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Oasis of jobs: Cherokee casino emerges as a lifeline in sour economy
Help wanted signs aren’t too common these days. But there’s an anomaly here in the far end of the state,…
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Rank-and-file casino workers told to turn on the charm
In a basement classroom at Harrah’s casino, a fresh group of new hires stretched out before Al Lossiah, the latest…
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New chain stores coming to Wal-Mart site in Waynesville
A 12-acre empty tract beside Super Wal-Mart in Waynesville has sold for $3.5 million, slated for a Michael’s craft store,…
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South Main makeover: Let the brainstorming begin
When new bikers show up for his weekly ride in Waynesville, Cecil Yount pulls out all the stops: a riveting…
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Waynesville Rec Center to close temporarily
The Waynesville Recreation Center will be closed for routine maintenance work through Sept. 18. The center will reopen on Sept.…
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Prepare for flu season with vaccine
MedWest Haywood Home Care Services will offer flu shots at the Home Care building from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.…
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Waynesville calls for street adopters
The Town of Waynesville is asking residents and businesses to take part in the Adopt-A-Street program. Volunteers can choose a…
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From bankruptcy to riches, Phil Drake builds a business empire
Phil Drake acknowledges that he has two kinds of enterprises. There are those launched or purchased for strategic business reasons;…
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Diversity week at WCU
The 12th annual Diversity Week will take place at Western Carolina University Sept. 18-24. A series of events, designed to…
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Constitution Day this Saturday
Readings by local residents of the U.S. Constitution will take place Sept. 17 in Maggie Valley, Cashiers and Cherokee. …
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Matthews to share 9/11 experience
The Rev. Dan Mathews will share his experience of being in New York during the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago…
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Truck turnarounds slated for U.S. 64
A workshop on a plan to build truck turn-around locations and information stations on U.S. 64 between Franklin and Highlands…
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A masterful game of musical chairs
When all is said and expanded at Harrah’s, there will be 2,000 seats at the various restaurants scattered across the…
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Dishwasher extraordinaire
Jeremiah Chatham is the kind of person who looks far too gregarious to be wearing a suit. He has an…
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Finding a custom fit, 2,000 times over
Deep in the labyrinthine basement at Harrah’s, in an ordinary hallway sits an extraordinary room. There’s a service counter and…
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Gardener sees casino as a canvas
Twelve thousand. That’s how many annuals Zeke Cooper and his crew have installed in the last month in and around…
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Luring gamers to play longer, play harder
Go to Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel and Casino on any given day, and there’s a good chance you’ll encounter a promotion…
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Behind the casino curtain: Keeping a 56-acre complex running no matter what
Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel and Casino towers over the landscape in Cherokee, its three hotel towers only surpassed in height by…
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WCU task force gets marching orders for strategic plan
A 36-member commission charged with developing a new strategic plan for Western Carolina University is on a tight timeline: Chancellor…
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Old Cartoogechaye School could be future playing fields
Macon County commissioners decided last week to try to buy the old Cartoogechaye School, raze it and build two ball…
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Town manager forced out in Sylva
Sylva leaders this week demanded their town manager resign, just more than two years after she was hired. “This was…
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Haywood closes in on deal to privatize landfill
Haywood County is inching closer to exiting the landfill business, with plans to hand over the county’s White Oak landfill…
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Learn Spanish at SCC
Beginner Spanish is being offered at Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus Monday evenings beginning Sept. 12. The course will be…
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Tourism agency targets tourist rentals flying under the room tax radar
Haywood County business owners who have been dodging the 4 percent lodging tax will now find themselves facing a crackdown,…
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Farmers are almost always willing to lend a hand
Tammara Talley, while gracious in her acknowledgments during the shower of verbal high-fives raining down upon her at Saturday’s farmers…
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Riding the Parkway for a cause
Seconds after I heard the doorbell, my little feet hit the stone floor landing that served to separate the front…
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Tea Party wants to restore America
To the Editor: In a Quinnipiac University polling (8/16-8/27), 29 percent of Americans responded that they couldn’t formulate an opinion…
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Let’s send Obama to unemployment line
To the Editor: We need a plan that will help grow jobs in our district. The message to the world…
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Kudos to Haywood for landslide mapping
To the Editor: It’s good to see Haywood County leaders talking sense about landslide hazard mapping instead of stoking the…
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Harrah’s should not have a monopoly
To the Editor: Regarding the editor’s article, “It’s time to approve dealers at Harrah’s casino” (SMN, Sept. 7-13), I agree…
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More media is almost always beneficial
I don’t listen to local radio so much anymore, but the story in last week’s edition about the demise of…
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A tribute to fishing and fish
In last week’s The Smoky Mountain News, Gary Carden began his review of Ron Rash’s collection of poems, Waking, by…
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Author Chris McMillan to read from debut memoir
Local author Chris McMillan will read from her new memoir at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Blue Ridge…
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Revisit the library with special events
In celebration of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, the Haywood County Public Library is joining with other North Carolina libraries…
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Library to host author Pam Duncan
Novelist Pamela Duncan will read from and discuss her novels at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Jackson…
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Author casts new light on an old ballad
Sharyn McCrumb, author of the Ballad Series of novels, will read from her new book, The Ballad of Tom Dooley,…
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Author to illuminate the joys of fly fishing
David Joy, the author of the new book Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman’s Journey, will hold a reading and signing…
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Trout Unlimited to hold river clean-up
A river-sweep cleanup of the Tuckasegee starting at the new CJ Harris boat ramp in Dillsboro is set for Thursday,…
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Calling volunteers to clean waterways
Get out your gloves and pitch in cleaning up litter from Richland Creek in Waynesville as part of the North…
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Hands-on learning helps kids understand water issues
It requires getting a little wet, but that’s all part of the fun when the Haywood Waterways Association and Haywood…
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Outdoors sports festival brings new triathlon and 5K to Franklin
Outdoor enthusiasts can look forward to a two-day WNC OutdoorAthlon this fall in Macon County, Oct. 8-9. Activities include a…
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New half marathon gearing up in Cherokee
Registration is open for a new half-marathon race taking place on the Cherokee Indian Reservation Saturday, Oct. 15, starting at…
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Workshop to explore the ethics of ecology
Training for leaders and activists in the conservation movement will explore the deeper issues of ethics, values and the root…
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Don’t poach it, grow ‘sang legally instead
Learn how to grow that lucrative cash-plant, ginseng, at home. The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service and the Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance…
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Photography workshop to be held at Balsam Mountain Preserve
Shutterbug alert: Balsam Mountain Trust in Sylva will hold a digital photography class Sept. 24, from 3 p.m. until sunset.…
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WCU’s Rooted in the Mountains symposium
The second-annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium at Western Carolina University will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct.…
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Get outdoors and support land conservation
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy is challenging outdoor enthusiasts to support land conservation simply by hiking. The Hiking Challenge encourages all…
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Land Trust to hold Tessentee Preserve clean-up
The Land Trust of the Little Tennessee will hold a Stewardship Workday at Tessentee Bottomland Preserve in southern Macon County…
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See the elk via two guided trips
As part of their popular Eco Tour Outreach Program, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust hold two elk tours in Cataloochee Valley with…
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Learn to share the land with bears
With fall comes hungry bears, and the B.E.A.R. Taskforce wants to help people learn to peacefully coexist with these great…
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