Regional land trust celebrates 50,000 acres protected FOOTHILLS—Conserving Carolina, a regional land trust, has surpassed a ...

Search prompts heightened security measures at local schools LANDRUM—On Thursday, September 25, three Landrum schools were ...

FOOTHILLS—Saturday marks one year after Hurricane Helene brought a wave of destruction to our home. On Friday, September 27, ...

Members of Polk County 4-H brought home numerous honors from this year’s Mountain State Fair, which ran from September 5 to ...

Timothy Barth charged with viewing pornography on government networks COLUMBUS—Former town manager Timothy Barth was arrested ...

COLUMBUS—Foothills Humane Society will host its Mutt Strutt Parade and Festival on Saturday, October 25, celebrating dogs, ...

Randy Wayne Whitener Jr. arrested on $450,000 bond POLK COUNTY—A Rutherford County man well known in the professional bull ...

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, ...

Sixth grade students from Polk County Middle School experienced two days of outdoor education at Chimney Rock Park on Sept.

The 9th annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser, presented by Saluda Outfitters, is set to return on Friday, October 10, from 4 to 7 ...

Now that we are focused on how much land the approaching herd of cookie-cutter homebuilders is threatening to gobble up, ...

TRYON—Almost a year after it was destroyed by Hurricane Helene, the Rotary Club of Tryon’s Little Library for children has ...