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In its regular meeting recently, the Brevard Academy Board of Directors voted 4-2 to maintain its current universal masking policy. Board members Lee Burgess and Mark Franklin voted against the policy. While public comment time... — Updated 10/20/2021

Transylvania Public Health reported Wednesday 24 additional cases of COVID-19 in the past week and one additional COVID-19 death, for a total of 3,881 cases and 49 deaths among county residents since the pandemic started. As of... — Updated 10/20/2021

In its regular meeting Monday night, the Transylvania County Board of Education voted 4-1 to keep the current mandatory masking policy in place. Board member Kimsey Jackson voted against the motion. Before the vote, Assistant... — Updated 10/20/2021

The Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County received unanimous approval for conditional rezoning, as well as the go-ahead for a major expansion project during Monday night’s Brevard City Council meeting. In... — Updated 10/20/2021

Applying for federal disaster assistance from FEMA will not affect other federal benefits that western North Carolina disaster survivors may receive. Residents in Transyl-vania, Buncombe and Haywood counties who register with... — Updated 10/20/2021

FEMA reminds western North Carolina residents who have received federal disaster assistance for Tropical Storm Fred to use the money for its intended purpose and to keep receipts for three years. Disaster assistance is intended... — Updated 10/20/2021

At the recommendation of the city’s Downtown Master Plan Committee, members of the Brevard city council unanimously voted to remove the recently-installed “Clemson Plaza” sign that sits high atop the Co-Ed Cinema building.... — Updated 10/20/2021

The following guest opinion was written by Bart Renner, the agriculture agent at the Transylvania County Cooperative Extension Office and AmeriCorps member Matty Alpert. Each autumn homeowners are faced with a daunting task:... — Updated 10/20/2021

My father had a heart attack when I was 7. We lost our car, almost our home. At times there was no food. We didn’t want a handout. We needed a hand up. My mother and I began cleaning our church each Saturday. I’m sure it paid... — Updated 10/20/2021

In a recent letter, Ms. D’Alessandro tried to defend President Biden by saying, “Do your homework.” Well, more and more Americans are doing their homework and are coming up with results quite different from her blame Trump... — Updated 10/20/2021

The world has been changing rapidly over the past 10 years. We have either learned to adjust, be cynical and wish for the best, reminisce about the good old times, be unhappy or some combination of other thoughts, behaviors and... — Updated 10/20/2021

Missed Opportunity At their Oct. 11 meeting, County Commissioners had the opportunity to support Medicaid expansion. North Carolina is one of only 12 states which has not expanded Medicaid. Having run mental health clinics for 23... — Updated 10/20/2021

Smoke Rise Chimney Service is a new family-owned business based in Brevard and serving surrounding counties. The business, which is owned by Lee and Ryan Kaufman, is certified and insured, and offers a variety of services,... — Updated 10/20/2021

Sarah Krzyzewski and Tom Barber have joined the sales force in the Straus Park Office at Fisher Realty. Krzyzewski is a native of Sarasota, Florida. She relocated with her family in 2009 to the mountains of western North Carolina... — Updated 10/20/2021

At home tonight, the Brevard High School volleyball team beat Hendersonville High School 3-1 to win the Mountain Foothills 7 Conference Championship. Hendersonville won the second of four sets 25-22, but Brevard took the other... — Updated 10/20/2021

The Brevard College football team (4-3, 4-1 USAS) used 229 yards of rushing and stifling defense to help propel itself to its third consecutive victory in a 20-10 triumph over LaGrange College (1-5, 1-3 USAS) on Saturday evening... — Updated 10/20/2021

After a great performance and win over the Patton Panthers last week, the Brevard Blue Devils will face at home one of their toughest challenges in the 6-1 Hendersonville Bearcats tomorrow night, which is also Homecoming. The... — Updated 10/20/2021

After another hard loss against Draughn last week, the Rosman Varsity Tigers will play their last game of the regular season on their home turf against the Mitchell Mountaineers tomorrow night. Mitchell by all accounts is a... — Updated 10/20/2021

The Brevard High men’s soccer team is in the middle of a hot streak, as they have six straight wins since their Oct. 4 home game against Polk County. Their home game against Patton Wednesday occurred after the paper went to... — Updated 10/20/2021

The Brevard High School cross country team remains dominant after claiming first place again in both men’s and women’s at the Oct. 12 Mini-White Squirrel 2 2021 meet. The meet saw Brevard, A.C. Reynolds, Enka, Hendersonville,... — Updated 10/20/2021

Brevard College’s Junior defensive lineman Wyatt Lankford was selected to the D3football.com Team of the Week following a career five-tackle performance that included four tackles-for-loss, a quarterback sack, one forced fumble... — Updated 10/20/2021

What helps you cope and get through hard times? How do you face life’s challenges, adversities and crises? The ability to be resilient in times of stress, adversity, failure, challenges or even trauma is a skill that not... — Updated 10/20/2021

Jam Session The Thursday night jam session is resuming at the Cathey’s Creek Community Center from 7-9 p.m., today. Pickers are invited to join in, and tappers too. This includes coustics only, with the exception of bass... — Updated 10/20/2021

Donald Rex Crouse, 72, of Pisgah Forest, passed away Oct.17, 2021. Born in Miami, Florida, he was the son of the late Howard and Ina Ruth Baynard Crouse. An electrician by trade, he was a United States Marine Corps veteran. An... — Updated 10/20/2021

UNC Asheville’s 8th annual African Americans in Western North Carolina & Southern Appalachia Conference returns on Nov. 6th. This virtual event will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions connected to this year’s... — Updated 10/20/2021