Photo/contributed - The new county animal shelter on Highway 19.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
BY SHELBY POWELL - REPORTERSwain County has opened up a new animal shelter for community members to come for adoptions, to collect lost pets and surrender animals they cannot care for.
Nell Redmond/AP Photo - Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C, listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing on Sept. 29, 2025 in Charlotte, N.C.
The 76th anniversary season of Unto These Hills opens on May 30 at the outdoor venue, Mountainside Theatre, in Cherokee.
Press photo/Shelby Powell - Teams participating in the Smoky Mountain Relay stopped for a free breakfast hosted by Cowee School volunteers. Each member of this team was from the Southeast, with members from Bryson City, Chattanooga, Nashville, Sylva and Asheville.
Photo/Travis Long/News & Observer
Jack Igelman / Carolina Public Press. An area of the Pisgah National Forest near Shope Creek, where severe damage occurred during Tropical Storm Helene in 2024.
Photo/Sara Eisinger. Far West Special Olympics with a superhero theme April 2025.
