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 ...

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

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Billy Ray enjoyed bowling, fishing, drag racing, hunting ginseng and spending time with his family and friends. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 years, Patricia Ann Lewis Jones; and ...

Hats off the EBCI Veterans Service Office, who brought four 18 wheelers of toys to its “Christmas in June” event. It was free event, with no questions asked. From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday, June ...

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 ...