It was a Friday afternoon a few weeks ago, and I was chafing. Perhaps you saw me. I was that 65-ish guy with sunglasses and a ...

The Fontana Regional Library Board of Trustees is again struggling to implement changes as it trudges forward without legal ...

What’s the point of human existence if we’re not part of something bigger than ourselves?  Our need for connection is rooted deep within our biology — as important as food, water and shelter. In fact, ...

A new fire substation in Franklin years in the making is now operational.  After lingering in limbo following initial ...

Jam-rock ensemble Prophets of Time will hit the stage at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Lazy Hiker Brewing in Sylva. A multi-genre blending rock band hailing from the mountains of Western North Carolina, ...

Regional Americana act Somebody’s Child will perform at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Mountain Layers Brewing Company in Bryson City. For more than a decade, Ashley Claxton and Cola Williamson have been ...

Georgia poet and author Rupert Fike and I lived in the San Francisco Bay area during the 1970s in a time of social ...

At age 66, legendary singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott is having a career rebirth of sorts.  Though he’s always been known as a prolific and productive artist — whether in ...