Nomenclature has meaning when it comes to plants
 

Nomenclature has meaning when it comes to plants

What’s in a name? Well, sometimes a lot, especially when you’re considering the names we assign plants. The striking little…
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Geologists to converge on the mountains
 

Geologists to converge on the mountains

Western Carolina University will host more than 700 professional geologists and geology students during the 61st annual meeting of the…
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Get ready to do some haggling
 

Get ready to do some haggling

Bartering Day is on tap for the old T.M. Rickman Store in Macon County’s historic Cowee Valley from 10 a.m.…
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AT Founder’s Bridge Festival coming to NOC
 

AT Founder’s Bridge Festival coming to NOC

A storied Appalachian Trail event is on tap April 6 and 7 at Nantahala Outdoor Center with the AT Founder’s…
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Bats in Smokies threatened by fungus
 

Bats in Smokies threatened by fungus

Biologists in the Smokies have confirmed that two different kinds of bats found in a park cave have white-nose syndrome,…
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Smokies camping fee to take effect
 

Smokies camping fee to take effect

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park plans to collect fees next year from backpackers despite the proposal receiving opposition from…
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Troops rally to fight off invasive species
 

Troops rally to fight off invasive species

More than 300 Macon County students and others interested in the natural landscape will attend Invasive Species Awareness Day from…
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Hatchery-supported trout waters open
 

Hatchery-supported trout waters open

Approximately 1,100 miles of hatchery-supported trout waters in 25 western counties will open at 7 a.m. on April 7. The…
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Cherokee Reservation trout season opens
 

Cherokee Reservation trout season opens

Hundreds of anglers will line the 30 miles of streams on the Cherokee Indian Reservation Saturday, March 31, with the…
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Garden forum April 3
 

Garden forum April 3

Experienced growers Ron and Kathy Arps will lead a panel discussion about home gardening at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, in…
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National park to restore views at overlooks
 

National park to restore views at overlooks

The views in the Smokies might get a little easier to see after a contractor cuts back encroaching trees from…
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Macon, home to the AT, familiar with missing hikers searches
 

Macon, home to the AT, familiar with missing hikers searches

Responding to missing or injured hikers this time of year is expected in Macon County, where the Appalachian Trail winds…
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Anatomy of a Smokies search
 

Anatomy of a Smokies search

Things weren’t looking good. After five days of searching and zero clues, a massive search for a missing man in…
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Motives of missing man remain a mystery
 

Motives of missing man remain a mystery

It’s probably not the view sightseers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were expecting last week when they pulled…
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Book signing for three mountain women
 

Book signing for three mountain women

Barbara Woodall, Amy Ammons Garza and Doreyl Ammons Cain will sign books at City Lights Bookstore at 2 p.m. on…
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Forgotten but not gone — emphasizing grammar
 

Forgotten but not gone — emphasizing grammar

Fifteen years ago, when I was the temporary teacher of Latin at Tuscola High School in Waynesville, I was discussing…
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Staring over the edge of the political divide
 

Staring over the edge of the political divide

Question: How does one come to the conclusion that the upcoming General Assembly short session will almost certainly be an…
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Affordable Care Act already helping families
 

Affordable Care Act already helping families

To the Editor, For my entire working life, I have paid for medical insurance, first for myself and later for…
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Hayden Rogers made right debate decision
 

Hayden Rogers made right debate decision

To the Editor: In the Thursday, March 15, edition of The Asheville Citizen-Times, Jon Ostendorff takes issue with Hayden Rogers,…
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Land use criticisms were off the mark
 

Land use criticisms were off the mark

To the Editor: I have been a full time resident and small business owner in the Cashiers area since 1988…
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Women treated unfairly in health care debate
 

Women treated unfairly in health care debate

To the Editor: We’ve all heard the remark “Follow The Money.” It’s more important than ever to look behind all…
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My critics just can’t get enough of me
 

My critics just can’t get enough of me

I’m sitting here writing this column in the company of Suki, a 13-year-old Golden Retriever mix. Suki is not actually…
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HCC implores legislators to restore budget cuts
 

HCC implores legislators to restore budget cuts

Haywood Community College leaders told a gathering of elected state leaders this week that students and the economy would suffer…
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Council expands free book program to Cullowhee
 

Council expands free book program to Cullowhee

After successful programs in Cashiers, Glenville and Sapphire, the Literacy Council of Cashier expanded its Dolly Parton Imagination Library to…
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Waynesville welcomes new town manager
 

Waynesville welcomes new town manager

After nearly six months of searching nationwide, Waynesville found a new town manager close to home from the town of…
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Business news
 

Business news

New Bethel restaurant opens its doors  A new restaurant called Breaking Bread Café has opened on Pigeon Road in the…
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News in brief
 

News in brief

Lake Junaluska will hold its second-annual Beautification Day Thursday, April 12. Members of the community are asked to join the…
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Public input counts, but for how much, in road ranking
 

Public input counts, but for how much, in road ranking

There’s no clear winner in a complex and multifarious new system for ranking roads projects when it comes to the…
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Maggie man wants out in bid to undo annexation
 

Maggie man wants out in bid to undo annexation

A Maggie Valley man wants to extract himself from the town limits, claiming the services he gets from the town…
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Local veterans asked to participate in Memorial Day Parade
 

Local veterans asked to participate in Memorial Day Parade

Haywood County will again honor its men and women who have served in the military with a Memorial Day Parade…
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Get help with business development
 

Get help with business development

A workshop designed to help businesses develop and market their products and services is set for 2 p.m. to 5:30…
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WCU event welcomes the community
 

WCU event welcomes the community

Western Carolina University will throw open the doors to campus and invite residents in on Thursday, March 29. “Community on…
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Belcher to take oath during WCU ceremony
 

Belcher to take oath during WCU ceremony

David Belcher will be installed as chancellor of Western Carolina University during a traditional ceremony, capping a week of activities…
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Mountain BizWorks hosts free money management session
 

Mountain BizWorks hosts free money management session

Learn how to deal with debt in a free money-management class for women only being held from 5:30 p.m. to…
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Political opportunities abound to meet candidates
 

Political opportunities abound to meet candidates

The political season is in full swing with a slew of campaign forums and meet-and-greets taking place. The biggest event…
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Cherokee and Governor massage live dealers deal
 

Cherokee and Governor massage live dealers deal

Gov. Bev Perdue and leaders from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have headed back to their respective sides of…
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WCU faculty make collective, although not unanimous, stand on same-sex unions
 

WCU faculty make collective, although not unanimous, stand on same-sex unions

Western Carolina University’s faculty senate took on the hot button statewide political issue last week of Amendment One, the proposed…
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Jackson, Haywood settle tug-of-war over mental health agency jobs
 

Jackson, Haywood settle tug-of-war over mental health agency jobs

The mental health agency Smoky Mountain Center will not be buying and moving into Waynesville’s former Department of Social Services…
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WCU asks professors for input on budget. Their surprising answer? Education.
 

WCU asks professors for input on budget. Their surprising answer? Education.

For the first time perhaps in its 123-year history, faculty, staff and students at Western Carolina University are helping develop…
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Sylva radio station owner offers up personal real estate to land county loan
 

Sylva radio station owner offers up personal real estate to land county loan

The $289,000 loan from Jackson County to the new owner of Sylva radio station WRGC has finally gotten the green…
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Metrostat situation gets murkier as leaders hunt for silver lining
 

Metrostat situation gets murkier as leaders hunt for silver lining

The fallout from Metrostat Communication’s going belly up keeps getting more complicated, with Jackson County commissioners learning this week that…
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Macon’s highway paved in gold, is a gambling parlor paradise
 

Macon’s highway paved in gold, is a gambling parlor paradise

A huge former antique mall in Macon County will soon become the largest private gambling operation outside of Cherokee when…
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All hats on deck for Easter Hat Parade
 

All hats on deck for Easter Hat Parade

The town of Dillsboro will host its 24th annual Easter Hat Parade on April 7. The parade, a Dillsboro tradition,…
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Creative Thought Center to host monthly sale
 

Creative Thought Center to host monthly sale

The Creative Thought Center is hosting its monthly Colossal Garage Sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 31…
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Press offers demo of printmaking with photopolymer plates April 3
 

Press offers demo of printmaking with photopolymer plates April 3

Frank Brannon Jr., proprietor of SpeakEasy Press in Dillsboro, will demonstrate “How to Make and Print Photopolymer Plates” at 6:15…
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Folkmoot announces countries performing in 2012 festival
 

Folkmoot announces countries performing in 2012 festival

Dancers and musicians in colorful traditional costumes from New Zealand, France, Belgium, Indonesia, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Puerto Rico, Ukraine and…
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Babar comes to life for elementary students at WCU performance
 

Babar comes to life for elementary students at WCU performance

Nearly 700 students from local elementary schools filled the seats of Western Carolina University’s John W. Bardo Fine and Performing…
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Asheville hosts third annual ActionFest
 

Asheville hosts third annual ActionFest

ActionFest returns to Asheville on April 12-15 to once again showcase the most exciting action films from around the globe…
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‘Oxymorons’ return to the HART Studio
 

‘Oxymorons’ return to the HART Studio

The HART Studio Season will conclude with a return of the popular improvisational comedy troupe The Oxymorons at 7:30 p.m.…
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Waynesville theatre to hold auditions for ‘Wonderettes’
 

Waynesville theatre to hold auditions for ‘Wonderettes’

The Haywood Arts Regional Theatre will hold auditions for its May production of the musical “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at 6:30…
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