Last year over 25,000 people marched at the state capital in Raleigh to support public school teachers through the Red 4 Ed NC cause. This year they’ll do it again on May 1 st . Franklin High School teacher John deVille is the vice president of North Carolina Association of Educators. He’s also on the Red 4 Ed advisory board. He says May 1st isn’t a protest. “I wouldn’t want to frame it as a protest. We’re calling a day of advocacy,” says deVille who has taught at FHS for the last 23 years. Last

The installation ceremony for Dr. Nancy Cable as UNC Asheville chancellor takes place this Friday April 26 on the Quad on campus. Cable began her tenure as the school's 8th chancellor began last August, and her first school year at UNC Asheville has seen challenges. In the first days of her tenure, the school's new residence halls had to be closed to students over fire safety concerns. Asheville firefighters lived at the dorms for weeks after. Then in the spring, Eblen Charities CEO Bill Murdock

There’s no marker or memorial to commemorate the victims of one of Western North Carolina’s biggest tragedies, but Haywood County musicians Buddy Melton and Milan Miller have immortalized the Cowee Tunnel disaster through song.

Despite this week’s summer temperatures, the weather will chill across the mountains this weekend. Here are tips from a horticulture expert on when you should start planting for summer. Don’t be fooled by the flowers and tomato plants on sale across the region, says Christy Bredenkamp Horticulture Extension Agent for NC State. We aren’t past the “frost-free” date just yet: “So the Internet says the end of April is the last frost date and May 4th or 5th and May 10 and May 15th. I’ve seen all

UPDATE: Tuesday 5:45 p.m. - Shortly before its scheduled meeting was to begin Tuesday evening, Asheville City Council pushed back a public hearing and potential vote on a proposal to turn the historic Flatiron Building into a hotel until its next meeting May 14th. The plan would turn the 93-year-old building on Battery Park Avenue in downtown into an 80-room hotel with restaurants on its bottom floor. City staff recommend council members approve the plan, but there has been strong pushback from

The demand for seasonal employees continues to outpace the number of H-2B visas available to fill temporary jobs.

North Carolina governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bill last week dealing with care for babies born after attempted abortions. His decision sets up the first showdown in Raleigh over veto overrides since the governor's fellow Democrats gained more seats in the General Assembly in last fall's election, ending the ability of majority Republicans to override Cooper vetoes through party line votes.

A bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would allow Swain County to control more of the money it was paid by the federal government for the so-called ‘Road To Nowhere.” Last July , the federal government paid up on a 75-year-old bill to Swain County for the “Road To Nowhere.” The over $30 million payment was the last installment of the $52 million tab that was promised to Swain County back in the 1940s. That’s when the federal government was going to build a road to connect to areas

It’s been more than a month since clocks had to ‘spring forward’ for daylight saving time. Under a bill that cleared the North Carolina House this week, residents wouldn’t have to remember to ‘fall back’ during autumn.

As the controversy over the ownership of the Nikwasi Mound in Franklin lingers on, Macon County officials are highlighting their working relationship with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee. Macon County’s Economic Development Commission honored its outdoor recreation industry, a high employment rate and the founding of Franklin’s first radio station in 1957 during a weeklong celebration. But the county’s relationship with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was also a central part of the event.