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An engineer’s take on N.C. 107
Walter Kulash, a private traffic engineer, has been advising the Jackson County Smart Roads Alliance on and off for four…
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Remember – every year is a new year
So it’s the New Year. The ball has dropped, the parties are all over, your Kool and the Gang album…
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Kinky Boots Start the year off on the right foot with this 2005 Brit flick starring Joel Edgerton as Charlie…
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A few notes on 2007
By Chris Cooper Looking back on the albums and/or shows (be they local, regional or major label offerings) I’ve had…
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HART opens 2008 Studio Season with ‘Demons’
By Michael Beadle A lawyer battling personal demons returns to a small town near Pittsburgh where a sensational crime forces…
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A tough farming year
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer “Overall, it’s been a really tough year for farming,” said Jackson County farmer William…
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2008 will be telling year for Cataloochee resort
The best news about the proposed Cataloochee Wilderness Resort is that it appears that from here on out, there will…
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Cherokee and their bird stories
The second soul, that of physiological life, is located in the liver, and is of primary importance in doctoring and…
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Competing road studies likely for N.C. 107
The next year could play out as a battle of the traffic studies between the Department of Transportation and opponents…
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State says foul on school bond referendum support
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer After investigating the actions of the Macon County School Board for the past two…
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In living colour
Cedar waxwings and American holly are with us year round. The waxwings wander around a lot in extended family groups,…
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An account of Haywood County
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer The crowning achievement of Haywood County’s bicentennial celebration is a 600-page, hardcover book that…
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Recycling requirement passes costs on to rightful party
One is a new law that just took effect Jan. 1, and the other is a hoped-for statute that we…
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At the helm: New director aims to complete the Mountains to Sea Trail
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail hope its first-ever executive director will be able…
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Commissioners take a more aggressive stance in Dillsboro dam fight
Jackson County commissioners are contemplating drastic measures in their fight against Duke Energy to stop the Dillsboro dam from being…
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Parkway rangers work to save hemlocks
With a massive die-off of hemlock trees all but imminent in the mountains, Ranger Chris Ulrey is putting faith in…
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Recommended diversions
Skinny Dip, Carl Hiaasen This 512-page novel is a fast read that unfolds like a movie, painting a vivid picture…
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Southern Comfort Food
By Michael Beadle Long before the days of microwaves and fast food meals, there was the slow-cooked stew, a Southern…
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‘Rainbows’ plays as Radiohead should
There was an interesting coincidence on July 11, 2006. Thom Yorke released Eraser to mixed reviews, and the same day…
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Change is on the way for Howell Mill Road: DOT expansion project will carve through the heart of community
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer The widening of Howell Mill Road in Waynesville will take years to complete, cost…
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Day hikes along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Balsam Gap Segment This portion of the trail runs for approximately 35 miles from Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) Balsam Gap…
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Sylva manager resigns, but new job is in limbo
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Sylva Town Manager Jay Denton has resigned from his job to become the executive…
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Big as a mountain
The Encyclopedia of Appalachia. University of Tennessee Press, 2007. 1864 pages Sometimes good things come in big packages. And the…
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Stew recipes
Upcountry Carolina Beef Hash 5 lbs lean beef, cut up for stew 1 1/2 lbs large onions diced 1 lb…
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Haywood fields to get artificial turf
School official will use lottery proceeds to install artifical turf at the Pisgah and Tuscola high school stadiums, it was…
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Jackson students need a balanced education
By Michael Sanera • Guest Columnist In what appears to be a first in Jackson County, planners from a private…
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Winter tourism up in WNC
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer As Shelli Milling of Georgia unpacked her minivan she watched her two sons play…
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Lack of due diligence cited as reason for dam removal protests
The state recently gave Duke Energy the green light to tear down the Dillsboro dam, a move that Jackson County…
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A big bowl of politics and football
By David Curtis College football and presidential primary politics make strange bedfellows, but in this New Year I think they…
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When the snows fell on Babbie’s house
When winter comes now, and I see those familiar pale shafts of sunlight that briefly touch the tops of the…
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All that brass: WCU’s Trumpet Festival is quickly becoming an international affair
By Michael Beadle Brad Ulrich was 10 years old when he began playing the trumpet. He’d started with the guitar…
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Another mystery mines our fascination with the past
The Machiavelli Covenant by Allan Folsom. Forge Books,2006. 560 pages The last 20 years have seen the creation of a…
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Next president has abig hole to dig us out of
“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.” — Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson believed in…
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Turn and face the change
Are you ready for a change, I mean a REAL change? The candidates for president of the United States are…
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Shine on you crazy Miners
By Chris Cooper A few years ago there was this gangly guy with a mop of shaggy blonde hair sitting…
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Last challenge to Duke worth a try
Jackson County is almost at the end of its rope in the fight against Duke Power, but it is important…
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Sneaky snipe stamps scouts
Until I started birding seriously as an adult, I didnÕt know that snipe actually existed. For years that bird was…
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Residents hear about alternatives for Southern Loop
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Tom Dowell searches a large topographic map of Jackson County for his home located…
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The state of mental health care: A fractured system is in danger of breaking down completely, leaving officials wondering — how did it get this bad?
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Patricia Frisbee Meyer’s son needed help. The mental illness he had battled since childhood…
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Stay out of my space with the cell phone
By Angela Faye Martin Presently, I am stalking though my local library collecting my thoughts on what I will write…
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Watershed represents diverse ecosystems
Norm Christensen told the Waynesville Watershed Advisory Board (WAB), representatives from the town and a few interested onlookers that despite…
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TDA chair says pot charge no problem
The chair of Haywood County’s Tourism Development Authority says a misdemeaor marijuana charge against the organization’s executive director will not…
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Jackson’s Green Energy Park to appear on UNC-TV
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Viewers across the state will have the opportunity to learn about Jackson County’s green…
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Park’s brookie population withstands drought well
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer The Southern Appalachian brook trout population is surviving through the drought that has been…
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Denton waits for green light on EDC job
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer After working two years as Sylva’s town manager, Jay Denton will be leaving his…
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Remembering a great leader: First MLK commission established in Swain County
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer When Denise Tyson realized she would have to trek to another county to take…
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Recommended diversions
Since in this age of home video, I seldom get to see many of the best movies of any given…
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Evolution In a Nutshell — the book
Evolution In A Nutshell by Martin Malloy. Trafford Publishing, 2007. 302 pages Evolution is one of those wonderfully fiery topics…
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Sales tax may be answer to HCC’s $70 million needs
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer In one room, a jagged crack runs from wall to wall, evidence of an…
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The search for solutions: HRMC steps up to help fix mental health care
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Emergency rooms crowded with mentally ill patients. Sheriff’s deputies spending 96 hours supervising one…
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