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'Carousel of the Arts': Macon residents urge funding for arts

Emergency federal funding provided quick relief to school systems burdened by costs incurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic. For Macon County Schools, s...

Macon budgets for capital, considers tax increase

Capital needs are at the center of Macon County’s budget process for fiscal year 2024-25 and the county is in a good position to fund several big-tick...

Testing Data: WNC schools show growth in pandemic recovery

Last week, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction released performance and growth data for the 2022-23 school year, and none of the four...

Candidate Profiles: Macon County County Board of Commissioner District 2

Candidate Profiles: Macon County Board of Commissioners District 1

Macon voters to elect three commissioners, two school board members in November

WNC schools still recovering from Covid-era learning

New state testing results reveal that schools in Western North Carolina are in the process of a mixed recovery from COVID-era learning disruptions, so...

Local Methodist churches form Justice and Reconciliation Team

Local Methodist churches form Justice and Reconciliation Team First United Methodist Church of Waynesville. The Smoky Mountain District of the First United Methodist Church has created a Justice and Reconciliation Team to take on the work of understanding and healing discrimination in Western North Carolina.  The Smoky Mountain District comprises the western-most counties in North Carolina and is a subsection of the Western North Carolina Conference of the First United Methodist Church.  The team, which had its first official meeting on Feb. 2, was born from the idea for a Black Lives Matter worship service at Lake Junaluska. Originally it was the Smoky Mountain District vitality committee, which focuses on the overall health of the church and community within, working to put together the worship service. But in working toward this goal, the need was felt for a group with intentions focused more specifically on conversations around race and diversity.