Jackson County News

This guide to Asheville-area tailgate markets is supplied by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

The Autism Society of North Carolina is currently hiring for a Coordinator in Haywood/Jackson county.

Representatives of the firms assisting Western Carolina University in drafting a comprehensive master plan that will guide campus development and improvements in the years ahead will seek input from members of the community Monday, May 13, in Sylva.

Photo by Max Cooper Freshman Rep. Mark Meadows met with a group of local business leaders April 30 and shared some scalding thoughts on what he's encountered during his first few months in Congress.

Almost all of the 19th-century travel writers visited Whiteside Mountain. It was -- and is -- dramatic.

Don't sit around and mope this weekend while the earth is greening up, the birds are singing, the air is cool and fresh and there are great free things to be doing.

Some video sweepstakes games are up and running again in Macon County following a court case last week, but they're still illegal in Haywood - for now.

The Crowe Brothers with Steve Sutton will be playing at 7:30 Thursday, april 25,at Smoky Mountain Coffee Roasters, 444 Hazelwood Ave., in Waynesville.

An herb-growing alliance. A tilapia farming operation. A micropropagation lab. Those are just a few examples of the projects funded by a decade-old state program aimed at helping farms move into new crops and adopt more environmentally friendly practices.

Timm Muth doesn't necessarily intend to be a groundbreaker. As the project director of the Jackson County Green Energy Park, he's constantly developing more uses for methane gas leaking from a Dillsboro landfill.

Angry over the way Swain County social services workers handled a child abuse case in which a 15-month old girl died, a Native American tribe is planning to form its own agency to protect children on a North Carolina reservation.