The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) buys about $2 billion — billion — in U.S. agricultural products per year. American crops like wheat, peas, lentils, rice, corn, soybeans, ...

Southwestern Community College is now accepting nominations for the SCC Foundation’s seventh-annual Distinguished Alumni Award.  To be considered for the award, nominees must have graduated with ...

After serving as the executive director of Haywood Pathways Center since 2017, Mandy Haithcox is stepping down. Haithcox and her family will be moving back to Minnesota where aging family members live ...

With higher prices on eggs due to the bird flu (H5N1), many people may be changing up their breakfast proteins. Check the ...

Residents of western Haywood County and eastern Jackson County will have the chance to learn about the Spongy Moth ...

WNC Communities is now accepting nominations for the Western North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame. This prestigious honor ...

FIND Outdoors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting outdoor education, recreation and conservation, announced a variety of seasonal and full-time job opportunities for the 2025 season. ...

Officials at all levels of government, including new U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, visited the construction area ...

A visit from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and comments made by North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein have ...

Inside Keith Gibbs’ office hangs an imprint of a sicklefin redhorse, a sucker fish that the Western Carolina University ...

Now is the time for North Carolinians to act on wildfire mitigation practices and Firewise principles. By taking appropriate ...

The goal of a writer is to pen words that inspire, educate or entertain, but sometimes, when the world feels heavy, it’s ...