Bryson City – On the same day that Curtis Cochran made his first court appearance related to a June 27 arrest on four charges ...

The longtime sheriff of Swain County whom some women accused of sexual misconduct has quit before he could be permanently removed.

Officers with the State Bureau of Investigation and the Cherokee Indian Police Department arrested Swain County Sheriff ...

A tragic small‑plane crash near Sanford Raleigh Executive Jetport claimed the lives of a local family on Monday afternoon. Passengers included Travis and Candace Buchanan, both ...

Curtis Cochran, who was first elected Swain County sheriff in 2006, retired from the post effective July 1, according to a ...

The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other ...

A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to rescind nearly $800 million dollars in grants for programs supporting ...

States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress' slashing of Medicaid will devastate already ...

Curtis Cochran is charged with two counts each of child neglect and child sexual abuse against someone younger than 12, as well as one count each of abuse by a caretaker, feloniously pointing a ...

Sheriff Curtis Cochran, 72, was suspended after allegations that he convinced women to get into his Dodge Durango, then assaulted them. The local prosecutor wants him permanently removed as sheriff.

Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran was arrested Friday for multiple charges, including sexual battery.