COLUMBUS—Pure Country Weavers, a family-owned textile mill based in Polk County, was selected to create tribute blankets for the funeral of late country music legend Dolly Parton. The blankets served ...

MILL SPRING—Conserving Carolina is inviting the community to a free lecture entitled “Appalachian Voices: Stories and Songs,” presented by musician and author Johnny Thomas Fowler. The program will ...

TRYON—The Polk Referral Center recently moved to the second floor of the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce building, located at 2753 Lynn Rd., and has announced the installation of a brand-new ...

Polk County pushed unbeaten West Henderson through two tight sets Wednesday before the Falcons completed a 25-19, 25-23, 25-23 non-conference sweep in Mills River. West Henderson, now 10-0, took the ...