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Smoky Mountain Center has begun the process of transferring its mental health services to private companies in a move that signals the advent of the latest overhaul to the state's mental health provider network.

The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and Cataloochee Ranch will host their first hike of the year March 10 on the ranch's Walhalla Trail.

Yet another winter storm roared through Western North Carolina on Tuesday, making roads slick for weary motorists and shutting down schools across the region.

The Committee to Elect Don Fisher will hold a Don Fisher for Sheriff Campaign Kick-off at 7 p.m. Feb.

Haywood Community College, the HCC Foundation, and Champion Credit Union are sponsoring Share the Warmth benefit concert from 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

It's exactly one year since the stimulus funding package passed and so far only a third of the $787 million has actually been paid out.

The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy will offer their first guided hike of the year on Wednesday Feb.

The mountain-music concert headliners are Balsam Range plus Laura Boosinger and Bobby Hicks and the Cole Mountain Cloggers.

Police say they caught a Weaverville man with a gram of cocaine. A Woodfin officer charged Alfred Balsam, 43, of Boyds Chapel Road, with possession of a controlled substance, according to a warrant served Tuesday.

In keeping with the nonstop winter onslaught, Western North Carolina got a little more snow than it bargained for Friday.

Published: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7:45 p.m. This April, Earth Day will reach its 40th birthday.

The annual Balsam Christmas Bird Count was scheduled for last Saturday . However, scary weather conditions - snow, high winds and temperatures in the low teens - especially in the northern count area, caused the count to be canceled.

A highly visible cross atop a mountain peak illuminates nighttime in the Balsam area of Haywood County.

The Avett Brothers, Elvis Costello, the Steep Canyon Rangers and Little Feat are among the acts booked at the 2010 Merlefest music festival in Wilkesboro, organizers have announced.

More than 50,000 people are expected to attend Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Day this weekend as hundreds of crafters, musicians, Native American stickball players, shaped note singers, woodcarvers, potters, food vendors and a 'who's who' of traditional regional culture spread across the campus.

An impressive stone monument sits hidden in the shade of a dogwood tree in Hazelwood, outside of downtown Waynesville.

The sound of bluegrass music and the smell of country barbecue filled the air at Pickin' in the Park held at the Fletcher Community Park Saturday night.

Western Carolina University's student body has grown to 9,429 students - the largest total student enrollment in the university's history and a 4 percent increase from last year.

Balsaman was bringing Burningman back to size and smiles at Baker Beach in San Francisco yesterday.

For the second year in a row, Odell Thompson will get on his bike before the sun rises and ride nearly 50 miles from Newfound Gap in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Balsam Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway.