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American Legion & Auxiliary, meets first Monday of each month, 6 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St. Now a non-smoking facility. American Association of University Women, AAUW branch meetings are held at... — Updated 9/15/2021 Full story

Your Sept. 9 issue (the story headlined “Remember That Day” about 9/11) on the main page had several comments which I question, including the comment (in reference to the impacts of the 9/11) that “discrimination” was one.... — Updated 9/15/2021

Editor’s Note: The following guest editorial was written by Page Lemel, a former Transylvania County commissioner, and is endorsed by The Transylvania Times. At the end of October, GetSet Transylvania will celebrate its third... — Updated 9/14/2021

Intercollegiate mountain bike racing returned for the Fall, 2021 season with a successful inaugural Brevard College/Ride Kanuga Mountain Bike Race Weekend on Sept. 4-5. The Brevard College Cycling team enjoyed exceptional on-track... — Updated 9/13/2021

The following briefs are from the Thursday, Sept. 16, 1971, edition of The Transylvania Times. •The groundbreaking for the new hospital on Sunday, Sept. 19, will highlight nine years of planning and work by the trustees and... — Updated 9/13/2021

Federal assistance has been approved for Transylvania County under the major disaster declaration issued Wednesday following weeks of local and state advocacy. This assistance is intended to supplement local recovery efforts from... — Updated 9/8/2021

On Wednesday, Transylvania Public Health reported 176 additional cases of COVID-19 in the past week, for a total of 3,295 cases and 37 deaths among county residents since the pandemic started. As of Wednesday, 220 county residents... — Updated 9/8/2021

The Western North Carolina Chapter of Project Linus is currently seeking volunteers to make children’s blankets. The chapter creates and donates handmade blankets to children in crisis thus providing a sense of security and... — Updated 9/8/2021

Editor’s Note: The following editorial was written by Chip Minemyer, a CNHI regional editor Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and North Carolina, and is endorsed by The Transylvania Times. Faced with the unimaginable,... — Updated 9/8/2021

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) approved five grants totaling $107,500 from its Emergency and Disaster Response Fund to nonprofits address-ing response and relief efforts in counties sign-ificantly... — Updated 9/6/2021

When Mountain Heritage Day returns to the campus at Western Carolina University on Saturday, Sept. 25, so will the presentation of the annual Mountain Heritage Awards, which honor an individual and an organization for... — Updated 9/6/2021

Western Carolina University officials are waiving admission application fees for both undergraduate and graduate programs for students wanting to enter the university during spring 2022, summer 2022 and fall 2022 academic... — Updated 9/6/2021

The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles will temporarily suspend its Saturday services at the 16 driver license offices where services were available, to better protect customers and staff from the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant,... — Updated 9/6/2021

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) recently approved grants totaling $195,363 to nonprofits across the region. The awards were made in CFWNC’s Early Childhood Development, Food and Farming, and Natural... — Updated 9/6/2021