Mountain Heritage Day festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, was the highlight of the whole week of activities celebrating the people, culture, traditions and the diversity of it all in the Appalachia. The event brought around 9,400 people who enjoyed watching different chainsaw competitions, participated in singing, enjoying banjo and bluegrass music accompanied by the dancing […]
Archives for October 1, 2025
2025 Mountain Heritage Day festival was a success despite rain and lightning
October 1, 2025 by WCJ
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Community Tagged With: 2025 Mountain Heritage Day festival, appalachia, MHD 2025, WCU
“The People vs. War”
October 1, 2025 by Hannah Butler
Students at Western Carolina University are putting war on trial, on Oct. 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Appalachian Women’s Museum in Dillsboro. The mock trial will kickoff with warm cookies and music. Then the trial will be a courtroom-style showdown that’s described as part Judge Judy, part Saturday Night Live for it’s […]
Filed Under: Community, Home, News Tagged With: mock trial, people vs. war, Vincent Russell, Warm cookies of the revolution, WCU
