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The Parkway Playhouse has teamed up with Venture Sport Shows for a Charity Golf Tournament on Monday June 3, 2013 at Mt. Mitc...
For the very first time in its history, Mars Hill College conferred graduate degrees on 12 of the 152 students who graduatedS...
Burnsville Elementary School Girls on the Run program will participate in the upcoming Burnsville Fit Families 5K on Saturday...
Heavy rains Saturday through Monday created flooding all around Western North Carolina Monday morning. Schools were closed ye...
Mountain Heritage High School’s HOSA club, Health Occupation Students of America, is a club for students interested in ...
Bestselling author Ann B. Ross cooks up a batch of fun in her latest novel in her popular Miss Julia series and will share he...
The Blue Ridge Music Trails Initiative will hold a listening session for residents of Avery, McDowell, Mitchell and Yancey Co...
Parkway Playhouse’s world premiere production of Spirited Recollections: A Personal History of Burnsville continues thi...
The Market on Oak is delighted to announce that young author Madeline Hays will be at The Market on Oak on Saturday, April 27...
North Carolina legislators have allocated some TVA funds to the NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services for the curr...
Peter Chaveas, former ambassador to Sierra Leone and Malawi, and former Director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies a...
Producing Artistic Director Andrew Gall announces a Parkway Playhouse special musical event; Always… Patsy Cline by Te...
Yancey , Mitchell and Madison Counties along with 9 other counties in Western North Carolina, were declared under a state of ...
The Blue-White games are exhibitions between Western North Carolina seniors and benefit local children with developmental dis...
The Market on Oak will welcome Perry Deane Young for a book discussion and signing on Tuesday, March 19th at 6 PM at the Mark...
Age: 45Address:Bakersville, NCDate of Death:Wednesday, February 27, 2013Arrangements:Asheville Mortuary ServicesDetails: Char...
The ice storm that swept through parts of Western North Carolina yesterday morning had emergency crews dealing with toppled t...
Penland Kids Camp, June 10 - July 26. Pictured above Lylah Totherow enjoys flying high on the tire swing at Penland; one of t...
Age: 87Address: Laurel Creek Road,Spruce PineDate of Death: Wednesday, February 20, 2013Arrangements: Webb Funeral HomeDetail...
State and federal wildlife officials announced Wednesday the completion of a major undercover operation to halt bear poaching...
A limited number of reservations are available on a trip organized by Dr. Greg Clemons, Mars Hill College Professor of Spanis...
Mars Hill College has received a grant worth $43,750 from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina (www.biofuelscenter.org) ...
Parkway Playhouse Jr., the award winning education and outreach program for elementary, middle, and high school students inte...
Join a reading and discussion group focused onA Land More Kind Than Home, written by Western North Carolina native Wiley Cash...
Join a reading and discussion group focused onA Land More Kind Than Home, written by Western North Carolina native Wiley Cash...
Susan Odom Midgett '86, Dr. Caryl Guth '55, Dr. John Hough '54, and Marcus Thomas '85 have been chosen as alu...
The Board of Directors of Communities In Schools of North Carolina (CISNC) has announced its unanimous decision to select Eri...
Parkway Playhouse Jr., the award winning education and outreach program for elementary, middle, and high school students inte...
Wednesday’s storm system brought heavy rain, damaging winds, power outages and flooding. Those strong wind gusts and po...
A windy day today may remind you of the highs winds around Western North Carolina last Friday. That was a record setting day ...
Mission Health announced yesterday that the Asheville organization is restricting visitors to its hospitals because of an inc...
James Cain, former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, encouraged Mars Hill graduates on Friday evening to remember and cherish the A...
Girls on the Run! Let’s have fun! More than twenty students from Burnsville Elementary completed a 5K run at UNCA on De...
The Town of Burnsville and the NC Department of Transportation has teamed up to enhance the ability of pedestrians to navigat...
The Parkway Playhouse is presenting an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, A Christmas Carol starting on De...
The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for the Mountains of Western North Carolina. There is an ...
On this Thanksgiving Day it’s a good time to say thank you. This special thanks goes out to the army of churches, civic...
Two Mitchell County Schools have received several grants from the “Learning Links” program for the 2012-2013 acad...
This time of year many people in Western North Carolina go foraging in the forests for woodland plants and firewood but the U...
A mild earthquake centered in eastern Kentucky occurred at 12:08pm Saturday afternoon. The Earthquake was felt in Western Nor...
A canned food drive, a poverty simulation, and an event calling attention to homelessness will be part of Mars Hill College&r...
Age: 77Address: Jacks CreekDate of Death: Wednesday, November 7, 2012Arrangements: Holcombe Brothers Funeral HomeDetails: Rev...
Incumbent Republican Ralph Hise of Mitchell County was reelected to the NC State Senate District 47 with 46,144 votes. Democr...
North Carolina's price gouging law is currently in effect because of the recent state of emergency declarations due to Hu...
Pictured: Jesse Mann, seventh grade student at Tri-County Christian School in Spruce Pine and winner of the Subway Fresh Star...
Two members of the Mars Hill College faculty have been recognized by their peers for excellence in teaching and for making a ...
Aimed at encouraging healthy habits, local SUBWAY® restaurants sponsored the Fresh Start Challenge – asking element...
A spooktacular event is planned for the region, celebrating an abundant harvest, Halloween, and community with family fun. Th...
Boyd Black (right), bass player of the Stoney Creek Boys, receives the 2012 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Award from musician Roger H...
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 226,870 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 39,510 deaths from bre...
The nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) has been awarded a $10,000 Rural Digital Advocacy grant to build a...
The world premiere of the rollicking football-fan comedy Between the Tackles by Western North Carolina Playwright’s Bri...
Heavy rains around Western North Carolina and the threat of flooding forced four school systems to close early. Schools were ...
Parkway Playhouse’s world premiere of the rollicking football-fan comedy Between the Tackles by Western North Carolina ...
What is funny about men watching football? A lot: according to Western North Carolina Playwrights Britt Kaufmann and Stephani...
Recently nominated for the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Song of the Year and Album of the Year, Jun...
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says that residents in a dozen Western North Carolina counties, including Ya...
Pet overpopulation has been a constant problem in the United States. It has taken the lives of millions of innocent animals, ...
Bald Creek Elementary School in Yancey County and Graham Children Services have received two grants from the Ronald McDonald ...