N.C. Department of Transportation crews cleared and reopened U.S. 19/74 in the Nantahala Gorge Saturday after a slide closed the highway on Friday night.
As a senior guard at Franklin High School, Michael Turner faced future UNC Tar Heel and NBA player Rashad McCants twice.
An old vacant house on Deep Creek Road, just past Nantahala Burger + Bar (in the old R.C. Cola plant) downtown Bryson City, caught fire on Saturday morning and was completely destroyed.
It is an end of an era. Joanie Weeks, executive director for Swain County Board of Elections Office, retired this week after 37 years serving in the role.
Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
Kayla McMahan won a state championship in volleyball, is in the Swain County High School Athletic Hall of Fame for softball, and rounded out the year by playing basketball in the winter, yet her fi
Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
A rally supporting President Donald Trump’s reelection and the promotion of gun ownership was held in downtown Bryson City on Saturday, July 18.
Swain County Schools are planning for in person instruction for the majority of students come this fall, pre-K-12, with plans in the works to meet the guidelines for social distancing as required b
In a press release issue on Wednesday, the NCHSAA announced that it will push back the beginning of all fall sports until at least Sept. 1.