Big Y Community wins big at WNC Honors

  ASHEVILLE – A celebration of the work of 64 rural communities in the western North Carolina mountains took place on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the 67th WNC Honors Awards Program. Over 250 community leaders from 15 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee...

CHS Life Skills students win art awards

  Seven students in the Life Skills classroom at Cherokee High School have recently displayed their artwork at two area fairs.  Nathan Gaddis, Jimmy Welch, Destyni Johnson, Daniel Tramper, Dustin Pheasant, Gabby Mejorado, and Andy Watty entered arts and crafts...

Have a healthy holiday

   By JORDAN HOSTETLER   It’s time to start planning healthy meals to celebrate the holidays!  We all know that the holidays can lead to extra caloric intake, but what if we could have the same or similar meals without the typical holiday weight gain? Huffington...

Park restricts campfires in the backcounty

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced on Tuesday, Nov. 1 a temporary ban on campfires in the park’s backcountry effective immediately. Due to extremely dry weather conditions and the amount of fresh leaf litter on the ground, the potential for...