Today, we will be discussing a somewhat sticky subject – thistles. Thistles have been largely relegated into the noxious weed ...

The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation has announced the start of its 2025 LIFT Grant cycle. The Health Foundation’s LIFT Grants will support and fund programs focusing on one or more ...

THE 49TH HASKETT REUNION will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 at the Webster Baptist Church Fellowship Room, with a pot luck lunch at noon. Hasketts are descendants ...

This week in local history: ...

- Herald photo by Lisa Majors-DuffRebecca Dutsch of Andrews, whose mother, Kathy Dutsch, did not receive a paycheck for three weeks in December from her employer, Immediate Med Services, began ...

Mau urged the board to do three things: place the revenue neutral rate on the proposed budget so that property owners could see how the projected tax rate might impact them, provide a breakdown of ...

• 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, Jackson County Board of Commissioners, Justice Center Room A-201. The meeting will be live-streamed via YouTube. The link is located on the county website at ...

GEP will host a lye soapmaking class on Saturday, June 28, with six spots available for one session from 10 a.m. until noon.

Jackson County native Darren Nicholson is a Grammy nominee and 13-time International Bluegrass Music Association award winner. He’s made multiple performances on the Grand Ole Opry and is a recipient ...

Jaxon Tabor won the Jackson County Golf Club Tournament held on June 2 at Mountain Harbour Living and Golf with a net score of 72. Chuck Hall secured second place ...

Walter Mucklow Burnett was born in Schenectady, New York on Nov. 8, 1937. He grew up in Niskayuna, N.Y. and spent many of the summers of his youth at Camp Chingachgook on Lake George as a camper, ...

Rotary Club supports local non-profitsThe Rotary Club of Sylva awarded $13,500 to 14 local nonprofits this year. The funds were raised through community events like the Chili Cook-Off, Pancake ...