Western Carolina University

Today, Western Carolina University Faculty Senate presented the Board of Trustees with a request: they need a salary increase.“They asked a lot of…

As more people get vaccinated in North Carolina, more places are opening to administer the shots. BPR looks at Western Carolina University’s on-campus…

Because of COVID-19, a local museum is transforming local historian Ann Miller Woodford's newest art exhibit into a virtual event.

In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch, we talk with -Emma Johnson, the climate science fellow for The Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting. She's…

A project to document the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Western North Carolina is expanding.The LGBTQ+ Oral History Archive was founded at UNC Asheville in…

The holidays are traditionally box office bonanzas for theaters, musical artists and anyone who can stage a version of “The Nutcracker.” But with the…

Western Carolina University has established a Cherokee Studies Scholarship in honor of an Eastern Band leader and scholar.One death this year that had…

More than 1 million North Carolinians have voted during the first five days of early voting in the state. That’s more than 14 percent of all registered…

Republican Madison Cawthorn and Democrat Moe Davis, candidates for North Carolina's 11th Congressional district seat left vacant by White House Chief of…

Seventeen residents of Harrill Hall at Western Carolina University have tested positive for COVID-19. The cluster is the first during the fall semester,…