Hot Springs News

A federal prisoner being booked into the Madison County Jail fled the booking room and escaped running down the railroad tracks in downtown Marshall.

Some Madison County businesses are reaping benefits from the massive rock slide blocking Interstate 40 Haywood County.

Marshall voters reelected their mayor Tuesday but put out two incumbent aldermen.

Crews this week hope to begin drilling rocks at the top of a massive rockslide on Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line after rain delayed their progress over the weekend.

An engineer involved in building Interstate 40 through a portion of western North Carolina said more than 40 years ago that workers had problems finishing the project because of rock slides.

Editor's note: This story appeared following the July 1, 1997 rock slide that shut down Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge for several months.

Editor's note: This story appeared following the July 1, 1997 rock slide that shut down Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge for several months.

Keith Anderson has been traveling to Tennessee and back for 25 years. After Sunday's rock slide, though, the Candler resident will be a little leery of winding through the curves of Interstate 40 as it snakes through the Pigeon River Gorge.

Editor's note : This is the fourth in a weekly series on hikes to enjoy fall colors in Western North Carolina.

Dozens of volunteers and organizers gathered recently to celebrate the Summer Food Service Program that fed many Madison County children during the past summer break.

Asheville's Sanctum Sully played in Hot Springs on Oct. 10. Wxman1952 got this video: Website: http://www.sanctumsully.com Current Location: Asheville, NC Influences: Old & In The Way, The Seldom Scene, John Hartford, Bonfires & Basements Band Interests: General mischief.

My husband, Lenny, and I are the proud adopted parents of a section of the Appalachian Trail.

DISTRICTWIDE: This week is Bus Ridership Week. Seasonal flu vaccines will be given throughout October for grades K-5; this does not protect students from the H1N1 virus.

Electronic, acoustic and experimental pop are all fitting adjectives that describe the staccato blend of hushed singing and percolating beats, chirps and textures that define the BOOKS ' sound.

Law enforcement officials are advising motorists in parts of Madison County to use caution this morning after a severe thunderstorm dropped several inches of hail overnight.

The Smoky Mountain Folk festival is a family tradition that takes you back into mountain sights and sounds.

State data shows the crime rate in Madison County dropped dramatically from 2007 to 2008.

Excessive rain. Hungry, plant-munching deer. Fungal diseases. Fluctuating prices.

A strong thunderstorm will affect northwestern Haywood and western Madison counties through 2 this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

Rolling out an electronic medical record system is fraught with difficulties, from workflow disruptions to physician resistance to patient anxiety to financing .