Regional

CASHIERS -- Summit Charter School officials announced Wednesday morning that the student whom authorities had said threatened to bring a gun to school has been expelled.

CASHIERS -- The crisp air of early fall, the tantalizing scents of nine fabulous soups and the camaraderie of friends and family. It must must be the Empty Bowls Project!

To call what happened between games two and three of the Highlands vs. Swain County volleyball match on Thursday, Sept. 26 a “Pay It Forward” moment is inaccurate.