The Eastern Band of Cherokee is the only NC tribe with full federal recognition. But NC recognizes seven others.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported the first pediatric flu-related death of the 2025-26 flu ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina would receive full federal recognition under a bill passed by Congress. Now it awaits ...

All across Appalachia, communities have historically leaned on music to help get work done. Whether tending the garden or marching along the picket line, music has been a way to k ...

The guitarist enlisted Stone Temple Pilots, MJ Lenderman, Daniel Donato, Maggie Rose, and more onstage in Asheville, North ...

South Carolina Upstate Spartans (3-6) at Western Carolina Catamounts (2-7) Cullowhee, North Carolina; Wednesday, 11 a.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Carolina hosts South Carolina Upstate looking to stop ...

New student enrollment figures published this week could impact schools across the Rock Hill region, from high school football rivalries to marching band champions to how many kindergarten teachers ...

The third round of the NCHSAA playoffs are here. Seven teams from Western North Carolina are aiming to advance to the fourth round of the NCHSAA playoffs. A win for Robbinsville would send the Black ...

BOTTOM LINE: Western Carolina faces Lipscomb after Cord Stansberry scored 29 points in Western Carolina's 80-73 victory against the UNC Asheville Bulldogs. The Bisons have gone 1-0 at home. Lipscomb ...

It doesn’t get better than this. Self-described as “not your grandpappy’s rodeo,” Bulls, Bands & Barrels have continued to outdo themselves since their inaugural year in 2013. Combining the ...