Work has wrapped up on the complete renovation and artificial-turf installation project at the Rosman High School football field just before the start of the 2025 season.

The Brevard City Council voted Monday to approve amendments to the landscape planning for the coming Pisgah Forest roundabout to include a large metal bear statue as the centerpiece of the traffic circle at the entrance to the national forest.

Transylvania County Schools is implementing a new practice for the 2025-26 school year which will prohibit the use of cell phones and other electronic devices during the school day for all elementary, middle and high school students in the county.

Transylvania County Schools will close the only Brevard Elementary pre-K classroom for the 2025-26 school year because a suitable teacher to lead the program could not be hired, according to a short statement by Superintendent Lisa Fletcher at the end of the board of education’s meeting Monday.

A freeze in federal funding enacted by the Trump administration late last month puts an estimated $616,247 of Federal Title funds for education programs in Transylvania County on hold a day before they were to be allotted.

More than 7,800 Transylvania County residents will be impacted by major changes to Medicaid and SNAP benefits after President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act removed more than $1 trillion from the programs' future funding when it was passed earlier this month.

The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting incident which occurred early Sunday morning at the Pisgah Forest Pizza Hut and involved two Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office deputies who shot and killed one suspect.

Local businesses are seeing a return to normal tourism numbers despite last year’s fall dip and continuing shortcomings in public land visitation, according to Clark Lovelace, executive director of the Transylvania County Tourism Development Authority.

Just days after flooding from Hurricane Helene tore through Pisgah National Forest and caused major damage to Pisgah Forest Stables, its owner Jerry Dean said his family business’ chances of survival were slim to none.

More than 50 conservatives gathered in front of the Transylvania County Courthouse Saturday to combat recent “negative” protests which have occurred in Brevard and to bring forward “patriotism” and “love” at the Transylvania County GOP’s “TRUMP-A-PALOOZA 2025.”

Dispensary and hemp store owners and managers in Brevard say they very rarely have teens attempt to enter their stores, but when they do, the children are turned away every time.

A first-edition printing of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” has been recovered after it was stolen from Brevard College’s James Addison Jones Library and listed for sale on eBay by a college employee, according to a spokesperson for Brevard College.

A high-speed chase involving a semi truck and trailer started in Brevard and ended in Rosman when the truck crashed into the front yard of a mobile home Friday morning, according to eyewitnesses.

A search warrant from last September has made public more details regarding the investigation into the deaths of two Rosman High School teens last August. Court records also indicate additional charges and plea agreements for some individuals who have allegedly been involved in the fatal incident.

A Rosman woman was arrested Thursday in connection to an Aug. 25 ATV crash that took the lives of two Rosman High School football players.

After escaping the fires and destruction of their home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles last week, a young family has made a new home in the mountains of Transylvania County.

Transylvania County Commissioner Emmett Casciato launched a diatribe against local teachers during the commissioners’ comment portion of Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting.