Today, we will be discussing a somewhat sticky subject – thistles. Thistles have been largely relegated into the noxious weed ...

THE 49TH HASKETT REUNION will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 at the Webster Baptist Church Fellowship Room, with a pot luck lunch at noon. Hasketts are descendants ...

The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation has announced the start of its 2025 LIFT Grant cycle. The Health Foundation’s LIFT Grants will support and fund programs focusing on one or more ...

This week in local history: ...

- Herald photo by Lisa Majors-DuffRebecca Dutsch of Andrews, whose mother, Kathy Dutsch, did not receive a paycheck for three weeks in December from her employer, Immediate Med Services, began ...

“We are proud to recognize Senator Kevin Corbin as the North Carolina Community Action Association’s Legislator of the Year,” said NCCAA Executive Director Sharon Goodson. “His unwavering dedication ...

In 2018, he became a resident of the Broadmead continuing care retirement community in Cockeysville, Maryland splitting his time between there and the North Carolina mountains. He moved to Broadmead ...

Ever written your congressman? I have. I always get a prompt and cordial, if bland, reply. Back in 1988, I actually spent a few weeks as a Capitol Hill intern ...

Melba Jean Richards, 92, of Cullowhee, went home to be with the Lord on June 5, 2025. Born in Nashville, Tennessee on Feb. 19, 1933, she later attended Ward-Belmont Preparatory ...

Dave was preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Elaine Matheson, and his brother, Richard. He is survived by his wife, Christina Buchanan Matheson; his children: Carrie Matheson Kitchell and Jamie ...

By Hannah YarringtonImported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, are native to South America but have steadily spread across the southeastern United States, making their way into 74 of North Carolina’s 100 ...

Turtles and tortoises represent some of the last survivors of the world’s long past. These are some of the most ancient living creatures on earth and have remained relatively unchanged by evolution ...