In Black Appalachia, a small, 200-year-old community of descendants of enslaved people, Junaluska, is struggling after ...

Feel the spirit of Christmas this holiday season at Lake Junaluska. Enjoy carriage and trolley rides, Christmas lights, a hot ...

The Goins sisters — Foster, Brenda Whittington and Sheila Goins — can trace their family roots in Junaluska back to 1832. The Junaluskans gathered in Foster’s home in the days following the ...

BOONE - Cross-stitched Bible verses decorate the wood-paneled living room walls in a small, historic piece of Black Appalachia — the Western North Carolina mountaintop community of “Junaluska.” ...

BOONE - A quarter-mile from downtown Boone, Junaluska Road weaves in between the homes of one of Appalachia’s oldest Black communities. After Tropical Storm Helene, the steep and windy road is ...

Junaluska Elementary is a public school located in Waynesville, NC, which is in a fringe rural setting. The student population of Junaluska Elementary is 447 and the school serves K-5. At ...

Night - Cloudy with a 41% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C) and a 40% chance of ...