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By Mark Starling New Strain Of COVID Found In North Carolina (Raleigh, NC) -- A new strain of COVID-19 is now in North Carolina. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed yesterday that a variant first reported in South Africa last fall has been identified in one COVID-19 case from the central part of the state. Like the U.K. strain, it is also considered to be more contagious than most cases confirmed in the U.S. during the pandemic. Health officials have recently suggested w...

NASA extends SCC partnership for 5 years Matt Cass, Physics and Astronomy Instructor at Southwestern Community College, serves as the principal investigator for the Smoky Mountain STEM Collaborative. SCC is the only community college in the nation to have a scientific activation partnership with NASA. Two years before a total solar eclipse left area residents breathless in 2017, Southwestern Community College started working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N...

Starting this spring, Western Carolina University will offer a new certificate program for aspiring outdoor industry professionals.

COVID-19 limits NFL networking in Mobile News Highlights: COVID-19 limits NFL networking in Mobile. Like so many young coaches and potential NFL front office contenders, Rhule’s trek down Interstate 65 to the Senior Bowl is being recalled as a rite of passage for an attempt to break into the league. Rhule recalls the crash at the hotel of seasoned coach Phil Snow as he hopped through Mobile from workouts to restaurants with Pat Stewart and Jarrett Wishon, colleagues from West Carolina, to ru...

By Mark Starling Governor Extends Stay-At-Home Order (Raleigh, NC) -- North Carolinas modified stay-at-home order is being extended. Governor Roy Cooper announced yesterday that a 10 p.m. curfew will remain in place until the end of February. Businesses must also continue to stop selling alcohol by 9 p.m. Wednesdays announcement additionally extended the eviction moratorium through March. Winter Weather Moving Through WNC (Asheville, NC) -- A winter storm warning is in effect for parts ...

Price named WCU’s director of economic development Rich Price, a passionate and proud 1988 graduate of Western Carolina University, has spent the last seven years as the director of economic development for Jackson County. Now he will get a chance to marry his love of both WCU and Western North Carolina in his new role as the university’s executive director of economic development and regional partnerships. Price will begin his new position on March 1. “I’m very proud of WCU,�...

1:42 Reporter Lilly Knoepp talked with local law enforcement, first responders and fire fighters at Jackson County Recreation Center after they received the COVID-19 vaccine. Jackson County Public Health administered 200 vaccines at the event. Rural counties in Western North Carolina are vaccinating first responders.  BPR went to a mass COVID-19 vaccination in Jackson County. A cold wind blows outside the Jackson County Recreation Center in Cullowhee. But it hasn’t stopped officers, firefig...

Get a preview of the East Tennessee State Buccaneers vs. Western Carolina Catamounts basketball game.

East Tennessee State (7-5, 3-1) vs. Western Carolina (7-5, 0-3) Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, North Carolina; Wednesday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: East Tennessee State looks for its 13th straight win in the head-to-head series over Western Carolina. East Tennessee State has won by an average of 14 points in its last 12 wins over the Catamounts. Western Carolina's last win in the series came on March 7, 2015, a 67-61 win. SUPER SENIORS: East Tennessee State has benefited heavily from its seniors. ...

Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports gathered from the Sevier County Jail. All are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Names may be similar to other members of the community. • Robin Michelle Allen, 46, of 575 Indian Knob Circle in Pigeon Forge, was charged Dec. 19 with DUI and driving on a suspended license. She was released. • Demonte Burke-Agan, 24, of Villa Rica, Georgia, was charged Dec. 20 with disorderly conduct. ...