League hosts forum for senate hopefuls
The League of Women voters of Macon County will host a candidate forum at 12:15 p.m. Aug. 9 for N.C.…
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Waynesville keeps tight reins on sewer lines in the name of smart growth
Waynesville has once again denied Haywood County’s proposition for extending its sewer lines several miles beyond the town limits toward…
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McDevitt loses CPA license
The former director of Smoky Mountain Center for Mental Health has lost his CPA license over allegations he backdated his…
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Jackson physicians want out of MedWest affiliation
The medical community in Jackson and Swain counties has renewed its call to part ways with Haywood Regional Medical Center…
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New Health and Human Sciences building to greet returning WCU students this fall
Western Carolina University will unveil a state-of-the art $46 million Health and Human Sciences building when students return to campus…
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WCU’s Millennial Campus gets its first building
The new Health and Human Sciences building is the first building to crown WCU’s Millennial Campus, and hopefully a stepping…
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Creative Endeavors Craft Show to feature Sir Lamps-A-Lot
The Junaluska Woman’s Club Creative Endeavors Craft Show will exhibit custom-made table lamps from Kenneth Lambert, a.k.a. Sir Lamps-A-Lot, from…
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Businessman’s past local projects failed to materialize
By Julia Merchant and Becky Johnson • Staff Writers One of the consultants involved in pulling off Cataloochee Wilderness Resorts…
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How Galloway’s guiding hand set the stage for Waynesville’s success
To some, it might seem like luck. But Waynesville’s rise as one of the state’s preeminent small towns has been…
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Macon Bank under watchful eye of FDIC as it tries to rebound from real estate bust
Fallout from the real estate bubble in Western North Carolina has landed Macon Bank on the watch list of the…
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Expanded therapy services now open at MedWest Outpatient Care Center
MedWest Health System has opened its expanded Orthopaedic Therapy Services and Occupational Therapy/Hand Therapy Services in the MedWest Outpatient Care…
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MedWest-Haywood opens psychiatric evaluation area
MedWest-Haywood recently opened a psychiatric evaluation area in the hospital’s emergency department to reduce the time patients may spend waiting…
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WCU receives funding for economic development
Western Carolina University will receive a $642,960, five-year investment award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to continue operation of…
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HCC to open Student Business Center
Haywood Community College will partner with The Center for New and Expanding Business to open the HCC Student Business Center,…
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HCC’s electric vehicle charging station part of a growing network
By Peggy Manning • Correspondent North Carolina is in the process of “paving” the electric vehicle highway and Western North…
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Maggie poised to loosen tight sweepstakes cap after all
Maggie Valley town leaders plan to relax the town’s strict limits on video sweepstakes machines despite the town planning board’s…
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Some say good riddance as sweepstakes machines pull out of Dillsboro
Business in Dillsboro has continued to slow during the past few years, to the point that even the cash cow…
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New MedWest center hosts open house
MedWest-Haywood is hosting an open house Thursday, Aug. 2 to celebrate the opening of its new Outpatient Care Center, which…
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REACH fundraiser at Highlands home
REACH of Macon County will stage a fundraiser July 29 at the home of prominent Highlands and Houston interior designer…
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Popular Grace Church Fair is July 28
The Annual Grace Church Parish Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 28 at the…
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Early birds to line up for first grabs at Haywood book sale
By Peggy Manning • Correspondent Dave and Judy Russell pride themselves on being among the first in line at the…
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Waynesville reclaims its gateway glory
A dedication ceremony for Waynesville’s latest art installation will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 27.
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Top female office holders to attend Democratic rally
Some of the top Democratic women office holders in the state will appear at a rally in Sylva at the…
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Rug yanked out from Franklin ABC store move
Franklin’s plans to buy a new ABC storefront were dashed this week after the town was denied a bank loan.…
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Haywood commissioners ride herd on HCC for building cost overruns
The Haywood County Board of Commissioners and Haywood Community College continue to butt heads about the school’s new creative arts…
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Annual school supply drive is Aug. 4
Haywood County’s annual School Supply Drive will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Walmart on Aug. 4. Donations of…
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Free backpacks, fun offered at Vineival
The 6th-annual Vineival will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 28, at the Vine of the Mountains Church…
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Reappointments made to SCC board
Two longtime Board of Trustee members at Southwestern Community College, Conrad Burrell and Paul Holt, were recently reappointed to their…
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Sylva loses its corner on the college bar market
Despite rumors to the contrary, Sylva’s bars are not abandoning the town for the student-laden pastures of Cullowhee. Area residents…
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441 corridor planning teaches students about smart growth
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Students at Smokey Mountain Elementary and Cherokee Indian Reservation schools will be learning an…
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An engineer’s take on N.C. 107
Walter Kulash, a private traffic engineer, has been advising the Jackson County Smart Roads Alliance on and off for four…
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Competing road studies likely for N.C. 107
The next year could play out as a battle of the traffic studies between the Department of Transportation and opponents…
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State says foul on school bond referendum support
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer After investigating the actions of the Macon County School Board for the past two…
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Haywood fields to get artificial turf
School official will use lottery proceeds to install artifical turf at the Pisgah and Tuscola high school stadiums, it was…
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Sylva manager resigns, but new job is in limbo
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Sylva Town Manager Jay Denton has resigned from his job to become the executive…
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Youth get a hands-on look at planning their future
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Rachel Upchurch wants to protect the mountains that tower throughout Jackson County however; the…
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Ordinance changes could lift floodplain development ban
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Macon County residents will have the opportunity to weigh in on amendments to the…
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Second election primary results
Mark Meadows won the second primary on July 17 by a sweeping majority. The conservative Republican candidate for U.S. Congress…
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Folkmoot’s financial struggles may re-define festival
The popular Folkmoot international festival will become a shadow of its current self in 2014 if its financial outlook doesn’t…
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The specter of specters awaits on Bryson City’s Ghost Walk
By Peggy Manning • Correspondent Tim Hall relishes in the history and folklore of the mountains but also knows when…
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Card dealers line up for on-the-spot job offers at Harrah’s Cherokee casino
Hundreds of people stood in line, some for more than an hour, outside Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel last Wednesday…
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Did Jackson sheriff’s office cross the line? Differences in traffic checkpoints are subtle rather than glaring
A debate over whether the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office racially profiled Latinos and used a traffic checkpoint as an excuse…
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Dog owners stand up for their hunting heritage
A burley crowd wearing their long lineage of Appalachian ancestry proudly on their sleeves stared down Jackson County commissioners this…
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Where’s Waldo craze infiltrates Sylva
By Peggy Manning • Correspondent Waldo fans take heed. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Are you up to the…
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Library exhibit presents ‘Images of Historic Canton’
More than 40 historic photographs of Canton will be on display at Canton library from July 9 through Aug. 31,…
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Free swap for back-to-school items in Haywood
A clothes swap to benefit children of Haywood County will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 21…
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Student charged with felony hate crime stays on football team
A Tuscola football player charged with a felony cross burning targeting a biracial classmate will remain on the team, at…
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Cross burning evokes memories of past racial violence
Four teenagers in Haywood County were recently charged with burning a cross in the yard of a biracial classmate. The…
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Five finalists identified in HCC president search
Haywood Community College has named five finalists for president of the college, and candidate interviews will begin July 23. A…
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Open house at farm for those with autism
There will be an open house at Full Spectrum Farms, a Jackson County-based farm serving people with autism, beginning at…
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