Hundreds of WCU students gathered at the Catafount for the first ever student-led Battle of the Bands food drive concert on Friday, Oct. 24. The concert was organized by the new student organization Student Event Coalition, that was started November 2024 by students Ben Howard and Abby Howerton. Howard and Howerton created the organization with […]
WCU Battle of the Bands entertained and raised food for the Community Table
October 28, 2025 by Sam Scroggins
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Campus News, Community, Featured, Home Tagged With: Battle of the Bands, food donation, student organization, The Jackson County Community Table, WCU
Tax season brings class war mentality to WNC, translates to moral war between citizens
March 17, 2013 by Randy Conn

Lower income individuals and families in WNC are receiving more of a tax return this year than last year as President Obama’s plan to pull the middle class out from below the poverty line begins to take shape. The U.S. Census Bureau released data in 2011 that stated nearly one out of every five mountain […]
Filed Under: Community, Election 2014, Interviews, News, Opinion Tagged With: Americans, families, income tax, North Carolina, Obama, Poverty, taxes, The Jackson County Community Table, welfare



