The United States Post Office has proposed yet another rate increase to the cost of traditional mail. The Post Office is seeking to increase the cost of stamps by 2 cents to 46 cents per stamp. If approved, it would be the seventh cost increase since 2000. Postmaster General John […]

To help offset the impact of budget cuts recently authorized by the N.C. General Assembly, Western Carolina University will raise in-state undergraduate tuition and fees by 17.5 percent beginning with the fall semester. A special provision of the state budget allows UNC campuses to increase tuition by as much as […]

Travelers between Sylva and Dillsboro who would like to avoid traffic will soon have a means to walk instead of drive. On July 12, a recently approved construction project began on a sidewalk that will connect the two towns. The sidewalk project had been discussed for years but ran into […]

After the scare of possibly taking time off without pay, faculty can now relax and not worry about furloughs with the new budget in place. Furloughing is defined as mandatory time off without pay. The state had recently questioned if furloughing would be necessary as a way to make up […]