Shortchanged again? Swain’s cash settlement flounders in Washington budget bureaucracy
The National Park Service is refusing to let go of a $4 million payment Swain County is due as part…
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‘Wild West’ chamber drive saddles up
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce has launched its 2012 membership campaign, which will run through June 14. The campaign…
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Hospice house now open in Haywood
MedWest Health System opened its new $3.4 million inpatient hospice unit in Haywood County, The Homestead, with an open house…
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BizWorks offers merchandising course
Mountain BizWorks will host Merchandising WOW, a new merchandising course, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for three consecutive Wednesdays…
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SCC Employment lab to coach job seekers
Southwestern Community College is offering a free Employability Lab designed to help unemployed people obtain jobs. It will be held…
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Flourish expo embraces women’s well-being
A wide variety of healthcare speakers are headlining the second annual Flourish Women’s Expo put on by MedWest Health System…
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Start-up business grant winners to be announced this week
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce will host their annual Business Start-Up Competition Luncheon to honor this year’s recipients of…
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WCU to expand DNA sequencing capabilities
Western Carolina University’s Forensic Science Program has acquired two state-of-the-art pieces of DNA sequencing instruments to help it establish a…
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GroWNC inspires neighboring counties to think like a region
Haywood is banding together with Transylvania, Buncombe, Henderson and Madison counties under a project titled GroWNC, designed to get the…
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Cherokee crafts plans for tree-top canopy walk and family adventure park
The next five years could include the construction of an adventure park, a canopy walk and another casino for the…
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Voices of the Smokies to go live in oral project
Recordings made some seven decades ago of nearly 60 men and women who lived in what became the Great Smoky…
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Low-income housing complex proposed in Franklin
A 60-unit affordable housing complex has been proposed in Franklin, but will depend on securing competitive state tax credits for…
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Franklin balks at apology for killing mound grass
Franklin leaders declined last week to offer a formal apology to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for using weed…
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Queen still the winner after canvas in tight House race
A recount is likely in the race for N.C. House of Representatives between two well-known and prominent Waynesville Democrats, Danny…
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Republicans must face off in second primary
When none of the Republican candidates for Congress garnered 40 percent of the votes during the May 8 primary, the…
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Going once, going twice … office building anyone?
Haywood County is looking to off-load a few of its now vacant office buildings and is searching for help to…
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Some in Cullowhee look to zoning in wake of alcohol vote
The advent of alcohol in Cullowhee is fueling efforts to implement some kind of land-use plan to guide growth in…
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WCU selects Angela Brenton for provost position
Angela Laird Brenton, dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been…
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Learn about end-of-life decision-making
A free community forum on planning and decision-making for end-of-life events is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, in…
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Swain uses money from first North Shore Road payment on special projects
While Swain County fights to secure the rest of the $52 million cash settlement its owed by the federal government…
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Annie’s Bakery gets new life, new owners thanks to ‘locavesting’
When Annie’s Naturally Bakery closed down last November, among those mourning the loss of the beloved coffee, bakery and gathering…
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Appalachian born and bred: Downtown Waynesville, Haywood Tourism both launch locally made campaigns
The Jackson County farmers market had three or four vendors who regularly showed up each week to sell their homegrown…
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WNC cops frustrated by lack of drug, alcohol testing at regional crime lab
Waynesville Police Department is one of several law enforcement agencies hoping to see an expansion of the Western North Carolina…
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All aboard! New trolleys to circuit shopping districts of Waynesville
The same trolley that used to lead the New York Marathon and transport students at New York University from place…
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Get help building your home
Haywood Habitat for Humanity is holding an open enrollment through this month for people interested in purchasing a home through…
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Good Old Time Summer Camp for kids at WCU
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center, Department of Art and Hunter Library are joining forces to offer the Good Old…
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BBQ sack lunches to benefit skate park project
There will be a barbecue fund-raiser for the Waynesville Skate Park from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June…
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Fun Kids Day to benefit PAWS
P.A.W.S. Animal Shelter will celebrate children and animals of all ages with a day of fun and games at the…
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Logjam broken on live dealers for Cherokee, but not a done deal yet
A political impasse over live dealers and table games at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino has been resolved, but the tribe still…
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Home Expo planned in Waynesville
The Haywood Home Builders Association is having its 2012 Spring Home Expo May 11-12 at the Waynesville Armory. Those looking…
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Angel upgrades stroke treatment capability
Angel Medical Center will unveil new technology aimed at improving its treatment of stroke victims during a demonstration from 2-3…
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Talk to cover Gettysburg ‘Mystery Unit’
Randal Garrison will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Western North Carolina Civil War Roundtable at 7…
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Former chancellor Bardo lands new job after a year of lingering on WCU’s payroll
John Bardo, the former chancellor for Western Carolina University, has gotten a job. He will take over as the new…
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SCC seeks county dollars for commons area, restaurant
The idea of a restaurant and a commons area where students could meet and eat sounds like a good one…
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Evergreen, environmental groups settle river temperature issue
Evergreen Packaging has reached a partial settlement with environmental groups over pollution from the Canton paper mill in the Pigeon…
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Letter carriers food drive is May 12
The annual national Letter Carrier’s “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive is May 12, and postal customers are reminded to leave…
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Former Miss America coming to Junaluska
The United Way of Haywood County and The Haywood Volunteer Center are hosting an evening with Jeanne Robertson at 7…
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Church library training coming to Waynesville
The North Carolina Baptist Church Library Team will host a library workshop for Western North Carolina at First Baptist Church…
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Haywood County employees given first dibs on new money in budget
During budget discussions earlier this year, Haywood County commissioners were adamant about their commitment to give county employees a boost…
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Haywood lends helping hand to schools, but not enough to make up the gap
Haywood County commissioners have increased funding to the county school system this year for the first time in four years,…
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Haywood grapples with medical costs for inmates
Marty Stamey, like any county manager, takes pride in crafting a water-tight budget: one that squares up the minutia of…
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Emergency workers learn to jump hurdles to gain entrance to gated communities
As an aggressive spring thunderstorm brewed over Waynesville this March, causing power outages around town, Erika Stansbury received a frantic…
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12 votes separate Queen, Davis in race for N.C. House
The race for N.C. House of Representatives between two well-known and prominent Waynesville Democrats, Danny Davis and Joe Sam Queen,…
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Meadows and Rogers emerge from crowded field of Washington hopefuls
Mark Meadows and Hayden Rogers came out on top last night in a Congressional election that at the beginning of…
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Bottoms up, Jackson: Voters approve countywide alcohol sales
Jackson voters approved alcohol sales in Tuesday’s election by a comfortable margin, making it only the third county in Western…
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Greene wins Jackson commissioner seat
Jackson County has a new county commissioner. Vicki Greene, a longtime community planner and retired assistant director of the Southwestern…
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N.C. voters say ‘yes’ to Amendment One
As predicted, North Carolina voters ushered in a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions in Tuesday’s primary election,…
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Cherokee Schools to craft new long-range strategic plan
Cherokee Schools has launched a year-long process to develop a new strategic plan, a move prompted by issues raised in…
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Sylva native hired as new town manager
Sylva has a new town manager. Paige Roberson, 25, was promoted last week by the town board to the top…
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Trash shuffle prompts Canton to privatize garbage pick-up
Canton and Waynesville’s paths have diverged when it comes to the most cost efficient way to haul trash to White…
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