Heron Hotels hosted a public open house of sorts in April to share plans for a boutique hotel in downtown Blue Ridge. Those ...

The Riverwalk Run Series invites runners, walkers, families, and visitors to celebrate summer in a uniquely festive way ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority and Fannin County Emergency Management will test the Blue Ridge Dam emergency warning siren ...

Matt Sandefur is Mr. Consistency when it comes to winning dirt track races. At age 39, he has won over 60 races in a seven-year span including a track championship at Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown ...

The Fannin County High School football program hosted Murphy High School, McMinn Central High School and Copper Basin High School June 11 for it’s annual seven-on-seven event. Rebel Head Coach David ...

If you go to Fannin County High School basketball games, then you know Randy Hallmark. Hallmark is assistant to Fannin County High School girls head coach Ryan Chastain. Together, they led the team to ...

The warning was repeated elsewhere in last week’s edition of The News Observer, repeated for at least the fourth time. Now is a good time to make sure your boat dock is safe from the hazard of ...

Significant construction on Blue Ridge Drive in McCaysville is expected to create longer traffic delays than motorists are already experiencing. The work will also bring a reduced speed limit. Police ...

All five McCaysville City Council members agreed they would approve revisions to the city’s alcohol ordinance if voters approve liquor by the drink May 19. That revised ordinance, containing updates ...

Her mother’s terror-filled 911 call introduced Emma Benoit’s life to the students at Fannin County High School. They heard the frantic voice of Chelsey Benoit who had discovered her 16-year-old ...

Paxton Media Group (PMG) has acquired nine community newspapers in the Murphy and Franklin regions of western North Carolina and north Georgia from Community Newspapers, Inc. (CNI), based in Athens, ...

One of the Copper Basin area’s most popular attractions, the Ducktown Basin Museum, is closed. Museum Director Mitchell Hicks said last week that long awaited and much needed renovations of the museum ...