Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran - who recently sued the county over his salary - is among the lowest paid sheriffs in the state and earns thousands less than his counterparts in Western North Carolina, ...

A new plan created by the Macon County Economic Development Commission states that the county should do several things to bring in more business and more jobs: • Acquire more industrial sites.

Highlands town commissioners don't want low-income people living near town and therefore voted against giving water and sewer service to a proposed affordable housing development, several people told The Smoky ...