Swain Schools now to close for at least 2 weeks
On Saturday evening, NC Governor Roy Cooper announced a statewide closure of all public schools for at least 2 weeks.
On Saturday evening, NC Governor Roy Cooper announced a statewide closure of all public schools for at least 2 weeks.
The underground issues at a slide location in the Nantahala Gorge are evolving.
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Despite Western North Carolina remaining clear so far of cases of COVID-19, an acute respiratory virus, Swain County residents are feeling the disruption of plans.
Alex Gary, a former student-athlete on the Western Carolina University baseball team who is currently serving as senior associate athletics director for development at Oregon State University, is t
The Swain County Board of Education held its regular meeting Monday, March 9.
A highway in southern Swain County will remain closed for at least one week while N.C. Department of Transportation crews clear debris from a Thursday evening landslide.
N.C. Department of Transportation officials from Division 14 closed the highway after noticing small amounts of rock and dirt in the road Thursday afternoon.
Swain County Board of Commissioners heard the 2019 annual report for the Swain Soil & Water Conservation District during their regular meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27.
On Tuesday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper went before the public to report that the state had its first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus in Wake County.