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Commissioners recognize April as Isothermal Community College Month

With an economic impact of $112 million annually in Polk and Rutherford counties and supporting 2,373 jobs, Isothermal…

Education

Tryon Elementary School Honor Roll

A Honor Roll   Fifth Grade   Genevieve Ard Annabella Fernandez de Cordova Issaac Hodges Allie Lewis Makenna…

Education

O.P. Earle Elementary Honor Roll

  A Honor Roll Second Grade Abigail Paff Aiden Peeler Aiden Snyder Audrey Williams Ayden Buchanan Brooklyn Ruiz…

Education

Greene honored as Chamber’s Citizen of the Year

Polk County Schools Superintendent Aaron Greene has spent the past two years shepherding the district through the impact…

Education

Area schools set date for kindergarten registration

What you need to know prior to attending   In preparation for the 2022 – 2023 school year,…

Education

Polk Middle helps fight hunger with food drive

A fun competition at Polk County Middle School helped boost a Western North Carolina food drive sponsored by…

Education

Foothills Music Club announces scholarship winners

The Foothills Music Club is pleased to announce the winners of its recent scholarship auditions.   Winner of…

Education

PCHS Ag students tour the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station

Recently eighteen students from the Polk County High Agriculture Program toured the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Center in…

Education

Celebrating a phenomenal woman

By Mae Carolyn Jackson Williams   Della Hayden Davenport Jackson was a teacher, principal, community philanthropist, church worker,…

Community

Kiwanis Club serves a pancake breakfast to Polk Schools staff

The Kiwanis Club of Tryon recently treated our Polk County School System staff to an early morning pancake…