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12-Year-Old’s Death at Trails Carolina Officially Homicide
Earlier this year, a 12-year-old boy from New York tragically died at Trails Carolina, a wilderness camp in Western North Carolina. His death has now been officially classified as a homicide. The boy passed away less than a day after arriving at the camp near Lake Toxaway. Initially considered suspicious,...
Communities across N.C. work to curb suicides amid worsening mental health crisis
CONTENT WARNING: This article references suicide. Please take caution when reading. If you need mental health support, call or text the national suicide and crisis lifeline — 988 — or consult our mental health resources page. Rik Emaus came home one afternoon in August 2021 to find his...
Lake Toxaway’s Engine
In the midst of the busy Summer Season, The Historic Toxaway Foundation takes stock of its progress and its ambitions. The Historic Toxaway Foundation, which in the span of seven years has become an economic and social engine for Toxaway, Rosman and Sapphire, is considering its undertakings and projections for measured, sensible growth.
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