Poverty in Western North Carolina

One of the biggest economic crisis’ facing this country is the unemployment rate and the effect of poverty on the American people. FRAC’s (Food Research and Action Center) analysis for the nation as a whole in 2011 shows that 18.6 percent of respondents reported food hardship that year – up modestly from the 2010 level (18 […]

The rise of prescription drug abuse in Jackson County, NC

She got her hair from her mom, her eyes from her dad and her drugs from her grandmother’s medicine cabinet.  Is this what you want people to say about someone close to you? Jackson County, in April, hosted a “Lunch and Learn” class at the Community Service Center about the growing prescription drug abuse problem. The […]

What’s really going on at WWCU-FM?

WCU alumni have been petitioning for a change at WWCU-FM. Several news outlets have written stories about the alumni wishes, and the department’s response to their proposals, but no one has taken into account what the students at the station are thinking and the big story about what is going on. This story outlines the […]