(Raleigh, N.C.) – One Buncombe County higher learning institution is getting a surprise check. The state treasurer presented Montreat College with $766 of missing money Thursday, distrubuted from the Department’s Unclaimed Property Division (UPD), which is the repository for 17.7 million properties awaiting return to the rightful owners after being lost, misdirected or overlooked. The … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – Asheville leaders are considering a change to zoning regulations when it comes to manufactured or mobile homes to address the need for affordable housing. To give Asheville residents a bit more flexibility when it comes to manufactured housing, city planners are considering a change to zoning regulations to allow the replacement … Read more
The Nov. 8 mid-term election, the third and final installment of a three-election year in Jackson County, is fast approaching. Jackson County voters will cast ballots in four contested races, with two candidates running unopposed. Nov. 8 will decide a U.S. Senate seat, all 14 U.S. House seats, two seats on the N.C. Supreme Court, … Read more
Southwestern Commission staff joined officials from Graham County, NCDOT, and the Federal Highway Administration on Monday to celebrate the groundbreaking for Corridor K, a transportation project that has been in the works for more than 50 years. The goal of the project, the culmination of decades of study, including gathering feedback from area residents about … Read more
[sylva herald] The name of a local elderly woman killed Sunday afternoon in a two car crash in front of Cookout on East Main Street has been made public. Martha Jane Winecoff Brethauer, 89, of the Savannah Ridge Community, died at the scene of the accident, in which her 87 year old husband, Melvin, who … Read more
WAYNESVILLE – The Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Festival is set for this month in Maggie Valley. The family friendly festival will be held on Oct. 29, at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. This is the second Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Festival. Since the festival is Halloween weekend, there will be Halloween-themed activities including pumpkin decorating, a costume … Read more
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Haywood County residents prepared for the worst and prayed for the best as hurricane Ian roared through the state. In Canton residents prayers were answered and they breathed a sigh of relief Sunday, Oct. 2 as Ian shifted east and didn’t turn into an experience the community remembers all too … Read more
CHEROKEE, N.C. – After two years of waiting to hold its next conference, the Trail of Tears Association met in Cherokee, North Carolina recently [Sept. 19-21]. Conference attendees got to tour historic sites in the area, take in a Cherokee fashion show and hear historians share information about the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) removals from … Read more
SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Doors to the bathrooms at Swain County High School were removed, prompting privacy protests at the campus. Students demonstrated outside the school Thursday morning [Sept. 29], and took to social media, to criticize the action calling it “despicable and a horrible invasion of privacy.” Swain County school leaders say they … Read more
The Allen Street project is becoming more expensive than expected. Construction of Allen Street slope repairs and Bryson Park is over budget, as the price of grading and materials has “skyrocketed,” officials said. Town staff and the contractors were expected to meet again this week [Sept. 29] to address how to cut costss, and said … Read more