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WNC supporters say short-changing a program that’s been a boost to the region’s economy and conservation efforts is the wrong move.
The Clean Water Management Trust Fund has distributed more than $200 million in grants throughout the 18 westernmost counties of the state. Inside: A ...
The U.S. Forest Services plans two upcoming meetings, to be held in Franklin and Asheville, about the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests management ...
Fearing that employees will quit before the proposed transition to a neighboring organization, officials with Western Highlands Network voted unanimou ...
Three months into 2013, unemployment rates for across Western North Carolina appear to highlight the highs and lows of seeking work in the mountains.
More than 282 million people visited America’s national parks in 2012, an increase of more than 3 million over 2011.
The U.S. Forest Service is asking forest visitors, area residents and others to submit data and information about the current conditions in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests.
North Carolina has for the second straight year set a record for the lowest solid waste disposal rate since measurement of tonnage deposited in the landfill began in 1991, according to data released Thursday by the N.C. Department of Enviro ...
Eight North Carolina organizations received grants totally $297,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts last week for a variety of programs, including ones in Mitchell County and for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.
The merger bill comes as discussions ensue on several others, including one that would give Buncombe County Commissioners say over some construction on the A-B Tech campus and one that would minimize road project-related damage to farmland.
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