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Friday, July 4, 2025
On July 10, the university announced that Craig A. Fowler will be joining Western as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO). As of July 27, Fowler will be in charge of continuing to keep all television and Internet systems running smoothly. As CIO, Fowler will be responsible not only […]
President Obama, determined as ever on his top domestic priority, has been using every opportunity and tool available to pressure Congress for legislative approval. “We’ve made a lot of progress over the last few months. We’re now closer to health care reform than we ever had been before,” Obama said […]
Western Carolina University recently switched from Coca-Cola products to providing Pepsi products exclusively. This contract was entered on May 11, after state regulations required WCU to allow new bids for its next beverage provider contract. WCU had a prior working relationship with Coca-Cola that led to many decades of the […]
Even as signs that the recession may be slowing, the North Carolina General Assembly has gone past their July 1 deadline to pass a funding bill. Staff and students alike are waiting for the General Assembly to pass the State Senate Bill 202, which will set the budget for, among […]
As a means to create jobs and revitalize communities, Congress began The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Earlier this year, $900 billion was dispensed in stimulus money in order to boost local Economies. Among the $900 billion, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) received $64 Million of this money. […]
A Western Carolina University senior was injured Sunday after falling off a Macon County waterfall. Gioia Holland was hiking with friends at Glen Falls two-miles outside of Highlands when she slipped. According to Highlands EMS reports, the 21-year-old student from Marion fell about 80 feet on Sunday evening. Highland rescue workers received the call […]
Two recent graduates of Western Carolina University, Robert Brown and Sam Venable, have been accepted into one of only seven electro-optics programs in the United States at the University of Dayton in Ohio. Brown, son of Cathy and Terry Brown of Nantahala, and Venable, son of Rhonda and Samuel Venable […]
John E. Wells, studio engineer for Western Carolina University’s Center for Applied Technology, recently won an Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Wells served as an edit systems maintenance engineer for an NBC team that was honored with a Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical […]
According to statistics, the United States makes up only 5% of the world’s population and yet one-third of the world’s soda consumption. The Senate Finance Committee is banking on Americans’ love of soda to help pay for a revamp of the nation’s health care, and is pushing for a tax […]
Webster local Dr. Mary Adams not only teaches English, but rescues animals as well. Along with fellow volunteers, the ARF (Animal Relief Friends) organization (Jackson County’s Humane Society) rescues animals from shelters, roads, and the community. ARF is all-volunteer and has a no-kill policy. On Saturdays, adoptive parents gather just […]
