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Critics off mark in planning board attacks
To the Editor: Back in the 1990s, I was privileged to serve several years on the Macon County Planning Board,…
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Lest we forget: Whitney was a criminal
Pardon my insensitivity. Whitney Houston was a great singing talent, indeed. That was a gift of nature. She was also…
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We should provide health care to all
To the Editor: As of 2010, 50 million people in the U.S. had no health insurance (no doubt more now).…
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Justice delayed is justice denied
To the Editor: For centuries, the citizens of our state have extolled the virtues of a fair and judicious court…
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Ordinance revisions deserve public scrutiny
To the Editor: The Jackson County Planning Department is methodically revising sections of the subdivision ordinance. In the fall, the…
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Racial Justice Act should remain intact
To the Editor: It is painful and, frankly, disgusting to witness North Carolina’s prosecutors and their allies in the General…
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When it’s all about the writing, I’m all in
Even after laboring for some two decades at various news publications I can’t say that I ever particularly considered myself…
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Program offers inspirational look at being a foster parent
A performance and program on the role of foster parents titled “Ellen Foster and Friends: A Look at Foster Care,”…
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Economic efforts in Macon focus of luncheon
Tommy Jenkins, who oversees economic development efforts in Macon County, will give a talk on economic development plans and projects…
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School of Nursing to host education fair
Prospective nursing students can find out about prospective career opportunities at an education fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.…
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Chinquapin development likely to get green light
An older development in Cashiers operating under a new name is likely to get Jackson County go-ahead for putting in,…
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Swain County’s tourism website goes mobile
Swain County tourists can now get information via the mobile site m.GreatSmokies.com using their smartphones. “In 2011, 10 percent of…
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Free guide available from Jackson County
A comprehensive 36-page guide for Jackson County visitors is now available. The guide provides details on hiking, waterfalls, fly fishing,…
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Sharron Donnahoe named Main Street champion in Waynesville
Sharron Donnahoe of Waynesville has been named a Main Street Champion through the N.C. Main Street Annual Awards program. Donnahoe…
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Forest Service fights large fire in Nantahala; smaller one in Cullowhee
Nearly 40 U.S. Forest Service and North Carolina Forest Service firefighters battled a 750-acre wildfire in the Tusquitee Ranger District…
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Cullowhee community hosts town growth meeting
A community meeting to explore “What will Cullowhee look like in 10 years?” will be held at the Cullowhee Valley…
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Haywood hospice volunteer training planned for March 19-22
In-depth volunteer training for hospice and palliative care will be held this month at Lake Junaluska First Baptist Church on…
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Child fatality review in Swain case held up by state backlog
More than a year has lapsed since 15-month-old Aubrey Kina Marie Littlejohn died on the floor of an unheated single-wide…
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NRA safety sessions aimed at students
The National Rifle Association will offer a seminar called “Refuse To Be A Victim” several times in coming weeks in…
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Speaker to address gun control March 5 at WCU
Gun control takes center stage at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, in the A.K. Hinds University Center Grandroom on the…
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Guns and greenways don’t mix in Waynesville, but state may say differently
Waynesville leaders are looking for a way to keep guns out of town parks and recreation centers despite changes in…
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Property owners push back against U.S. 441 development regs in Jackson County
A review of rules in Jackson County that guide development along the roughly five-mile stretch of U.S. 441 leading into…
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Jackson Commissioner race for Cashiers’ seat heats up
The battle of the Joneses is about to commence in Jackson County. County Commissioner Mark Jones will appear on the…
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Ghost Town looks to repair relations with inspectors
The ball is already rolling on repairs to the rides at the once-popular Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park…
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Are cops making a pest of themselves in Maggie Valley?
Complaints from business owners and customers have Maggie Valley leaders asking if its police presence in the small tourist-oriented town…
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Gear up for the Haywood Chamber’s business start-up competition
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce will offer Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning, a four-week business course, from 6 to…
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Physical education program grant implemented
The Haywood County School District was the recipient of a Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) Grant worth up…
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Motorcycle rallies rolling into Maggie jostle over weekend rights
Maggie Valley’s town board has decided not to play favorites when it comes to the growing number of motorcycle rallies…
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Lottery money hardly a win for schools
Keeping a roof over the head of Haywood County’s nearly 8,000 students is getting harder every year as the school…
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Where do schools rank? With not enough money to go around, commissioners may have to choose between employee raises and schools
Schools got only a brief and passing mention by Haywood County commissioners during a brainstorming session last week on priorities…
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Sen. Davis breaks ethics rules by using government email for campaign
State Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, violated state ethics rules this month by using his government email address for personal, but…
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Superintendent crosses swords, again, with Freedom from Religion group
Macon County Schools Superintendent Dan Brigman once again has landed squarely in the crosshairs of a group devoted to protecting…
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Waynesville’s once-beloved O’Malley’s up for sale
RBC Bank is looking to offload the building that once housed O’Malley’s On Main Pub and Grill in Waynesville from…
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Decision on early voting site for Cherokee lands in Swain commissioners' laps
Swain County commissioners will have to decide in coming weeks whether to pony up $3,000 to $5,000 for an early…
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National award-winner and teacher to read at City Lights
Dawn Gilchrist-Young, a Jackson County resident and teacher at Swain County High School for the past 14 years, will discuss…
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Sylva local C.B. Cole introduces her new novel
C.B. Cole will be at City Lights Bookstore to read from and sign her new book, Winter, at 7 p.m.…
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Book tells the story of a young boy’s journey
Fifteen-year-old Charlie Thompson is always hungry. Luckily, he is blessed with a high metabolism rate, so the excessive amounts of…
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Explore history with a guided hike in the Smokies
Join Friends of the Smokies for a guided hike along Kephart Prong Trail, followed by a visit to the Oconaluftee…
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The bear is back
The iconic bear specialty license plate that raises dollars for Friends of the Smokies is being sold again, with an…
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Smokies volunteers needed at Oconaluftee and Clingmans Dome
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting for a variety of volunteer opportunities at Oconaluftee and Clingmans Dome for…
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Monitoring to root out erosion sources in Haywood
A $500 grant was awarded to Haywood Waterways Association by the Haywood County Community Foundation to expand Haywood Waterways’ sediment…
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Program to discuss mercury fall-out
A program on mercury pollution in mountain waters will be held by the Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River at…
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Mountain fly-fishing team lands line-up of top notch coaches
The N.C. Fly Fishing Team, who count the region’s best fishermen among their ranks, has now hooked one of the…
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HCC Wildlife Club to host wild game dinner
The sixth-annual Wild Game Dinner is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. …
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Environmental group wants to duke it out with energy company
Greenpeace activists, in what promises to be a long, high-profile campaign against Duke Energy for perceived environmental wrongs, launched the…
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Greenhouse space available in Waynesville
If you are short on greenhouse space but want to grow your own plants, consider using the Old Armory Recreation…
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Counting at Kituwah
This year was the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, a citizen-science project created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and…
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Battle of the Plug: WCU raises the stakes on a national energy conservation competition
Things have gotten slightly darker at Western Carolina University. The Cullowhee-based college is battling Boone’s Appalachian State University in the…
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Pileated woodpeckers a mainstay in the mountains
The tapping of pileateds ... means attachment to a nest site and attachment of the members of a pair to…
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The secret life of Quintin Ellison
In a time-wasting exercise, I was giving thought recently about my earliest memory, which is of getting my knee stuck…
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