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Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed two Transylvania County residents to the Blue Ridge Community College Board of Trustees:

Running for public office does not come without its costs and information released by the North Carolina State Board of Elections indicates how much was spent by local candidates seeking

In the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats hoped the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision would bring out voters who cared about abortion access. Democrats lost big in Western North Carolina but voter data paints a different picture in the region – and holds lasting implications.

I’m puzzled by voters who vote a straight party ticket in local elections regardless of candidate character or quality. In my 20 years living here, I’ve witnessed far too many

The highly anticipated red wave hit Western North Carolina hard on Nov. 8, with Republicans retaining several crucial legislative seats and knock...

The highly anticipated red wave hit Western North Carolina hard on Nov. 8, with Republicans retaining several crucial legislative seats and knock...

As election day draws to a close, Democrats are hoping to fend off Republican hopes for a supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly. That balance depends on three seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives and two seats in the North Carolina Senate. Here's what happened in WNC.

With the unofficial vote count in, incumbent Republican Mike Clampitt won the NC House of Representatives District 119 seat with 8,274 votes in Transylvania County, and 19,414 in the district

Incumbent Republican Mike Clampitt held onto his NC House of Representative seat 119. Clampitt beat Democrat Al Platt with 54 percent of the vote and a majority in all three counties in the district.

Tuesday is Election Day and registered voters who did not participate in early voting can go to the polls to cast their ballots from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for