenges after being sworn in on Jan. 1 ...

This year both Jackson and Swain counties received state grants of $52 million to build new middle schools. For Jackson ...

Sylva first considered a proposal to address panhandling in November 2022 but ultimately decided against it after a majority ...

When Tropical Storm Fred cut a half billion-dollar swath of destruction through the eastern part of Haywood County and killed ...

By the end of the 1900s, groups of marginalized Americans like women, Blacks, Hispanics and others had made great strides in ...

Rep. Chuck Edwards has refused to speak to The Smoky Mountain News since shortly after he was elected in 2022. He’s been ...

Evy Leibfarth was welcomed home in style this summer after her medal-winning performance at the Olympics. In her second ...

For the first time in nearly three years, the trail to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s tallest waterfall is fully open ...

I started this annual feature nearly a decade ago to poke fun at the emerging scourge of fake news — lies, really — that had ...