Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Football season is upon us, and legally or not, a lot of folks will be placing bets on games in coming days as collegiate squads and the NFL begin gearing up.
By Tom Campbell
By Betty Joyce Nash
‘Tis the season of kudzu, the imported vine brought to the U.S. as an ornamental and forage crop that was later promoted to prevent soil erosion.
Biden rose to vaccination challenge
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Football season is upon us, and legally or not, a lot of folks will be placing bets on games in coming days as collegiate squads and the NFL begin gearing up.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Wednesday, July 07, 2021
By Tom Campbell
By Betty Joyce Nash
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
‘Tis the season of kudzu, the imported vine brought to the U.S. as an ornamental and forage crop that was later promoted to prevent soil erosion.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Biden rose to vaccination challenge
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
It’s striking how some of the fables we heard as children hold lessons that continually ring true.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
I come from one of those families that’s always hugging on each other, so it feels mighty strange not to have hugged my dad since his wedding last March.
Wednesday, March 03, 2021
A few weeks back we wrote about House Bill 35, a measure sponsored by a number of Republican House members, none representing Jackson County or Western North Carolina, that would allow a dozen or so counties – including Jackson – to publish public notices on a county-maintained website inste…
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
It’s getting lonely out there.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
“Things are moving fast.”
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Remember the solar eclipse glasses?
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Fresh out of the gates, there’s plenty of bad news out there – political division and COVID still hang in the air like smoke from a tire fire – but Dillsboro is bucking the bad-news trend in impressive fashion.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Predictions for the coming year have always been a rather lighthearted staple of newspaper editorial pages, but looking ahead to 2021 is something of a challenge.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Wednesday, December 09, 2020
With the predictions of post-Thanksgiving spikes in the number of COVID-19 cases turning out to be chillingly true, we’d like to offer a gentle reminder that there are steps we can take to help our overtaxed health care professionals cope with this latest sinister chapter of the pandemic.
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Today we offer a couple of parting thoughts on the 2020 election in Jackson County.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
The UNC system, which includes Western Carolina University among its 17-strong member institutions, has long been a crown jewel for the state and the envy of many of North Carolina’s peers.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
“People are just so dug in. I’ve never seen anything like this. And I don’t know how to deal with it.”
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
2020 has been a year for the record books. It’s hard to think back to the early part of the year when, for only the third time in the nation’s history, a U.S. president was impeached.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have put an end to business as usual in Jackson County.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
As March Madness, the total of 67 games that will determine the NCAA men’s basketball champion kicks off, we’re going to offer a suggestion from a reader that makes a lot of sense:
Fear can spread faster and do more damage than any outbreak
Congratulations go out to former Herald General Manager Quintin Ellison, who has departed to begin the next chapter of her career working with District Attorney Ashley Welch, largely as a public information officer. Ellison begins her new job April 1.
Wednesday, March 04, 2020
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
There’s an old ad campaign for oil filters that featured a grizzled mechanic holding up an oil filter in one hand, saying “you can pay me now,’’ and a piston in the other hand, “or you can pay me later.”
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The 2020 election is picking up steam in Jackson County; mail-in voting has begun, and the on-site early voting period starts Feb. 13.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Earlier this month the Jackson County Board of Commissioners declared 2020 a year of celebration in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
Come and join Jackson Neighbors In Need for our annual fundraiser, Charlie’s Challenge. It is a wonderful opportunity to visit with friends and neighbors and to have a chance to help those neighbors in Jackson County that need your help.
Wednesday, January 08, 2020
Wednesday, January 01, 2020
Western North Carolina has a long, sad history regarding this state’s “Move Over’’ law.
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