The start of 2013 saw unemployment rise in each of the state's 100 counties in January, data from the N.C. Division of Employment Security released last week show.
On Wednesday, March 20, the governor's anticipated budget was released, and news and social media posters began talking about what it contains. At more than $20 billion, his state budget proposal has copious details. Here's some of the firs ...
A debate has already started over statewide energy policy legislation introduced last week by Rep. Mike Hager. Among other WNC legislators' efforts: reducing a reporting requirement for electric membership cooperatives and repealing prohibi ...
For the fifth-consecutive year, Mission Hospital has been named one of the nations Top 100 Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, formerly known as Thomson Reuters.
A guide to the municipalities and county boards of commissioners that share videos and/or meeting minutes on the internet — and those that don't.
The next public meeting conducted as part of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests management plan revision process will be Tuesday, March 12 in Marion, N.C.
Gov. Pat McCrory's office announced Tuesday that Franklin Tubular Products Inc. will locate its operations in Macon County and invest $4 million in Franklin over the next three years.
The offices are located in 17 Western North Carolina counties and in the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee.
What's on tap this week at the N.C. legislature for WNC's lawmakers? A look ahead inside.
How to contact your U.S. House and Senate representatives, including their contact information, district information, committee memberships and how to track their bill sponsorships and voting records.
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