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Sunday, January 12, 2025
Days are getting shorter and although the calendar hasn’t marked it yet, winter has begun. With it comes colder days and an often-stressful end to our semester. The leaves have fallen, animals entered hibernation, it is almost as if the earth calls us to rest. Shorter days mean more time […]
The Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River will host a live music celebration and fundraiser party 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Innovation Station in Dillsboro. WATR is a locally focused, grassroots organization founded in 1999 to restore and protect the water quality of the Tuckasegee River Basin. For over […]
“It’s a feeling, it’s a family, it’s everything, it’s so much more than just a building,” Julia Collins, the coach for WCU’s collegiate equestrian team said, about her barn in Candler, NC. Collins has owned Over the River Farms for 25 years. For eight of those years, she has worked […]
Kevin Massie watched as quickly moving floodwaters approached his home foot by foot. The water rose as the Pigeon River inched its way into the streets of Clyde, North Carolina. “In this area, it’s common to have several floods a year,” said Massie. In the 60 years Massie lived in […]
Western North Carolina has been hit with the most devastating storm it has seen in modern history. Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Florida Gulf coast late Sept. 26. The storm impacted North Carolina in the early morning hours of Sept. 27. Western Carolina University has been monitoring the impact […]
Students may be wondering what the construction around campus is for. The various marked areas are part of an extensive drainage improvement project that has been in the works over the past several months. Daneil Fiskeaux is the assistant director of design with WCU’s Facilities Management. Fiskeaux explained the renovations […]
From Vol. 90, Ed. 8 May 2, 2024 Western Carolina University, like most higher education institutions, is constantly changing. With new construction proposed, immense planning is required to delegate funds, resources and man hours to meet university goals. The university uses a living plan to determine how construction and […]
August rolls around each year with bittersweet tastes of chapters closing and new beginnings. Western North Carolina is in full bloom flashing the growth this season has to offer. Be sure to relish the sweetness of summer but prepare for the excitement of things to come. It is easy to […]
On June 14, 2023, NC Governor Roy Cooper signed the legislation that legalized online sports betting across the state. After cutting through red tape, online sportsbooks officially went live in North Carolina on March 11, 2024. This comes just in time for a huge money maker in the college sports […]
Just 32 miles south of Western Carolina University and only minutes from downtown Highlands sits a unique and integral biological hotspot. The Highlands Biological Station (HBS) was founded in 1927 and has grown its educational and research missions for nearly a century. In 2018, HBS became a multi-campus center of […]
