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On Monday, Brevard City Council voted 3-2 against a proposal that would have allowed for construction on steep slopes from a maximum of roughly 25 percent to a roughly 50 percent grade. Councilmen Maurice Jones and Mac Morrow supported the change,...

Transylvania’s Project Empathy was one of five efforts selected by N.C. State University’s Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) to be highlighted at their recent ReCONNECT forum on Feb. 11. The focus of this forum was to talk about ways that...

The following students were named to the Brevard Elementary School’s Honor Roll for the second quarter of 2018-19 school year. 4th Grade A Honor Roll Jordan Buford, Harry Burges, Marlena Daves, Elena Durant, Justin Elmore, Eli Hardy, Rebecca...

Brevard City Council is currently moving toward increasing the allowable construction on steep slopes from a maximum of roughly 25 percent grade to just shy of a 50 percent grade. The current proposal also recommends changing the formula for...

Pancake Supper A pancake supper will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., Feb. 21, at the Rosman High cafeteria. Proceeds will go toward the senior trip. Rosman Varsity Baseball The Varsity Tigers will scrimmage Pisgah on Feb. 22 at home and...

Max Edwin Shepherd, 80, of Pisgah Forest, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 at The Oaks of Brevard after a 16-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born Aug. 18, 1938, in Sylva, N.C. to the late Paul Franklin Shepherd and Azalee Harris...

The following students were named to the Pisgah Forest Elementary School Honor Roll for the second quarter of 2018-19 school year. 4th Grade A Honor Roll James Brooks, Keaton Campbell, Aaron Cipriano, Canseco Contreraz, Abigail Dodd, Adeline...

Hurry up and wait. That’s the message for Republican candidate, Baptist minister and aspiring track star Mark Harris this week, who asked a Superior Court judge to do what North Carolina’s election honchos won’t – suspend disbelief and...

The following students were named to the Brevard Middle School Honor Roll for the second quarter of 2018-19 school year. 6th Grade A Honor Roll Zoe Axtell, Emma Bailey, Maxwell Bailey, Maxton Ballard, Michael Benitez Rivera, David Bohn, Steven Bohn,...

The following students were named to the Brevard Academy Honor Roll for the second quarter of 2018-19 school year. 2nd Grade A Honor Roll Emma Brown, Lacy Burgess, Naomi Gardner, Aiden Jenkins, Avery Owens, Claire Owens, Stella Sawyers, Morgan...

The following is the Transylvania NAACP’s response to the Brevard City Council and City Attorney Michael Pratt on the issue of the public display of the Confederate flag during public events: We are profoundly disappointed that the Brevard City...

Brevard City Council approved purchasing two rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRRB) for the crosswalk on Ecusta Road near the City Sports Complex and on Broad Street between Brevard College and First United Methodist Church. The city Parks and...

The conference tournaments for area prep wrestling teams were held last week, with Brevard and Rosman wrapping up their regular seasons. The Blue Devils finished second at the Mountain Six tournament, behind Pisgah. Individual finishers for...

For Jody Dayton, the summer of 1943 marks the change from a boy to a man. Death, murder, love, hate, lies and growing self-confidence push him toward adulthood. After being sent to the mountains to live with his forest ranger grandfather, Jody...

The Brevard Blue Devil and Rosman Tiger wrestling teams participated in the Johnson-Stamey Mill Town Invitational wrestling tournament over the weekend at Pisgah High School. Both teams finished in the upper half of the standings, with Brevard...

Brevard College student-athletes Madison Altman and Danielle Brown finished in second and third place, respectively, to lead the BC climbing team at the Tennessee Bouldering Authority Collegiate Competition held on Saturday. Altman finished the...