Dr. Kim McMinn, principal of Polk Central Elementary School, has completed the Distinguished Leadership in Practice Program, ...

For the second consecutive season, Polk County’s Gunnar Alm has been named the Mountain Foothills 7 Conference Offensive ...

Dear Aunty Pam, I am getting married in three weeks. Everything’s been going pretty smoothly until my father texted me last ...

On Monday, June 2, the Polk County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing to discuss and receive public comments ...

What started as a troubling discovery during a spring science class has blossomed into a hands-on conservation project that’s ...

COLUMBUS— Polk County Parks & Recreation has announced the hiring of Holly Williams as its new recreation coordinator.

New Mexican restaurant located at the former site of Mr. Juan’s TRYON— On Mon 2, Tryon welcomed its newest dining ...

Lawyering was Bascom Lamar Lunsford’s vocation, but his avocation was music. Mountain music, that is. If the truth be told, ...

County law enforcement, firefighters celebrated in Saturday morning ceremony COLUMBUS—In a ceremony on Saturday, May 31, the ...

Local groups recently placed US flags on Veterans’ graves at the Polk Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Columbus, the Saluda ...

TRYON—The Tryon Parks Committee recently nominated Joe Cooper for induction into the Second Wind Hall of Fame, and the SWHF ...

TRYON—This summer, Tryon Tourism and the Tryon Downtown Development Association are inviting Polk County residents to participate in “$25 in 2025: The Summer Local Challenge”—a community-wide campaign ...