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Meet candidates and dance to the oldies at Bethel Sock Hop
A Sock Hop and a meet-the-candidates event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Juke…
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Haywood Community band to give free concert
The Haywood Community Band will present its fourth free concert of the Maggie Valley Concert Series at 6:30 p.m. on…
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Musical couple play free concert in Waynesville
Mountain musicians Rob and Anne Lough will give a concert at 3 p.m. on Aug. 21 at the Haywood County…
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Learn to knit in two classes
Sandra Beck will teach a two-class knitting workshop at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23 and 25 at the Jackson County…
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Art Sampler at Stecoah
Members of the Stecoah Artisans Guild will be demonstrating their techniques on from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday,…
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Beaverdam hosts arts and craft show
The Third Arts and Craft Show will be held on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Beaverdam Community Center in Canton.…
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HART presents Noel Coward Comedy
Haywood Arts Regional Theater’s next production will be the Noel Coward comedy “Hay Fever” at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19,…
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Tribes share cultures at Cherokee festival
Dancing has been a part of Native American culture for centuries, as celebration or grief or worship or even warning.…
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The insect sting that launched a frenzy of pill popping
If I overdose and you have to take me to the emergency room, I told a friend Friday night, please…
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Skateboarders treated unfairly, especially by police
What if we treated all athletes like skateboarders? I ask this question because I am a skateboarder. I grew up…
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SCC does not need this kind of road
To the Editor: After reading a recent article in The Sylva Herald, I feel it is time to further explain…
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Keep N.C. artifacts on N.C. side of the Smokies
To the Editor: For the last two weeks I have been hearing about artifacts donated to the Great Smoky Mountains…
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Leading by example creates lasting legacies
Many people who lead exceptional lives never break an arm trying to pat themselves on their own back. They just…
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Macon County cites need for kidney dialysis center; closest one now in Sylva
Macon County officials, concerned by the growing numbers of residents here forced to travel over Cowee Mountain to Sylva for…
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Haywood must pay up for firing courthouse contractor
Haywood County is on the hook for $700,000 after an arbitration panel found the county wrongfully fired the contractor overseeing…
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Blood drive organized in honor of slain trooper, son
The Tye Blanton Foundation will host its seventh blood drive for the American Red Cross on Sunday, Aug. 28. …
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Golf tournament to benefit veterans
The 9/11 Armed Forces Golf Classic will be held on Sept. 10 and 11 at Sequoyah National Golf Club in…
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Improve your online skills with workshops
Two one-day Internet courses will be offered from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Agust 25 and 26 by Western…
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Jackson County alcohol vote likely in May
Jackson County commissioners are leaning toward the May primary for putting alcohol on the ballot rather than waiting until the…
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Wheels of justice turn too slowly for Cherokee’s taste
Weary of criminals languishing in the system before finally facing their day in court, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians…
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Macon steep-slope supporters pushing back
A new group has formed to counteract a recent landslide of opposition to steep-slope regulations in Macon County. “We realized…
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Macon to drop back and punt on slope rules
“Finishing the conversation” has become something of a catchphrase lately in Macon County. It’s a really diplomatic way of saying…
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Swain wants a new library, but where and how big a long way off
First Macon County, and then Jackson, built big, beautiful, new libraries over the past five years. Now, it seems, Swain…
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SBI won’t investigate Haywood jail death
The state will not investigate the death of Jessica Martin, who died last week after collapsing in a holding cell…
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Haywood wants to know: where are the landslide risks?
The state might have pulled the plug on a long-range project to map landslide prone areas in the mountains, but…
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A look in the rearview at N.C. 107
With its fast-food restaurants, box stores, gas stations and occasional backups of traffic, there’s not much that can be described…
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The advent of the boulevard, the death of the five-lane
Nearly every town has one — a five-lane road lined with fast-food stores, gas stations and grocery stores — and…
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Fast for cars or pleasing for people? Tug of war rages over 107
There’s a novel solution afoot for traffic woes on Sylva’s commercial thoroughfare: widen the road so much it obliterates most…
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Waynesville primed for makeover of South Main
Waynesville has one chance to get South Main Street right, or live with the consequences for decades to come. And…
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A tale of two streets
Waynesville and Sylva are at a crossroads, ones that will irrevocably shape the character of their communities. Both towns are…
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Forgot milk? Small grocer to fill void in Maggie
There’s a new term coined by the federal government for places with low income and little access to quality food.…
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Swain football team tackles summer reading list
There are a lot of things associated with the words “high school football.” Three-a-days. Pep rallies. Weight rooms. The quarterback…
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Late summer is an awesome time to botanize
Spring is the appointed time for the various wildflower pilgrimages and outings that attract thousands of visitors to the mountains…
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Haywood Fair to host farm fresh dinner and mini-market
The Haywood County Fair this year will feature a Farm Fresh meal to celebrate agriculture in Western North Carolina at…
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All about the local food movement in Macon
A talk on the local food movement will be held at noon on Thursday, August 11, in Franklin hosted by…
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Foundation to hold banquet for 10th anniversary of reintroduction
An annual banquet and auction to benefit this region’s chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is set for Saturday,…
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Tour nursery that caters to wildlife
Learn about plants that attract birds, butterflies and other wild critters on a field trip to Spring Valley Nursery in…
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Wild gardener comes to Sylva
Peter Loewer, a.k.a. the “Wild Gardener”, will present a program about native plants at 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 30 at…
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Backpackers in the Smokies may soon pay for permits
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts the largest backcountry in the Eastern United States, yet for backpackers hoping to…
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Learn drift boat how-to’s from retired WCU engineering prof
Want to know how to use a drift boat? There’s an opportunity to learn from an actual designer, builder and…
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Walk to highlight Highlands fertile birding ground
A “Treasure Highlands” Bird Hike will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on August 18 by the Highlands Biological…
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Cyclists breeze into Haywood with Blue Ridge Breakaway
A few hundred cyclers will test their endurance with the annual Blue Ridge Breakaway coming up August 20. A spectrum…
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Moonshadow, moonshadow
I was all set to write about the annual summer fireworks displayed every August on that really big screen above…
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Stand-off over the Chattooga nears finale
Paddlers are ever-so-slightly winning a tug-of-war over the Upper Chattooga River, a Wild and Scenic River that plunges off the…
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Influential Shook family history chronicled in historical fiction
Franklin resident Robert Shook will read from his novel, A Journey in Courage, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 13,…
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Test your wizarding skills with a Harry Potter party
Get your wands ready for a Harry Potter back-to-school party at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, at Blue Ridge…
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McCullough makes 19th century Paris come alive
“At last I have come into a dreamland.” So wrote Harriet Beecher Stowe shortly after her arrival in Paris in…
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Learn to cross stitch with plastic canvas
A workshop about plastic canvas cross-stitch will be taught at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 18, at the Jackson County…
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Indulge in chocolate and wine Aug. 18
The Haywood County Arts Council will hold a Wine for the Arts party, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday,…
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Best in the West berry recipe contest
With berries ripe and ready for picking, it’s time to plan your entry in the Best in the West Recipe…
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