The Obama administration proposed a plan in Jan. 2015 to allow companies to buy leases of federally owned land for oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean spanning from the Georgia coast to Virginia. This plan could even lead to seeing the huge oil rigs on North Carolina coast. Two companies, Spectrum Deo inc. […]
Abandoned
February 20, 2015 by
A photo story on abandoned houses by Hunter Bryn and Nicole Roman. We went through Jackson County and explored the back roads and hills in search for houses that have been left behind. The photo story includes half destroyed houses and structures that have been reclaimed by nature. We talked to Jackson Co. Mapping office […]
Base Camp Cullowhee is moving!
February 5, 2015 by
Base Camp Cullowhee is moving to the Campus Recreational Center during spring break 2015, March 9 through 13. This will make Base Camp more accessible to students who live at the bottom of campus. Currently based in the Brown building, Base Camp Cullowhee is a center on Western Carolina’s campus that allows people to rent outdoor […]
Waterfalls of Panther Town Valley
January 15, 2015 by
A feature on the beautiful waterfalls from Panther Town Valley in North Carolina including a guide to water falls and on waterfall safety. Click the photo below to continue to the full story.
Bomb threat moves WCU commencement outside
December 13, 2014 by
There was a change of plan at Western Carolina University’s graduation on Saturday after bomb threat was called in. Five minutes after graduation was supposed to start Chancellor Belcher came on stage to announce that everyone needed to evacuate to the football field. He insured that he thought it was 100 percent a hoax. Everyone […]
Students helping students
November 10, 2014 by
Beep…beep…beep, the alarm from the radio beside the bed is going off at 4 in the morning. Behind the alarm there is a muffled voice telling you some very important information. You have to get out of bed, get dressed, understand the voice behind the alarm, and speed off in a truck to go save […]
