The nonprofit organization WNC Communities recently hosted its 60th annual Honors Awards program at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa to recognize and reward outstanding community development activities across Western North Carolina.

A fire destroyed a ridge-top home Wednesday in Haywood County, sending up flames and smoke that could be seen for miles.

Dr. David Trigg, medical director at the Good Samaritan Clinic of Jackson County, doesn't know if he should do more or less to treat the uninsured.

Players at Harrah's Cherokee Casino can now have a stiff drink between games. And under an arrangement approved last week by state officials, their purchase will benefit both Swain and Jackson counties.

The time has finally come for senior citizens to have a new hangout at the Polk County Senior Recreational Center.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently got a big push forward in building its own jail after receiving an $18 million grant from the Department of Justice.

Mitchell Community College will have a special guest speaker on campus this week.

A view along the Blue Ridge Parkway Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in North Carolina near Cherokee.

Friday morning marked the kick off of a year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

When traveling south on the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost 467 marks the end of the road.

In 1838, the Cherokee were forced to give up their land in the east and migrate to what is now Oklahoma.

Love it or hate it, mountain vernacular architecture has stubbornly planted its roots in Western North Carolina and shows no signs of abandoning the area.

Western North Carolina has so embraced mountain vernacular architecture that local planning boards across the area are prodding developers into adopting the style.

Harrah's Cherokee Casino and the North Carolina Wine and Grape Council present an exquisite Wine Tasting Getaway event to benefit The Rathbun Center, western North Carolina's only hospital hospitality house.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. When I first met my future wife in college, I'm pretty sure when I asked where she was from she replied Charlotte.

Asheville's world music super-trio Free Planet Radio plays its final show of the year, 'Up Close and Personal,' at 8 p.m. at Jubilee, 46 Wall St.

It could take up to three months to completely clear debris on Interstate 40 after a rock slide early Sunday morning closed the highway in both directions at mile marker 3 in Haywood County, according to officials with the N.C. Department of Transportation.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Don Putnam, one of the Korean War veterans spearheading the effort to build the NC Korean War Memorial in Mint Hill , said they raised more than $2,000 at last week's fundraiser.

The state's history office is taking the last steps on a long road toward writing a 600,000-word essay on North Carolina - at about 400 words a clip.