2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (196+ words) The Highlands Biological Foundation will welcome back Philip S. Prince, project geologist with Appalachian Landslide Consultants and researcher with Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences, for a presentation titled "The Blue Wall: What We Know " and Don't Know " About Southern Appalachia's Enigmatic…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (554+ words) Superior Court Judge Tessa Sellers has granted Swain County a temporary enjoinment and restraining order against the Fontana Regional Library board, in effect until June 29, when the court will hear the plaintiff's preliminary injunction." It also restrains and enjoins the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (241+ words) As summer recreation season begins, the N. C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources is reminding the public to avoid contact with discolored water that may indicate an algal bloom. While algae occur naturally in all waterbodies, certain conditions " including…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (608+ words) Macon commissioners voted to notify the Fontana Regional Library system of the county's withdrawal." While the item wasn't included in the agenda for the June 9 meeting that went out to the public, it was added near the beginning of the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (234+ words) Open Space Institute and Mainspring Conservation Trust have announced the conservation of more than 4, 400 acres across the Snowbird, Unicoi and Cheoah mountain ranges. The multi-year project comprises a patchwork of 17 parcels connecting more than 1. 65 million acres of ecologically rich public…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (367+ words) A "Community Contra Dance" will be held at 6: 30 p. m. Thursday, June 18, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Contra dance is a form of social folk dancing from which square dancing evolved, so it shares many of the same movements....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (214+ words) Celebrating the beauty, creativity and versatility of fiber art, "Threads," the latest exhibition at the Haywood County Arts Council, will be on display through Aug. 3 at HCAC's Haywood Handmade Gallery on Main Street in downtown Waynesville." "Threads" showcases the many…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (165+ words) The 27th annual Taste of Scotland Festival will be held June 19-21 at a variety of locations around Franklin. The festival is a celebration of the heritage brought to these mountains, that of the Scots and Scots-Irish, along with celebrating the historic…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (464+ words) Patriarchy is not inevitable and having huge swaths of land and people being controlled by a single person is not ordained by God." We are no longer an agrarian society where the physical strength of men allowed them the advantage…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (246+ words) A new flock is preparing to glide across the waters of Lake Junaluska this summer. Seven pedal-powered swan boats could arrive as early as Independence Day Weekend, bringing a new whimsical recreation experience to the 200-acre mountain lake. Designed to…...