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Haywood County prepares for 30th annual Senior Games
Seniors around the region are gearing up for Senior Games during the month of May. In Haywood County, registration will…
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Homelessness to Hope: a campaign to improve teen support services
Barium Springs, a nonprofit that serves troubled youth, is hosting its first Giving Them Hope Breakfast at 8:30 April 25…
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Social worker charged in cover-up agrees to talk as part of plea bargain
A Swain County social worker pleaded guilty in court this week to doctoring and fabricating records two years ago following…
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Keeping it real: Waynesville ponders historic district guidelines
The town of Waynesville has hired a consultant to help create mandatory design standards for buildings in historic districts.
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Macon forges ahead with $1.1 million ballpark
Macon County commissioners narrowly voted last week to buy a 50-acre tract for $550,000 to create a sprawling baseball and…
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Building freedom through mobility
It was a moment that forever stuck with Don Schoendorfer. While on vacation in Morocco several years ago, the southern…
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Emergency action plans layout game plan well before disaster strikes
What if a tornado ripped through Western North Carolina? What if a tanker hauling dangerous chemicals overturned on Interstate 40?…
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Macon County pledges suite of raises all around
Macon County government employees will have a fatter paycheck now, thanks to a new pay plan approved last week by…
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Robbery ring targeting vacation homes busted
Ten suspects have been charged in connection with a rash of property crimes in the Cashiers and Glenville area.
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Pigeon Gorge dead spot could be solved soon for AT&T cell customers
A new cell phone tower in the Pigeon River Gorge could mean fewer dropped calls as motorists cruise down Interstate…
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Swain inmates no help on roadside trash pickup
Swain County commissioners said they have fielded queries lately about why jail inmates aren’t put to work picking up trash…
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Lake Junaluska merger with Waynesville sails through Senate
A state bill that would bring Lake Junaluska into Waynesville’s town limits has cleared the N.C. Senate and is now…
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County commissioners cry foul over state budget proposals
County commissioners across the state are protesting proposed state budget cuts and bills that they say pass the buck and…
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Cherokee leaders green light second casino near Murphy
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians could open a new $110 million casino in Murphy as early as spring 2015,…
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Trial by dirt
While sunlight, water and good soil may seem a simple enough equation for getting a plant from seed to fruit,…
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WCU invites student and faculty input on campus master plan
Western Carolina University is open to suggestions — from students, faculty and the general public — as it undergoes a…
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Let the tourists return: Smokies’ landslide fixed
Landslide repairs to U.S. 441 through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were completed early this week — reopening the…
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Empty Bowl: a meal and music with a cause
The Empty Bowl fundraiser will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, at The Community Table in…
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‘Greening Up the Mountains’ in Sylva
The 16th annual Greening Up the Mountains street festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27,…
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Dramatic comedy embraces small town life
Haywood Arts Regional Theater in Waynesville will kick off its 29th main stage season this month with a stage adaptation…
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Mom’s Music Fest returns to Waynesville
The outdoor Mom’s Music Festival will be held from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in Waynesville, featuring…
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Celebrate ‘Record Store Day’ in Sylva
A “Record Store Day Celebration” will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20, at In Your Ear Music Emporium in…
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Liars Bench to showcase Carolina Dusk
The Liars Bench presents music group Carolina Dusk at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Mountain Heritage Center auditorium…
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Carden monologue celebrates early vision of teaching college
Renowned Appalachian writer Gary Carden will perform “Madison,” a monologue about the life of Dr. Robert Lee Madison, at 7…
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Acclaimed Georgia artist featured at The Bascom
The work of Linda Anderson, a prolific artist whose pieces depict her life in rural North Georgia, will be on…
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‘Dead Man Walking’ opera hits Cullowhee
A concert production of “Dead Man Walking” will come to the stage at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the…
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WCU Jazz Festival to feature innovative saxophonist, Slovakian drummer
The 2013 Jazz Festival will take place from April 27 and 29 at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, featuring jazz…
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Mélange puts culinary excellence on display
Haywood County Chamber of Commerce held their annual “Melange of the Mountains” culinary gala at Laurel Ridge Country Club on…
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The luck of the draw
All bets are on in Cherokee. The first major poker tournament held at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort has lured…
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Serviceberry is recurring harbinger of spring
I have two options when driving back and forth from home to town. One is along a river and the…
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Sylva climate change protest is lead up to Raleigh lobbying push
In the buildup to a large environmental demonstration in Raleigh, a climate change rally will be held at 11 a.m.…
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Arboretum to host Mountain Science Expo
When science meets the mountains you get: The Mountain Science Expo. The expo will take place from 10 a.m. to…
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News from the A.T.
Gotta love that A.T. A program on the importance of the Appalachian Trail and ways to promote and conserve it…
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Springtime cleanup opportunities
In an effort to clean up Scotts Creek in Jackson County, a coordinated workday will be launched by volunteers from…
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A.T. license plate money awarded to local trail workers
The Carolina Mountain Club has been awarded $2,200 through the North Carolina Appalachian Trail License Plate Grant Program to help…
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Big-time lumberjacks saw off in Haywood
Professional and collegiate lumberjacks from around the East will soon converge on Haywood County to compete in a top-notch woodsman…
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Love was in the air
Love may be a little anthropogenic for toads, but the eons old “urge to merge” was quite prevalent last Sunday…
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Help wanted: Engaged citizens with environmental ethos
Do you consider yourself an environmentalist or an environmental activist? Do you feel frustrated with the way issues dear to…
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Movies, book explore travails of Memphis Three
They were known as the West Memphis Three: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr., three teenagers who were accused…
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Serving up a taste of Appalachia
When Doug Weaver looks around Haywood County, he sees potential. “We’re on the fence, right in the middle of where…
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Recent charm offensive will influence Obama legacy
We have been hearing a lot lately about President Barack Obama’s charm offensive. He has been traveling a short distance…
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Prescription drug industry needs to be reined in
What’s deadlier than a crazed maniac in a kindergarten class with a loaded assault weapon? In the most horrifying massacre…
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Parsing out a majority in Haywood room tax debate proves murky
Without support from the Maggie Valley Lodging Association, a bill to increase the room tax in Haywood County could die…
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Stand and deliver Donald Davis weaned on mountain storytelling
It’s been said that people are more afraid of public speaking than they are of death, but for Donald Davis,…
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Sylva faces tough budget choices
Sylva town officials are staring down three unsightly options to balance the upcoming year’s budget: tax increases, budget cuts or…
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Merchants field queries over missing courthouse trees
Main Street merchants are used to answering tourists’ questions: how do you get to the parkway, what’s the best place…
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How the axe fell
Talk of cutting the historic courthouse maples in Waynesville has come and gone during the years. Reasons varied. It was…
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Jackson tourism board offers tepid yet symbolic support of scenic railroad venture
The Jackson County Tourism Development Authority is the latest voice to enter the fray as the county ponders a $700,000…
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Bills would reinforce optional student prayer
Religion and public schools have never been a black and white matter anywhere in the U.S., but the shades of…
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U.S. 441 work nears completion
Repairs to U.S. 441 are nearing completion. A football-field-sized portion of U.S. 441, which runs through the Great Smoky Mountains…
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