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Swain schools names interim superintendent
The Swain County Board of Education has named Janet Clapsaddle as interim superintendent of schools after the retirement of Superintendent…
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Franklin doles out $40K in community funding
Every year the Franklin Town Council struggles to meet the needs of the community with only $40,000 to spend on…
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Macon to receive $100,000 for community needs
Macon County will receive $100,000 to be used for “community purposes” thanks to help from Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin.
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Franklin meeting gets heated over ABC facility
A Franklin Town Council meeting got heated as the mayor and aldermen disagreed over what steps the town should take…
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Garden of Memory dedicated at Lake Junaluska
The Lake Junaluska Columbarium and Garden of Memory was recently dedicated during a worship service in Memorial Chapel.
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Drug bust in Hazelwood
On Sept. 7, the Waynesville Police Department’s TAC Unit along with Haywood County’s Multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Force, the U.N.I.T., executed…
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Tourism, trade could grow with WNC railroad renaissance
Long before the Oct. 3, 1880, arrival of the first scheduled train in Asheville, the American railroad has been romanticized…
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Regional leaders work for rail growth
One needn’t look further than industries like Sylva’s Jackson Paper, Canton’s Evergreen Packaging and Waynesville’s Giles Chemical for evidence of…
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Vintage trailers take to Maggie Valley
Aloha. Aristocrat. Forester. Shasta. Spartan. And of course, Airstream and Winnebago.
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Seven WNC counties to host Annual Stand Down
By Kurt J. Volker • Contributing writer In cooperation with the seven Veteran Services offices in the WNC region, the Macon…
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‘Haywood Five’ to face state disloyalty charges
Charges of “political party disloyalty” first leveled by the Haywood County Republican Party this past May against a group of…
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‘Where were you in ‘62?’
The Jackson County Genealogical Society, winner of Western Carolina University’s 2012 “Mountain Heritage Award,” will host its annual Cruise-In fundraiser…
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This must be the place: ‘Where do you think you’re goin’?’
It’s the internal struggle. Do you participate in life and soak it in like a sponge being dropped into a…
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The fog of war: Vietnam vet reflects on service, new documentary
You could see it in his eyes. Sitting across from James “Jim” Joyce in his office in downtown Waynesville, his…
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Jackson gives toward trail maintenance
The Pinnacle Park Foundation and Friends of Panthertown Valley got some help with trail maintenance this month, thanks to a…
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Learning by growing: Veggie garden a teaching tool for Swain students
A summer of hard work is paying tasty dividends for some kids in Swain County 4-H — dividends paid in…
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Colorful fall predicted for Western North Carolina
This year’s autumn display is likely to be a colorful one, according to Western Carolina University fall foliage forecaster Beverly…
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To free your mind, just get outside and walk
In the June 14, 2004, issue of The New Yorker magazine, there was an essay titled “Blocked! Why Do Writers…
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A fine novel and worthwhile history lesson
Because Dr. Hood was only one of five professors in Guilford College’s history department, and because history was my major,…
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The numbers don’t lie, it’s a brave new world
Some things we know, but when someone lays out the numbers and reveals in specific numbers how the big picture…
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Oh, the stories they could tell!
The treehouse that we had built in our backyard when we bought our house eight years ago sits vacant on…
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Taking exception to reporter’s assessment
To the Editor: I read reporter Cory Vaillancourt’s account of the Mike Clampitt Town Hall on Sept. 8 with astonishment.…
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Trump is unfit to remain in office
To the Editor: Following is the letter former Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H., 1978-1990) sent to both New Hampshire U.S. senators…
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Climate change aided Harvey’s wrath
To the Editor: I have seen very little in the corporate media connecting Hurricane Harvey with human-caused climate change. Wonder…
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Spotlight blares on rare medical condition
What if you could see sounds and hear pictures? About 4 percent of people across the world possess a rare…
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Jury acquits in rape case
Nearly three years after a Sylva Halloween party resulted in his indictment for statutory rape, Cody Jenkins is a free…
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Giving back at Goodyacre: Ambitious plans in play at Canton area farm
At one time or another, many of us have thought about giving up on the hustling, bustling daily life of…
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Residence hall, parking deck projects move forward at WCU
Two projects deemed by Western Carolina University officials as necessary to meet the demands of a rapidly increasing student enrollment…
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Of gods and governments: Brunch ordinance latest conflict between church, state
The inherent paradox in American government is that a nation founded upon Christian values by Christians provides for the separation…
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Waynesville brunch ordinance sends message
After two low-key meetings that saw no opposition, the Town of Waynesville Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance moving the…
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Brunch battle brewing in Canton
Over the past few years, Canton has made its case as a progressive, pragmatic, scrappy mill town fighting to attract…
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Brunch ordinance adoption varies in WNC
With the June 29 passage of Senate Bill 155, North Carolina became the 47th state in the union to allow…
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Unneeded, unwanted: brunch ordinance faces long odds in Maggie, Haywood
To date, most area governments that have heard a brunch bill ordinance have passed one. In other areas like Canton…
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Revised plans for Jackson Health Department will include one-stop permitting
Jackson County will spend $10,000 on a revised plan to renovate the Health Department building off Hospital Road after commissioners…
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Pigs as pets in Canton?
For decades, urban jurisdictions have enacted animal ordinances intended to sequester the odiferous, unsightly sprawl of animal husbandry outside of…
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Puppy party postponed: Proposed Waynesville ordinance told by board to sit, stay
Daytrippers with dogs are driving demand for an amendment to Waynesville’s pet policy at fairs and fests, but owners might…
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Council chooses Ensley as vice chief
Councilmember Alan “B” Ensley, of Yellowhill has been sworn in as Vice Chief following a veto from Principal Chief Richard…
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Total recount likely in Cherokee elections
The results of a recount in the race for Birdtown Tribal Council sent shock waves through Cherokee from the moment…
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Six members appointed to WCU Foundation Board of Directors
The Western Carolina University Foundation recently welcomed six new members to its board of directors following approval of the full…
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WCU rededicates Brown as newest dining facility
With a steady stream of hungry students filing by in search of dinner, members of one of Western Carolina University’s…
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WCU’s Mountain Heritage Day returns
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day, a free family oriented festival that celebrates Southern Appalachian culture through concerts, living-history demonstrations,…
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Tell it from the mountain: ‘Uncle Ted’ White on bluegrass, the late Steve Sutton
What defines bluegrass music would have to be the banjo played “The Earl Scruggs Way” with the three-finger roll. If…
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This must be the place: ‘Remember me if I forget…’
He suggested two. I bought three. Standing in the small main office of the Woodsmoke Campground in Unicoi, Tennessee, I…
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Probing for pollinators: Miniature world of pollinators comes to life in Highlands
In the lull between summer’s peak and fall’s color arrival, things are on the quiet side at the Highlands Biological…
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Deer tests positive for rabies
A rare case of rabies in a deceased deer has been confirmed in Cherokee County.
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Enrollment agreement with local schools and Job Corps reached
A new agreement will allow students from three area schools to co-enroll at the Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center,…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes
Number one daughter had a big camping weekend planned with friends and their families at Lake Chatuge over Labor Day.…
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Making memories, one trip at a time
After reading Doug Woodward’s book You Took the Kids WHERE? and as I write these words, it is still officially…
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When you come up blank, remember those who are suffering
The computer stares back, unblinking. Deadline is approaching and I’m fighting to hone in on a topic for my column.…
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Planes, trains and automobiles
Reuniting with my big sister never seems to be an easy jaunt. Whether she’s traveling to North Carolina or I’m…
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