WCU holds safe trick-or-treating event for surrounding community

Lions and pirates and Clinton, oh my! On Tuesday, Oct. 26 the Ramsey Center was a menagerie of animals, superheroes, pirates and politicians. The Resident Student Association held RSA Hall-O-Ween for young children and families to get dressed in their costumes and have a safe place to do some early trick-or-treating. BaShaun Smith, the Assistant […]

Donald Trump talks jobs in Eastern North Carolina

Special for The Western Carolina Journalist Donald Trump capped a long day of campaigning on Wednesday with a rally in Kinston, NC. The stop came on the heels of an appearance at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. and a campaign stop in Charlotte. Trump’s speech took place on the Kinston Jetport tarmac, and featured […]

Cullowhee: haunted or hoax?

You can hear some pretty interesting conversations riding the campus CatTran when you pay attention. I got on a CatTran full of about 20 of my fellow students around midnight to head back to my dorm after work. As we ascended the hill into old campus, the dark, spooky and abandoned Moore Building loomed over Joyner […]

Jim Davis and Jane Hipps debate at WCU tomorrow night

Republican Jim Davis and Democrat Jane Hipps, candidates for state Senate District 50, will debate at WCU on Oct.27 at 7 p.m. in room 204 of the Health and Human Sciences building down the street across from the main campus. This will be the last of several local debates that have taken place at WCU […]

Jim Davis and Jane Hipps debate at WCU tomorrow night

Republican Jim Davis and Democrat Jane Hipps, candidates for state Senate District 50, will debate at WCU on Oct.27 at 7 p.m. in room 204 of the Health and Human Sciences building down the street across from the main campus. This will be the last of several local debates that have taken place at WCU […]

Ledbetter Road: fix or folly?

This story was written by Tanner Hall, originally published in The Sylva Herald. Four months after a father of four died in a hit and run in Cullowhee, there’s new action to protect other pedestrians who use overcrowded, unsafe Ledbetter Road. Transportation officials hope to link Ledbetter and Monteith Gap roads. The connector near Western Carolina […]