Transylvania County News

According to the Transylvania Times, the Economic Development Advisory Board says maintenance to the railway between Transylvania and Henderson counties should continue until it can no longer be used.

A group of instructors and teenage campers from an area summer camp escaped serious injury Monday when their van plunged over the side of a mountain in the Transylvania County section of Pisgah National Forest.

A van carrying teens from an area camp wrecked in Pisgah National Forest at 10 a.m. today.

ROSMAN, N.C. The N.C. Forest Service is now a quarter of the way toward its goal of creating an 8,000-acre Headwaters State Forest in southern Transylvania County, protecting one of the largest undeveloped tracts of privately owned land in Western North Carolina.

Authorities say the pilot of a small plane walked away unhurt after his aircraft crash-landed Thursday on a soccer field at Brevard Elementary School.

What's grown in Haywood County soil is some of the best food on local tables. To help kids learn about growing vegetables to encourage healthy eating habits, a Kids Corner Market will be added to the Original Waynesville Tailgate Market from 10 a.m. to noon, starting Saturday, June 1. The market will present five Kids Corner Markets on Saturdays ... (more)

Saft finished the 18.6-mile, race, which started at the Cradle on U.S. 276 in Transylvania County, and went out to Pilot Rock and back in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 12 seconds.

On the heels of an announcement of a new state forest in Western North Carolina, conservation groups are cautiously applauding the state Senate's proposed budget, which more than doubles the conservation funding levels from those in the governor's budget The funding, however, is still a mere fraction of original levels, and one WNC lawmaker said ... (more)