No matter where you were in the world, spring 2020 was a time of fear and uncertainty. The expanding COVID-19 pandemic ...

Twenty-five years. It didn’t dawn on me until one of my colleagues mentioned it in our editorial meeting last week. But, yes, ...

Journalist Karen Hao began covering OpenAI in 2019. OpenAI was one of the early companies trying to build AI.  Hao, a ...

An acclaimed Americana/bluegrass act, the Darren Nicholson Band will hit the stage for an intimate performance at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. A ...

Marquee bluegrass ensemble Authentic Unlimited will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Authentic Unlimited is a dynamic ...

The sixth annual Highlands PorchFest will be held from 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at a variety of local venues within the community. Over 40 musicians will perform across 16 venues in downtown ...

The 16th annual “Youth Arts Festival” will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Jackson County Green ...

Presented by the Center for Domestic Peace, the Blue Ridge Peace Fest will host an array of local musical acts from 2-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. Artists to appear ...

Arielle Hebert will share her debut poetry collection, “Bottom Feeders,” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at City Lights ...

Few places capture the beauty of the Southern Appalachians quite like Max Patch. On Saturday, Sept. 26, CMC volunteers will come together for a special trail workday in celebration of National Public ...

Join the Cataloochee chapter of Trout Unlimited at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Waynesville Recreation Center for a ...

Our newsroom began talking a couple of months ago about pulling together a few stories to mark the 25th year since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that so profoundly changed this country. The memories are ...