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Dropouts stay-in more in Jackson County
Jackson County Schools’ dropout rate has decreased by 56.2 percent – from 4.43 in 2008-09 to 1.99 in 2009-10. …
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Bridge near Highlands slated for replacement
A bridge will be replaced over the Cullasaja River on Mirror Lake Road near Highlands in Macon County. A $577,544…
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League to discuss health care
The League of Women Voters of Macon County will present a program on affordable health care in North Carolina at…
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Program encourages families of the disabled
The author of “Grown Man Now,” and Western Carolina University professor Jane B. Schulz, will speak at a program geared…
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Paint pottery for a cause
Paint a bowl to fill a bowl – proceeds from pottery painting at Claymates from April 1 to April 17…
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Railroad will return to Dillsboro for less than originally requested
Bringing regular train service back to Dillsboro greatly depends on whether Jackson County commissioners come up with dollars to help…
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Train contemplates engine turn-around, but search for the right site continues
Private land in Dillsboro might spare the historic Monteith House site from becoming home to a turntable for the Great…
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Learn about butterflies this Easter
Easter Butterflies: Magical, Mystical, Majestical is the topic of an April program through the Lake Junaluska Live and Learn Committee.…
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Tips, help on coping with depression
Ladies Night Out is holding a special follow-up program in Macon County to a March event on overcoming depression and…
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Maintenance work to boost economy
Canton’s Evergreen Packaging mill’s is due for major maintenance this spring, bringing more than 1,000 contractors to the area to…
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Golf tournament to feed the hungry
The Pasquale’s Charity Golf Tournament is coming to the Waynesville Golf Resort on Sunday, April 17, to benefit Friends of…
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Real estate roller coaster throws Jackson, Macon property revals off track
This isn’t the easiest time to be a real estate agent in Jackson and Macon counties, not with the crippled…
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New values based on hyperlocal formula
Haywood County’s property revaluation was a massive undertaking: appraisers had to lay eyes on 50,000 properties, from condos to fast-food…
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What new property values mean for your taxes
Property owners in Haywood County faced a Catch 22 when their new property values arrived in the mail last week.…
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Despite fears, Haywood property values hold their own: Land and lots fall, while median-priced homes rise
When Mollie Weaver put her house on the market two weeks ago, she was bracing for the worst. She’d been…
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Jail escapee found in Myrtle Beach
After sprinting out the front door a few weeks ago, an escaped Haywood County inmate is back behind bars. Frank…
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Take part in Macon County’s Special Olympics
The Macon County Special Olympics Games will be held Friday, April 8, at the Macon Middle School track. Opening…
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Waynesville wins concessions in Junaluska water negotiations
Waynesville officials have finally signed an agreement with the Junaluska Sanitary District that marries the two entities for 10 more…
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WCU Faculty Senate debates whether to intervene in dispute between professors and administration
At least three internal reorganizations in just five years have spurred a growing number of faculty members at Western Carolina…
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WCU chancellor pick expected Friday
A new chancellor for Western Carolina University will be announced this Friday during the N.C. Board of Governor’s meeting in…
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Reorganization efforts at WCU focus of faculty meetings
At least three internal reorganizations in just five years have spurred a growing number of faculty members at Western Carolina…
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A blemish by any other name
Systems of mature trees and shrubs are covered with blemishes that signal age: cankers, seams, burls, butt scars, sterile conks,…
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National Park offers fieldtrips for students
Take advantage of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a classroom through the Spring Parks as Classrooms program, running…
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Sign up for Lake Logan camps under way
Registration is under way for the Rivercourse Coldwater Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp at Lake Logan Center in Haywood…
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Foundation allocates money for 2011 projects
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has given $500,000 in funding for projects and programs on the parkway. The projects for…
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Learn about benefits of land conservation
Haywood County landowners can learn about conserving their land Monday, April 4, at the Haywood Agricultural Center in Waynesville. The…
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The Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Awards
Through some kind of mix up in the mail, I received a nomination from Wild South’s Roosevelt-Ashe Society for “Outstanding…
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Festivals celebrate onset of AT hiking season
Thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail — those hearty souls who attempt the entire 2,170-mile trek from Georgia to Maine from…
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Poet captures WNC culture in new book
Jackson County resident Thomas Crowe will read from and sign copies of his new collection of poems, Crack Light, at…
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Author discusses adventure on the Appalachian Trail
Jennifer Pharr Davis will discuss her book, Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, at 6 p.m. on Saturday,…
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Biography recounts the life of a quiet hero
In “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare wrote: “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have…
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Growing the connection between farms and consumers
Friends of mine in the Jackson County farming community have launched a joint CSA, which is short for Community Sustained…
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The attack of the killer jumping worms
It wiggles nicely on a hook at the end of a fishing line. It also has such a large appetite…
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The real costs of energy consumption
To the Editor: Humans need to know that our lives have meaning. Our searches for meaning are labeled religion and…
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Still no jobs from new GOP leaders
To the Editor: Where are the jobs? The new Republican majority in the North Carolina state legislature promised just that…
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GOP takes hypocrisy to a new low
To the Editor: Hypocrisy is defined as the “condition of a person pretending to be something he is not, especially…
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Cutting administrative costs preserves jobs, quality of education
By Linda Seested-Stanford • Guest columnist In last week’s Smoky Mountain News, coverage of the reorganization of Western Carolina University’s…
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Restaurants raise money for AIDS Project
More than 100 restaurants will participate in the Western North Carolina AIDS Project’s annual Dining Out for Life benefit Thursday,…
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Judo club moves to rec center
The Waynesville Kodokan Judo Club has moved its classes to the Waynesville Recreation Center. Classes are from 4 p.m. to…
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Women’s group to host luncheon
The first 2011 luncheon and business meeting of the Mountain High Republican Women’s Club will be held at 11:30 a.m.…
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WCU residence to see improvements
Renovations are set to begin on Harrill Hall, a residence at Western Carolina University, including energy efficiency improvements that would…
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Bridal show planned in Franklin April 9
A free bridal show is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 9, at the Whistle Stop Mall…
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Helicopter used to move equipment into Harrah’s casino
A heavy load sky air crane helicopter, one of the world’s largest commercially available helicopters, lifted 15,000 pounds of air…
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New board and new director take reins at Swain DSS amidst SBI probe
The director of Swain County Department of Social Services has been put on leave with pay following a nearly clean…
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Big money on the line as Swain and Graham square off in court
The fight between Swain and Graham counties is growing ever deeper in a dispute marked by lawsuits, counter suits and…
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State turns down Macon hospice house as conflict with hospital continues
A group wanting to build a Hospice house in Macon County to serve the terminally ill in the westernmost counties…
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A light in the night: Mt. Lyn Lowry cross lights slated for repair
For the first time in five decades, the giant cross on Mount Lyn Lowry has fallen dark. The cross has…
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Landing a hydrogen fuel cell a coup for SCC
Faculty and staff at the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University in northern California have built a hydrogen…
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Cullowhee could be home to new river park
A group working to beautify and solidify the concept of community in Cullowhee wants to build a riverfront park, tying…
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New TDA visitor center will leave Haywood Chamber with funding woes
Less than a year after opening a new visitor center in downtown Waynesville, the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce learned…
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