As Sylva closes in on a final proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, it looks like the town will be able to achieve its ...

Allied WW II-era art experts go behind enemy lines in Germany to recover works of art stolen by the Nazis, which are slated ...

Yonder profiles senior citizens who made the choice to relocate from urban to rural areas for their retirement.

• Jackson County native and graduate of Sylva-Webster the Reverend Eugene Ridley announced a Tri-County revival, traveling Jackson, Swain and Haywood counties and the Qualla Boundary. • A day of ...

Some rural hospitals in North Carolina have held the line or even expanded services or capacity: Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva or UNC-Health Chatham in Siler City, for example. It isn’t impossible ...

During its March 27 meeting, the Sylva Board of Commissioners voted to appoint Joseph Waldrun to fill the seat left vacant by ...

In late March of 1986, my then-wife and I, in Sylva, were witnesses to a massive triangular craft silently moving over us at night, barely 200 feet overhead. It had three red lights, one at each ...

The study considered safety, affordability, economic strength, education and health care, and quality of life.

This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.

Ten thousand Southern Living magazine readers voted for their favorite spots in a series of "best of" lists for 2025.