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Saturday, June 21, 2025
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 […]
“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 […]
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, 12 days after Hurricane Helene arrived in Western North Carolina, reporters Deanna Sipe and Marrah Ste. Marie interviewed the director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Robert Young. The interview was broadcast live on 95.3 FM WWCU during the station’s coverage of Hurricane […]
WHEE-TV presents the first of its bi-weekly newscasts for the 2024-2025 academic year. Featuring stories about Hurricane Helene misinformation, Sylva Pride, electric scooter safety and more!
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 […]
The Bobby Setzer trout hatchery outside Pisgah, North Carolina has supplied WNC streams with trout since the late 1950s. The hatchery is the largest in the state and one of three cold water hatcheries. Together they raise over one million rainbow, brook and brown trout a year. Trout fishing in […]
Construction has been active on Monteith Gap Road, South Painter Road and Ledbetter Road to create a new roundabout. The goal of the project is to make the intersection less dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians. However, the construction borders the Cullowhee Community Garden interrupting the garden’s previous tranquility. “People […]
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 […]
Walking through the doors of the Mountain Heritage Center is like walking through a time machine. You are surrounded by sounds of nature; birds chirping, crickets and running water, complemented by music that was popular in the late 1800s. That all changes when you enter the Cowee 19 exhibit. Suddenly, […]
