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Smoky Mountain News, Arts and Entertainment Editor, Garret K. Woodward was excited to discuss upcoming music festivals across Western North Carolina. Garret, who also contributes stories to Rolling Stone Magazine, provided the Friday Feature with a rundown of shows he plans to attend and some of the musicians he hopes to interview.

Former Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran was charged and arrested on several charges involving female victims, including charges on land belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Cochran resigned from his position, and now Brian Kirkland is serving as the interim sheriff. What's next? Smoky Mountain News - Kyle Perrotti shares the details in this interview from mid-August 2025.

The host of the South Carolina political podcast, Frogmore Stew, Grace Cowan, was on hand to cover the expanding list of candidates vying to be the state's next governor. Grace shares who to take seriously in the race. She also talked about how South Carolina remains one of only a few states without a hate crimes law and how that may be changing.

Downtown Spruce Pine Executive Director Spencer Bost sat down with WNCW to go over the all-new Hellbender Festival on Labor Day weekend. Did you know that Hellbenders - a part of the salamander family - roam the waters of Spruce Pine? The hellbender can only be found in 15 states. The festival offers live music, food, crafts, and even river science.

Reporter Kyle Perrotti of Smoky Mountain News joined WNCW after two weeks of court in Macon County, N.C., led to a mistrial in what's known as the Knibbs case. The 2018 case involved a Macon County Deputy who shot Michael Scott Knibbs, who later passed away. Knibbs' family and their attorneys said the shooting was unnecessary. Kyle describes the trial as complicated.

The creator of The Nomadness Travel Tribe and Nomadness TV, Evita Robinson was a guest on WNCW to recap her visit to Asheville. The Nomadeness virtual community caters mostly to African Americans as a way to make traveling easy and enjoyable

Scott Morgan with South Carolina Public Radio went over his podcast series called "Indebted". South Carolina has the highest share of counties and residents of any state in the nation, in which citizens have debt to be collected. Scott discussed the types of debt that leads to the problem, including medical and student loan

Film Critics, Noel Manning (the Dad) and Thomas Manning (the son) are both graduates of Gardner-Webb University, who love going to the movies. Both are members of the North Carolina Film Critics Association and co-host the cable TV and radio film reviews program, "Meet Me at the Movies". They dropped by in time to preview the 95th Annual Oscars.

Two prominent all female string bands at the top of their games