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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Just minutes from downtown Sylva, Pinnacle Park offers Jackson County residents a peaceful getaway from the stresses of daily life. The park offers both relaxing and strenuous hikes as well as a certified forest therapy trail within the thousand-acre preserve. Pinnacle Bald, the aptly named rock face at the […]
Students Emily Francis, Paiton Motley, Ariel Colón Rodriguez, and Arabella Magdamit presented their research funded by the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program at a conference at UNC Greensboro Sept. 22. They were the first scholarship recipients from WCU and were granted the opportunity by various professors and advisors […]
Base Camp Cullowhee is an outdoor program offered within WCU Campus Recreation and Wellness. The program offers a wide array of services to help students connect with the outdoors. Base Camp Cullowhee hosts a multitude of events throughout the year including the annual Tuck River Clean-Up which saw nearly 900 […]
#8220;The Caretaker” is the latest novel by author and WCU English professor Ron Rash. It is his first novel in 10 years. “The Caretaker” is set in 1950’s Blowing Rock, North Carolina amid the Korean War. The novel tells the story of Blackburn Gant and young couple Jacob and Naomi […]
Katerina Spasovska, associate professor of communication at Western Carolina University, has been selected as a Fulbright Fellowship recipient for 2024. Spasovska will use the fellowship to travel to Kosovo to teach and research topics of interest. Spasovska’s fellowship will span from February to July where she will live in the […]
MyWCU is the backbone of student life at WCU. It provides a host of services for active students, ranging from registration and advising to scholarships and billing. Recently, as explained by Chris Baxley, WCU IT lead architect and developer, myWCU will be getting rebuilt. “The current version of myWCU is […]
Jackson County is currently constructing a 30,000 square-foot aquatic facility at the recreation center on Tilley Creek Road in Cullowhee. The facility will provide service to county residents who currently must travel long distances to swim. Construction is expected to be complete by spring 2024 at a cost of $22 […]
First responders answered a call about a gas leak at Panda Express in the Courtyard dining hall at 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 12. According to Jeffery Marshall, residential district manager of Aramark, the gas leak occurred when the burners at Panda Express were being replaced. One new burner was not […]
In the crisp morning hours, bikers around Sylva joined together to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals Saturday, Sept. 23. The ride started in the parking lot of the Sylva Walmart and went through the Blue Ridge Parkway. Leo Craig, the organizer, has hosted the CMN bike […]
To view the news package associated with this story, click the WHEE-TV broadcast above. Fall marks the beginning of “respiratory viral season,” when viruses like influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and now, COVID-19 are prominent. Knowing what to do during this time of the year can help prevent the […]
