As the semester comes to an end, 95.3 WWCU and Whee TV held their final spring broadcast covering Greening Up the Mountain Festival on April 25 in downtown Sylva. For those in attendance at the festival, crowds started to fill Main Street at 10 a.m., but for broadcasting students at WCU, their day started at […]
WCU professor working with Artemis program
April 27, 2026 by
The story was published in The Sylva Herald, April 23Story was co-written with Ashley Lind NASA accomplished something historic on April 10. The Artemis II mission to orbit the Moon and come back in 10 days was successful and as NASA says on their website “the first crewed Artemis flight marks a key step toward […]
Thousands of people attend Greening Up The Mountain despite rain
April 26, 2026 by
Becki Veach contributed to the story What started as a small Earth Day Festival has now become a celebration of Appalachian culture and spring, turning the 28th annual Greening Up The Mountains Festival into one of the largest single-day festivals in the U.S. “We love coming to these festivals. We try to support local artists […]
Hummingbirds have returned to NC
April 24, 2026 by
Time to refill those sugar water feeders sitting in your garden! The annual hummingbird spring migration to North Carolina has begun. Hummingbird migration generally begins in early March and ends in mid-May. Once here, the hummingbirds will stay until August. Dr. Jeremy Hyman, professor and department chair of biology at Western Carolina University, received his […]
Sun, fun and trash pick up – that how its done during Tuck River cleanup
April 24, 2026 by
The 42nd annual Tuckasegee River cleanup was a success. 592 volunteers picked up around 5,000 pounds of trash from our beloved river and at the same time had fun on the boats and on the ground. Last year’s record of over 7,549 pounds of trash is undefeated because of Hurricane Helene. This year’s Tuck River […]
