Today, we will be discussing a somewhat sticky subject – thistles. Thistles have been largely relegated into the noxious weed ...

THE 49TH HASKETT REUNION will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 at the Webster Baptist Church Fellowship Room, with a pot luck lunch at noon. Hasketts are descendants ...

The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation has announced the start of its 2025 LIFT Grant cycle. The Health Foundation’s LIFT Grants will support and fund programs focusing on one or more ...

This week in local history: ...

- Herald photo by Lisa Majors-DuffRebecca Dutsch of Andrews, whose mother, Kathy Dutsch, did not receive a paycheck for three weeks in December from her employer, Immediate Med Services, began ...

The man generally considered the greatest athlete ever produced in Jackson County has died. Jimmy Streater, 46, passed away Friday at Blue Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Asheville.

According to Department on Aging Director Helen Bryson, the number of services provided by the department has grown exponentially since the entity began in 1980 as the Council on Aging. That group ...

Judge Brad Letts sentenced Tracy Ann Curtis, 45, to not less than 52 nor more than 72 months with the N.C. Department of Corrections. Curtis, who listed a Beechwood Drive address in Sylva, was charged ...

Friday night accident claims life of Sylva man By Carey Phillips A Sylva man died in a one-vehicle accident around 11 p.m. Friday on Fisher Creek Road. Trooper Denny Wood of the N.C. Highway Patrol ...

Blue Ridge baseball standout Cody Goodwin has been named to the 1-A All-State team by the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association. He really put together a terrific year and is very deserving of these ...

The 31-year-old Pry, who listed an address of Red Barn Lane, Sylva, is charged with driving while impaired and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to Capt. R.S. Sutton of ...

Following a weekend sting operation in the Cullowhee area, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office arrested six individuals on drug charges. "We will be filing more charges in this sting operation," ...