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The 14-day candidate filing period for the November municipal General Elections began today at noon, and within the core coverage area of The Smoky Mo...

Waynesville’s consideration of a social district in its downtown core took an interesting turn on June 27, when members of the Town Council voted 4-1...

What does a Senate bill giving the Apex Town Council the power to hire the town’s clerk have to do with partisan elections in Haywood and Madison coun...

Mark Pless has escalated his war against three of the five Maggie Valley aldermen.    While Pless’ animosity toward the men — Mayor Mik...

On Tuesday, North Carolina Senate Republicans passed a bill prohibiting medical professionals from administering "gender-affirming care" to minors.

The Haywood County School Board has approved the acquisition of a parcel of land off Ratcliff Cove Road for the construction of a facility that would...

On Wednesday, the Senate Health Care Committee passed House Bill 808 (H.B. 808), which would prohibit medical professionals from performing surgical gender transition procedures, giving puberty-blocking drugs, or giving cross-sex hormones to minors. H.B. 808 already passed the House with bipartisan support by a vote of 74-44. Two Democrats—Reps. Michael Wray, D-Northampton, and Garland Pierce,

Open container alcohol consumption in cities and towns across North Carolina has met with positive results, according to local administrators and poli...

Elected leaders from nearly all of Western North Carolina’s local governments continue to express strong support for Rep. Mark Pless’ efforts to bring...

Nearly three months ago, Pactiv Evergreen unceremoniously announced that after more than a century in operation, the paper mill at the heart of Canton...