Bethel gets $30,000 for flood recovery
The North Carolina Rural Center has provided a $30,000 grant to Haywood County to assist with flood recovery and flood…
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Waiting for the smoke to clear: Officers deal with the professional and emotional aftermath of using a gun in the line of duty
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Law enforcement officers might spend their entire careers without ever firing their gun in…
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Residents irate about DOT’s plan for Hazelwood Elementary road
A $1.66 million plan to build middle turn lanes on Plott Creek Road from Hazelwood Elementary School to Sulphur Springs…
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$254 million Harrah’s expansion targets baby boomers
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel is planning a $254 million expansion and upgrade of its operations, including a third hotel…
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A wide open race in Jackson
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In what outgoing Jackson County commissioner Eddie Madden has called an “unusually quiet” election…
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Wal-Mart talk still going strong in Cherokee
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In the meat aisle of the Reservation Foodliner IGA a customer picks up a…
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North shore to Nowhere: Controversy countdown or just another chapter?
Opinions on whether to build a 34-mile road through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park seem to be falling into…
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Cash: a better deal than a road
There’s more than one way for the federal government to make up its promise to Swain County to rebuild the…
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Call of the wild resounds loud and clear
Environmental groups and outdoors lovers packed the public hearing in Bryson City last week to decry the idea of building…
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Build the road, honor our sacrifice
Those who want the government to build the road it flooded when Fontana Lake was created say the issue boils…
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Macon takes official stand against I-3
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer The Stop I-3 Coalition received a major boost in its efforts to prevent construction…
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Downtown may get internally lit signs
The Waynesville town board will consider a request to loosen sign regulations for the downtown district for the second time…
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DOT plows ahead despite outcry from residents
Despite overwhelming opposition from residents, the N.C. Department of Transportation is moving forward with plans to widen Plott Creek Road…
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County Manager resignation fallout spills over into Haywood Rotary Club
The Waynesville Rotary Club has been caught up in the fallout following the forced resignation of Haywood County Manager Jack…
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Board majority said Horton violated trust
Haywood County Manager Jack Horton was dismissed from his post in early January by a 3 to 2 vote of…
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New collection brings old materials into sharp focus at Western library
Working with four heritage partners, Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library is creating a virtual collection of objects, documents, letters, photos…
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Watch what you eat: Consistency, cleanliness are paramount to good sanitation ratings
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Donna Stephens, owner and operator of The Yellow House bed and breakfast in Waynesville,…
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Consumer tips for dining out
Eating healthy can also mean eating safe. In North Carolina, three food borne diseases are at the top of health…
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New patient data system to link WNC hospitals
Every patient knows the drill. Walk up to the window, tell the nurse your name, take the clipboard and seek…
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Haywood development entity contributes to business start-up competition
The Haywood Advancement Foundation, a non-profit economic development entity, has pledged $2,700 to the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce start-up…
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700 acres near Cashiers put into easement
More than 700 acres outside Cashiers has been placed in a conservation easement by the Albert Carlton family, protecting the…
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Where did we come from? Student perspectives vary
As judges and lawyers, politicians and lobbyists, and parents and school officials debate the place of evolution and creationism in…
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Waynesville could be hostage to Progress Energy prices
Two years ago, the future of Waynesville’s electric system — a lucrative cash cow for the town — was turned…
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Town will be forced to make adjustments
Waynesville’s residents have long reaped the benefits of the town’s electricity enterprise — a sideline business that was making $1.2…
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Grassroots organizing
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer As residents in the Cashiers area pull together to address their community’s needs through…
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Cashiers residents form civic group
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Members of the Cashiers area are organizing a new civic association to direct the…
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Creation or evolution: an age old debate
As the nation debates the role of creation and evolution in the classroom, a research paper assigned in a 10th-grade…
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TDA proposal would eliminate corridor funding
Turf divisions in the Haywood County tourism industry are melting away on more than one front these days. At the…
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Swain student raises money to help those half a world away
By Michael Beadle Darfur may seem a world away from Bryson City, but a group of Swain County High School…
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So long, McDonald’s sign
Anyone approaching Waynesville from Russ Avenue has likely appreciated the distant view of downtown, its quaint brick skyline marked by…
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Daycare closing leaves 70 families in the lurch
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Approximately 70 families are in limbo as Jean’s Kids Palace, a daycare in Whittier,…
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Chambers move closer to merger
Board members on the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce and the Maggie Valley Area Visitors Bureau voted unanimously to pursue…
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Macon challenges building moratorium in Highlands ETJ
Macon County officials have contested the legality of a moratorium Highlands enacted on commercial building within the town’s extra-territorial jurisdictions…
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Incubator board members admit to lax involvement
For nearly 20 years, Jerry Plemmons’ hour-long drive from Hot Springs to Waynesville every couple of months for a Smoky…
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Highlands mayor takes on contentious planning issues
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In his first month as the newly elected mayor of Highlands, Don Mullen has…
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How can parents encourage their children to read?
• Read with your child everyday. Make it part of the daily routine.
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Getting kids to read
By Michael Beadle Remember when Mom or Dad read you your favorite bedtime story? Maybe it was a book like…
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At storytime, it’s llamas and pajamas
It’s 11 a.m. on Friday at the Haywood County Public Library in Waynesville, and that means Story Time, a regular…
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Fairview takes personal approach
By Sarah Kucharski Students at Fairview Elementary School in Sylva have a unique opportunity to experience the benefits of reading…
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Casino alcohol proposal galvanizes conservative Cherokees
A debate over whether to sell alcohol at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino has pitted conservative tribal members against the economic interests…
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Incubator failed to help entrepreneurs
A small business incubator in Waynesville has failed in it mission to nurture entrepreneurs and start-up companies, and instead has…
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Incubator snapshots
A snapshot of other incubators across the state offer models of how the incubator in Waynesville could be revamped.
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Incubator episode may have long-term consequences
A business incubator building in Waynesville has become the epicenter for a political firestorm among Haywood County officials looking to…
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Horton resigns-fired after taking heat for incubator vote
Haywood County Manager Jack Horton resigned today following a ?-hour closed door meeting with the Haywood County Commissioners on Tuesday…
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Drive safely, arrive alive
By Michael Beadle Even with the holidays over, traffic safety is still a major priority for public safety agencies and…
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Atlanta Ballet’s 14-year run in Haywood County is over
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Following a re-evaluation of Haywood County Arts Council programming, two of the organization’s mainstays…
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They said it — 2005
Residents of Western North Carolina confronted many important issues in 2005, whether it was another chapter unfolding in an ongoing…
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McGill’s reputation makes it tough on the little guys
McGill Associates, a large engineering firm in Asheville, gets the lion’s share of government water and sewer contracts in the…
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MAIN seeks support for wireless network in downtown Waynesville
An effort to install wireless Internet service throughout Downtown Waynesville is making a year-end push for donations.
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Damaged greenway section re-opens
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Repairs along a section of trail on the Little Tennessee Greenway in Macon County…
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