Editor's note: this story has been updated with a statement from Cynthia Mason Womble, acting chair of the Fontana Regional ...

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A  proposed resolution that expressed support for the Fontana Regional Library system didn’t survive the first four minutes ...

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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded more than $1.1 million ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has secured a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Dogwood Health Trust to support regional ...

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It’s the week paddlers from across the state and even the nation look forward to all year; it’s also the week Swain County ...

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As a retired physician assistant who devoted a long career to public health in Macon County, I am deeply concerned by the ...