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Haywood commissioners on a quest for a better courthouse lawn
Nearly a year after cutting down the historic maple trees in front of the Haywood County Courthouse, the lawn still…
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County races: Haywood
Haywood County Haywood Commissioners What’s up for election? Three out of five seats on the county board. About the race:…
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County races: Jackson
Jackson County Jackson Sheriff About the race: This promises to be one of the most hotly contested elections in the…
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County races: Macon
Macon County Macon Commissioners What’s up for election: One seat in the Highlands district and two seats in the Franklin…
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County races: Swain
Swain County Swain Commissioners What’s up for election? All five seats on the county board are up for election, including…
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Statewide races
U.S. Congress About the race: This used to be a toss-up district, but clever redrawing of voting boundaries by the…
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Voucher legislation hits roadblock
After a morning of arguments from both sides of the school voucher debate, N.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood ordered…
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Schools rebut charge of impeding efforts to start secular club
Haywood County Schools’ attorney has countered accusations that Pisgah High School administrators allegedly hampered a student’s attempt to form a…
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‘Trail Magic’ party at Nantahala Brewing
The Trail Magic No. 7 Release Party will be March 14-15 at Nantahala Brewing in Bryson City.
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McMahan, Nicholson solo shows
Mountain Faith fiddler Summer McMahan will perform at a release party for her new solo album, “The Story of My…
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Celtic concert in Bryson City
The sixth annual Celtic concert featuring Bean Sidhe will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday March 13, at the Smoky…
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This must be the place
Pouring its first pints in October 2013, Innovation Brewing in Sylva was created by Nicole Dexter and Chip Owen. The…
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Sewing traditions together: Weaver attracted by all facets of ancient art
Sitting at her loom, weaver Amy Tromiczak feels right at home. “It’s an amazing thing. You’re making cloth, and I…
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Gypsies conjure memories of the past
When I was a boy growing up in south-central Virginia during the early 1950s, my home was situated near a…
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Haywood’s first ever seed lending library
Learn about the new seed library of Waynesville at an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2,…
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Trail of Tears exhibit on display at WCU
A reception and talk to accompany the new exhibit “Fewer Footprints and More Tears: Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the…
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Join the world of backyard chickens
Interested in keeping chickens? Learn all about it from Ashley English at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Canton…
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Bear in the Back Seat goes behind the scenes with the Smokies’ bear man
Retired national park wildlife biologist Kim DeLozier will speak about his book, Bear in the Back Seat, on Saturday, March…
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Volunteers needed to staff Clingmans Dome information center
Great Smoky Mountain National Park is recruiting volunteers to staff the Information Center at Clingmans Dome, from April 1 through…
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Trail junkies sign up early for Wilderness Skills Institute
A 10-day workshop in May will cover everything you need to know to join trail crews on overnight expeditions in…
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To the summit: Old age no match for record-setting Macon man
Not just anybody can keep up with Jim Pader. Last year alone, he hiked 534 miles and has logged 738.4…
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Of rhyme and reason, for better or worse
Poetry. Po-e-tree. A word with a lovely sound, but with bleak connotations.
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Feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem to speak at WCU March 6
“An Evening with Gloria Steinem” will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in the John W. Bardo Fine and…
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Granddaughter of Duke Ellington to present at WCU
Internationally acclaimed choreographer and dancer Mercedes Ellington will give a presentation at 11:15 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in the Coulter…
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Harlem Ambassadors hit the court
The internationally-acclaimed Harlem Ambassadors will play a basketball game against the Franklin Dribblers at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at…
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Roller team kicks off 2014 season
The Smoky Mountain Rollergirls Roller Derby Team will open its 2014 season at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the…
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Jam series to feature James Leva, Stuart Brothers
The 2013-14 First Thursday Old-Time and Bluegrass Jam Series will continue with a concert featuring multi-instrumentalist James Leva and The…
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Real time painting demo at Gallery 86
Artist Melissa Enloe Walter will hold a painting demonstration from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at Gallery 86,…
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This must be the place
It was his voice that caught my ear. Turning towards the stage at the Water’n Hole in Waynesville, I was…
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From the studio to the classroom
The loud pounding echoed from the end of the empty corridor. Crossing the threshold of the last classroom on the…
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We are doomed to repeat history
To the Editor: We repeat our mistakes because we never seem to learn the lessons of history and, in our…
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Just look at what the Tea Party is doing
To the Editor: The letter saying the Tea Party is making changes is correct, but let’s look at the changes…
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Foundation should aid Good Samaritan Clinic
To the Editor: The Haywood Regional Hospital Foundation need look no further than The Good Samaritan Clinic. The support of…
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Everyone wants to protect the mountains
To the Editor: Everyone in Jackson County needs to know there was an overflow crowd at the public hearing on…
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Our schools deserve better than this
To the Editor: Sixty-nine school boards across this state joined with the State Board of Education in challenging the constitutionality…
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Reasonable people can disagree on development ordinance
By Clark Lipkin • Guest Columnist I am the vice chairman of the Jackson County Planning Board. I presided over…
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Mad Batter to reopen in Sylva
From the ashes of a recent fire, Mad Batter Bakery & Café will reopen. But, instead of returning to the campus…
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$1 million gift to Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Foundation matched by Mission
The Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Foundation is $2 million richer thanks to a $1 million donation by philanthropist Jane Woodruff and a…
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WCU professor studies healthy eating demographics
Green space and gardens dominate much of the Western North Carolina landscape, but what determines whether people here actually eat…
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Car charging stations to be installed in Waynesville
Electric car owners will soon have the option of charging their vehicles in downtown Waynesville.
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Waynesville looks to diversify fuel use
The town of Waynesville plans to convert half of its fleet of police cars — 15 in all — to…
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Law enforcement lobbies for speedy, dependable fleets
Equipment replacement schedules were some of the first line items on the chopping block for local governments when the economy…
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Parks and rec grants decrease across state
Macon County can count itself lucky for landing a $500,000 state recreation grant to help pay for a softball and…
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Macon hopes for home run
Macon County commissioners decided in a split vote this month to spend $3 million building a tournament-scale baseball and softball…
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The quest for perfection: Smoky Mountain basketball team heads into playoffs 24-0
There is no “I” in team for Jimmy Cleaveland. “Listen, I don’t know where you’re going with this story,” he…
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Fired Swain DSS director steered aid to relatives
A wrongful firing suit by Tammy Cagle, the former director of Swain County Department of Social Services, has shed light…
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State rejects former Swain DSS director’s appeal of firing
A wrongful firing claim by the former director of the Swain County Department of Social Services has been rejected by…
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What was said: take a drive-by tour of some steep slope comments
“A hundred years from now everybody in this room will have passed on but the mountains will still be baring…
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Jackson public delivers message loud and clear: uphold steep slope rules
A standing-room only crowd turned out for a public hearing on steep slope rules in Jackson County last week and…
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