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Warm up winter nights with barn dances in Highlands
The first Bascom Winter Barn Dance of the season will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22,…
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Fire out of Ice: Artist wins ice-carving competition with fire-breathing dragon
While ice carving may seem like a delicate enterprise — a patient art form executed with a well-aimed chisel and…
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Suggestions what, when to plant veggies
As I noted in this space a couple of weeks ago, this is the time of year to order seeds…
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When we prod the mountains, they fall
To the Editor: I have been reading letters in the Franklin Press from several angry people in recent days. I…
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Words have a power we often forget
Just as I was sitting down to write my column on the controversy surrounding a new edition of Mark Twain’s…
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Coming across words to remember
Editor’s note: George Ellison is snowed in without an Internet connection. This column first appeared in The Smoky Mountain News…
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Frog Awareness Program Offered at the Cradle of Forestry
A February program at the Cradle of Forestry will explore how frogs come out of their hiding places to find…
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Shooting range sidelined by opposition
The U.S. Forest Service has backed off a proposed shooting range in Clay County following public opposition. The forest service…
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Downhill racing season heats up at Cataloochee
The ski racing season kicked off at Cataloochee Ski Area last week. More than 200 skiers and snowboarders from middle…
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After-school ski program includes a ride to Cataloochee
An after-school ski and snowboard program for middle school students will be held Thursday afternoons starting Jan. 27 and running…
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Study shows growth in recycling jobs
The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources released a study this week showing strong growth in recycling jobs in…
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Haywood Waterways honors water guardians
Tom Anspach wrestled 1,020 pounds of trash out of the Pigeon River around the Canton Recreation Park over the past…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Dead birds, dead fish, dead crabs, oh my!
If there was any lingering doubt that the apocalypse was, indeed, scheduled for 2012, it has been erased. The totally…
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WildSouth facilitates wildlife meeting
The non-profit grassroots conservation organization WildSouth sponsored a meeting last week to discuss complaints and questions from the public regarding…
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Program focuses on African-Americans and their history in Jackson County
Victoria Casey McDonald, a local writer and historian, will present a program about African-Americans in Jackson County at the Jackson…
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This is quality Southern writing
How many times have you heard the lament, “They don’t write southern novels the way they used to”? This statement…
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Speech by civil rights educator begins WCU’s celebration of Martin Luther King
The Rev. Jamie Washington, social justice educator and president of a Baltimore-based multicultural organizational development firm, will be the keynote…
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Winter Thursdays at Blue Ridge Books
It’s easy to get cabin fever during mountain winters, so consider making Thursday evening the night to venture to Blue…
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Learn how to two-step at Diamond K
The Diamond K Dance Ranch in Maggie Valley will hold a Two-Step Workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on…
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Audition for ‘Unto These Hills’
The famed Cherokee outdoor drama “Unto These Hills” will hold auditions from 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22,…
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Renowned historian and storyteller to give presentation in Haywood Jan. 16
The Haywood County Arts Council is proud to present Master Cherokee storyteller and historian Lloyd Arneach will perform at the…
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Falling in love with the art of paper cutting
A single piece of paper can bring all sorts of different things to our lives: the excitement of a love…
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Free radon testing kits available in Jackson
January is Radon Education Month and the Jackson County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension is offering free testing kits for…
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Mountain BizWorks offers planning course
Mountain BizWorks will offer Foundations, an eight-week business planning course, starting Jan. 24 at its offices in Sylva. During the…
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Old-time remedies focus of genealogical society meeting
The Haywood County Historical and Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the First Methodist…
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Lottery money takes on new role as state budget cuts loom
By definition, the lottery is a gamble. There’s no guarantee of winning, no assurance that you’ll look back on your…
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GOP may loosen rules on lottery proceeds
With the GOP takeover of the state General Assembly, lottery money and how schools use what they’re given will come…
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Calm your cabin fever at Haywood’s Fire and Ice Winterfest
Tired of being indoors this winter? Take your mind off winters chill and warm up with the Haywood County Chamber…
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What price public service? Arizona shooting fuels discussion in WNC
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville, is getting the word out: from now on, he’ll be carrying a gun when meeting…
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New York City? No wonder they left us out
A spokeswoman with the state Department of Transportation said they didn’t intentionally leave out the state’s westernmost counties on an…
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Letter alleges DOT fraud; investigation under way
An anonymous letter alleging corruption — including bribery, embezzlement, overbilling and theft of state materials — among contractors hired to…
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Fund for Haywood County announces grant recipients
Fund for Haywood County has released $28,335 in recent grants to local nonprofit organizations supporting important community initiatives. The grants…
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A special place in the heart of arborists
Winter is the season for thinking about pines. For the ancient Orientals, pines signified dignity and vitality, especially in old…
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Farming the woods for forest crops
A one-day workshop called “Does Your Forest Talk Money?” will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at the Stecoah Valley…
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Green Drinks series to highlight chestnut restoration
A talk called “Forest Majesty: Bringing back the American chestnut tree” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19,…
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Waynesville rec center now offers spin classes
Cyclists aiming to stay fit during winter or those looking for a change of pace in their workout should check…
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Ski area to offer after-school program
Cataloochee Ski Area is offering after-school programs for elementary, middle and high school kids to learn to ski or snowboard…
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Donation sets the stage for protection of Headwaters tract
The quest to protect the 8,000-acre Headwaters tract in Transylvania County — one of the last undeveloped tracts of its…
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Bear license plate support projects the Smokies
Special license plates sporting a black bear have proliferated across WNC, raising $356,000 in 2010 for Friends of the Smokies,…
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Anglers offer fly-fishing class for beginners
Fly-fishing wannabes can learn the basics and try their hand at casting a line this winter thanks to an ongoing…
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The Naturalist's Corner: A soggy record
The twin banes of birding, wind and rain, combined to help set a new record low for the eighth annual…
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The great white quiet
Doug McFalls spent last winter as caretaker at LeConte Lodge in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The lodge is…
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A cautionary tale of the dangers of excess
“The rich are different from you and me,” F. Scott Fitzgerald once famously said to Ernest Hemingway, to which Hemingway…
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Music offers break from winter doldrums
Though most people think the music jams at the Bryson City library are just a summertime thing, they carry on…
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Kids to get crafty with wintertime creations
A free ARTSaturday program for elementary school-aged children and their families will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on…
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HART studio season begins with ‘Life in the Theatre’
The Haywood Arts Regional Theatre will open its 2011 winter Studio Theater Season with a bit of backstage humor and…
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WNC chefs face off at Fire & Ice
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce will host a Western Carolina chef’s competition during the second annual Fire & Ice…
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Liars Bench storytellers tip their hat to moonshine history
Moonshine will take center stage at the next Liars Bench, a variety show series paying hommage to aspects of Southern…
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Paula Deen cooks up live show at Harrah’s
The cooking star Paula Deen will bring her flare for Southern cooking to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino with a live cooking…
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Putting on a show: Franklin’s Overlook Theater Company banks on the appeal of timeless stage classics
Everybody loves a classic. At least that’s what the minds behind Franklin’s Overlook Theater Company were banking on when they…
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