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Sounds preachy, but it’s right: be true to yourself
One of the pure joys of my job — teaching English on the college level — is getting to spend…
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School boards need to fight the good fight
The Haywood County School Board narrowly voted (5 to 4, with Chairman Chuck Francis breaking a tie) to contribute money…
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What you really want to know when new property values arrive in the mail
Mailboxes across Macon County were blanketed with new property value notices this week, the first countywide appraisal since 2007. As…
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Meet Richard Lightner, the eagle eye of Macon’s reval
Richard Lightner isn’t one for nostalgia. For nearly 30 years, he’s been running the property reval show in Macon County.…
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Macon’s reval: unplugged and uncensored
The time of reckoning is finally here. Macon County’s first countywide assessment of real estate values since the bust came…
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The quest for the perfect comp
Some weeks Tommey Allen spends more time behind the wheel than a long-haul trucker. It’s not all driving time though.…
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Back from rock bottom: Macon Realtors reflect on the past, present and future
June Tassillo loves real estate, but she never knew how exciting it could be until she worked her first all-or-nothing,…
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Walmart Awards $1,500 to The Arc of Haywood County
Jerry Pressley, Walmart manager, presented $1,500 to The Arc of Haywood County for holiday presents and clothes to the individuals…
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Wheel locks now legal in Sylva
Sylva’s parking rules now have a stronger set of teeth with the passage of an ordinance allowing officers to put…
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Jackson County gets new tourism board members
The Jackson County Tourism Development Authority will have some new faces around the table this year after the county commissioners…
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Franklin plant shutting down
Macon County was hit with some tough news last week when Caterpillar Inc. announced that it would be shutting down…
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Welch adjusts to life as a district attorney
After just a couple of weeks, Ashley Welch is quickly learning what it means to be the District Attorney of…
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Macon, Jackson negotiate payment for services
Macon County is asking Jackson County for money to pay for providing services to its residents in Highlands, but Jackson…
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Western plans replacement for burned-out building
Western Carolina University’s slated to get a brand new building on Centennial Drive in place of the one destroyed by…
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Maggie moves forward with recreation plan
Maggie Valley resident June Johnson wants the town’s recreation plan to go far beyond fixing up an old playground behind…
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Caesar’s bankruptcy won’t affect Harrah’s
Caesar’s Entertainment Operating Company, a subsidiary of the same company that manages Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort, announced Jan. 15…
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Cullowhee zoning heads to commissioners
It’s been one-and-a-half years since the Jackson County Commissioners first OK’d a committee to look into doing some zoning in…
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Sylva pub cancels music acts following noise conflict with neighbors
No Name Sports Pub is no longer a music joint, at least not until a dispute between the bar and…
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EPA looks to end 30 years of contamination at old Benfield site
It’s been 32 years since Benfield Industries in Hazelwood burned to the ground, 25 since the Environmental Protection Agency designated…
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‘World’s best young Elvis’ to play WCU
Travis LeDoyt, acclaimed by critics as “the world’s best young Elvis,” will bring his tribute to the “King of Rock-N-Roll”…
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Balsam Range to appear on David Holt program
Acclaimed Haywood County bluegrass group Balsam Range will be one of many acts featured in the premier of ‘David Holt’s…
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‘Tracking Time’ exhibit, artist discussion at WCU
“Tracking Time,” an exhibition of paintings by Anna Jensen and Karen Ann Myers, will open with an artist discussion and…
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This must be the place
The temperature was 20 degrees below zero with a howling wind. As I listened to the online stream of my…
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Fruits of their labor: Homebrewing in WNC
Greg Geiger looked at it as a way to save money. “I started brewing when I was a sophomore in…
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The creative code of old-time surveyors
Since 1976 we’ve resided in a cove about four miles west of Bryson City. Using various old deeds my wife,…
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Clean Water Fund awards $1.3 million to land conservation in western counties
Projects in Haywood and Swain counties will benefit from an additional $4.5 million of Clean Water Management Trust Fund dollars…
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Insect wars hoped to take a bite out of pests
Pitting insect against insect, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission released predator beetles last month on the Sandy Mush Game Land,…
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Bird count catalogues avian diversity in WNC
Birders turned out throughout Western North Carolina — and the globe — to participate in an avian enthusiast’s favorite winter…
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Community support delivers new kitchen to Outdoor Mission Camp
Outdoor Mission Camp in Maggie Valley, an affiliate of Youth for Christ USA, is being outfitted with a new kitchen…
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Smokies makes must-see list of World Heritage sites
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is part of a new online travel itinerary from the National Park Service that…
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Dog fight in the forest: Woman crusades for legal change after hunting dog attack
Kadie Anderson was packing up camp after a night in the backcountry with her two Australian shepherds when the peace…
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Student housing developer in hot water
Monarch Ventures, a Charlotte-based student housing company, has been trying to locate a posh 500-bed student housing complex in Cullowhee…
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Franklin pawn dealers now required to digitally report
Secondhand dealers in Franklin will soon be required to report their pawned items electronically to the police department within 48…
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Haywood tourism board loses experience, gains fresh faces
Three new members have been appointed to the tourism board in Haywood County that guides tourism marketing, promotions and development.…
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Macon leaders should reconsider stance on wilderness
To the Editor: The Nantahala Hiking Club requests that Macon County commissioners reconsider or rescind the resolution passed on July…
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Going ‘all in’ on free speech takes backbone
I watched world leaders with arms linked lead a march of about 1.5 million people in Paris to commemorate the…
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Haywood School board split on state lobbying
The Haywood County School Board was divided this week on whether to join forces with school systems around the state…
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Erosion from DOT job concerns Jackson residents
A highway construction project in Jackson County has come under public scrutiny for muddying the Tuckasegee River. Erosion control measures…
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Maggie Valley to hold first Winterfest
In an effort to bring in more tourism dollars during the cold winter months, the first WinterFest Smoky Style will…
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Cherokee affirms gay marriage ban
Same-sex marriage may be legal in the state of North Carolina, but it’s not on the Qualla Boundary, according to…
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Cherokee to move away from year-round fishing
Cherokee will institute a two-week fishing season closure each March beginning in 2016 after operating under a year-round season since…
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General Assembly resumes; Local legislators to tackle key issues
North Carolina Legislators are back in session in Raleigh this week with a full agenda, including unfinished items from last…
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New Jackson board passes anti-fracking resolution
Applause broke out as Jackson County Commissioners concluded a unanimous vote last week passing a resolution opposing hydraulic fracturing —…
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Revised fracking rules head to Legislature
They’ve plowed through the feedback, and now the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission has in hand a revised version of…
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Community rallies to keep Evergreen clinic
Evergreen Packaging in Canton plans to close the Evergreen Family Medical Center and pharmacy on March 31, but county officials…
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Maggie still in dispute with Maniscalco
Maggie Valley resident Joe Maniscalco has not given up on getting his property de-annexed from the town despite several failed…
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Healthcare grant pool opens in Haywood
Programs and initiatives to address unmet health care needs in Haywood County could be eligible for mini-grants of up to…
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Finding its way: Foundation severs formal ties to hospital, forges new mission
The most affluent, prominent charity in Haywood County has reinvented its mission but hopes to remain on donors’ radar as…
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Wynonna to bring music, stories to Franklin
Country star Wynonna Judd will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing…
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WCU to present ‘Appalachian Songbook’
A performance of the “An Appalachian Songbook: North Carolina in Word, Music and Song” will be held at 7:30 p.m.…
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