News

BBQ festival moves one week later

BBQ Festival Chairman Chuck Britton has announced that the Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival will happen one ...

August 26, 2011

News

Miller wants action on rundown homes

Town plans to adopt demolition ordinances soon Tryon Councilman Roy Miller is questioning how the town’s Eastside neighborhood ...

August 25, 2011

Community

Story time resumes at Polk libraries

Preschoolers and caregivers participate in an earlier story time. Preschool story times will begin again at both the ...

August 25, 2011

PICTURE FLIPPER

Polk schools kick off school year Aug. 25

About 2,500 students will embark on a new school year in Polk County schools Thursday, Aug. 25. Superintendent ...

August 24, 2011

Community

Polk kicks off season with win

August 23, 2011

News

Bright’s Creek won’t host BMW Pro-Am

When celebrities and golf pros assemble for the BMW Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament in the spring of 2012, ...

August 23, 2011

Community

Polk triumphs over Tuscola

It is a certainty, a basic truth – an indisputable fact that every coach, and every player, accepts ...

August 23, 2011

Arts

TCA announces 2011 – 12 season

The Tryon Concert Association (TCA) has announced the performers who will help the organization celebrate its 57th season. ...

August 22, 2011

Community

Teens travel to China

Five anxious teenagers from Polk County traveled to China July 13-26, hearts prepared to share their love for ...

August 19, 2011

Community

Pace receives diploma 68 years late

In January 1943, Calvin Pace had all but completed his senior year at Saluda High School. But on ...

August 18, 2011