To the Editor: Does Jackson County want to be a place where some citizens publicly harass and intimidate elected officials with whom they disagree? How long before harassment becomes vandalism and ...

A judge has ordered Shining Rock Classical Academy to turn over public records at the center of a civil bench trial heard in ...

Laura Lynn is one of the lines of private label or store-brand products Ingles Markets sells. Laura Lynn is named after our founder’s (Mr. Ingle’s) daughter, Laura Lynn. At Ingles Markets you can find ...

In a shaded clearing near Mingus Mill lies a cemetery. Small, unmarked rocks sit at the head and foot of each plot, adorned ...

Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran has been charged with several crimes after allegedly soliciting two women for sexual acts ...

In a move more than a half-century in the making, the Town of Canton has announced the pending purchase of a key parcel of ...

We probably all know people who claim they have been “bad” over the weekend. Often that means all of their typical food/beverage and activity/exercise habits are thrown out the window. Instead they ...

At this point, I would like to tell you about my great-great grandfather, Bryant Carden, who joined the Confederacy. Bryant was known for writing wonderful letters in calligraphy, and the illustration ...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded more than $1.1 million ...

As I read the article about “Jexit,” I found myself wondering about the word “ideology.” In the article, proponents of taking the Jackson Country libraries out of the Fontana Regional Library system ...

I have just finished reviewing the comments and commissioner discussion from the June 3 Jackson commissioner meeting in regard to leaving the Fontana Regional Library system. I want to thank Mr.