Election season for town board races kicks off Monday when the candidate sign-up period opens for elections in all four towns ...

Last week, a Helene relief bill passed by the General Assembly allocated about $16 million for the town of Canton to buy 35 ...

The state’s former governor tops his party’s wish list, following Thom Tillis’ decision not to run for another Senate term.

The town of Canton will build a new sewer treatment plant of its own on former paper mill, ending the uncertainty over where the town would send its sewage following the paper mill closure. "No more ...

The town of Canton will build a new wastewater treatment plant on property being acquired from the new owner of the Canton ...

In a move more than a half-century in the making, the Town of Canton has announced the pending purchase of a key parcel of ...

“The money is there,” Smathers said. “It’s the will to act. I’m very tired of excuses.” In December, Congress appropriated $110 billion for recovery in all states impacted by Helene.

Everything that flooded in ’21 flooded in 2024,” Mayor Zeb Smathers said. Strategies like new river gauges and emergency warning systems, coupled with land buyouts, have helped mitigate the ...

Five people remain missing. Zeb Smathers, the mayor of Canton in Haywood County, said he is relieved he won’t have to hear about another storm called Helene in the future.

Zeb Smathers, the mayor of Canton, told News 13 that the process is expected to take about two years. Title: Demolition of Canton paper millStart time: 03/19/2025 10:07:04 AMEnd time: 03/22/2025 ...

Zeb Smathers, the mayor of Canton, N.C., took to Facebook during a quick break from responding to what he described as "an unimaginable and horrific disaster." ...