WCU students start holiday season with their own snow globes

A free holiday snow globe craft pulls a large crowd of WCU students. The Students started lining up at 6:45 and hundreds of students wrapped around the top floor of the University Center (UC). There was laughter, joy, and smiles all around. Which is a rare sight to see during the stressful finals season. Western […]

Project FIRE: Providing firewood for low income and elderly Jackson County residents 

Project FIRE held one of their final volunteer workdays of the fall semester on Dec. 4 at Cullowhee United Methodist Church.   A few WCU students showed up to chop wood in the near-freezing weather. The wood they chop will be given to people in need on Dec. 7 at Firewood Day.  Project FIRE was created […]

N.C. amends constitution language regarding citizenship

North Carolina House Bill 1074, or Citizens-Only Voting as it appeared on ballots, passed into law Nov. 5, earning 78% of NC votes. North Carolina House Rep. Destin Hall (R) introduced the bill in May of this year. The bill also appeared in varying forms on eight state ballots across the U.S. The amendment changed […]

The unsung heros of election season

Jackson County Board of Elections this year had 115 election workers helping during the early voting and election day. These poll workers make the voting process easy and as stress free as possible. Often, they and the work they do can be overlooked. See the story bellow featuring two poll workers who worked at the […]

WCU students reflect on LGBTQIA+ in elections

Video shot and edited by Halle Stanley Parental rights, transgender people in sports and many other issues that touch LGBTQIA+ rights have been discussed during this election cycle. Western Carolina students share opinions on the upcoming election, and how it impacts the LGBTQIA+ community.

Jackson County – Election Day coverage

Story co-produced with Callie Addikis See our coverage during the election day in Western North Carolina and more election stories.