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New “Blue Ridge” Anthology features local authors
A reading and book signing for the new anthology Echoes Across the Blue Ridge will take place from 1 to…
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A fascinating murder story
On a hot July night in 1935, a young Wise County, Virginia, school teacher named Edith Maxwell came home late.…
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It’s past time to fill extension director’s post in Jackson-Swain
I admit to being slightly irked when I initially thought about writing this column. It has been about a year…
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HCC building vetted and dissected; it’s time to build
“Do I want to dictate what the college does? That is not my job. As county commissioners, it is my…
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HCC has very little risk on green energy venture, say experts
Alternative energy has emerged as a sticking point in the debate over a proposed $10 million creative arts building at…
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Spine Center coming to Angel Medical
Spine care for residents of Macon and adjoining counties will be available in Franklin beginning Tuesday, Sept. 7 with the…
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HCC offers business planning course
Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning will be offered from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays from Sept. 14…
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Scenic highway designation extended along Little Tennessee River
The historic significance of the Cowee Valley corridor received a national boost this month following the designation of N.C. 28…
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Foreclosure threatened against Ghost Town amusement park
Ghost Town in the Sky is staring down the barrel of foreclosure. BB&T has filed for foreclosure against the amusement…
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Blue Ridge Hall opens its doors
Of the 1,450 Western Carolina University freshmen set to move in Aug. 20, about 375 will score a room in…
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Free hand screening to be held at Harris
Dr. Paul Cutting, an orthopedic doctor at Western Carolina Orthopedic Specialists who specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery, will…
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Children and youth provide leadership at Peace Celebration
Lake Junaluska Assembly invites youth and children to become peacemakers at the 2010 Lake Junaluska Peace Celebration: Mosaic of Hope,…
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Contractor heads to court over unpaid grading work
A Jackson County grading company was left holding the bag on more than $200,000 in site work after the developer…
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Jackson Child Support enforcement best in the state
For the second time in three years, the Jackson County Child Support Enforcement Program has achieved the ranking of No.…
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Rabies shots likely in store for dozens
More than 40 people in Haywood County might have been exposed to rabies after a baby raccoon a family was…
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New policy at Tuscola touches off student dissent
In the 1970s, blue jeans and boys with shaggy hair were as scandalous in Western North Carolina schools as miniskirts…
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Decrepit Swain jail to be bulldozed for extra downtown parking
Bryson City merchants can expect some relief from the downtown parking crunch once the old Swain County Jail is torn…
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Bar passes on recommending judge for vacant seat
Attorneys in the state’s seven westernmost counties sent a message to the governor this week that they don’t want a…
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Manager’s push for outside help raises concerns
Finding a new police chief for Sylva might take more time than anticipated after some of the town’s board members…
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Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam to benefit local scholarships
Get ready for two evenings of bluegrass music and wholesome family fun on Friday, Aug. 27, and Saturday, Aug. 28,…
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The Farewell Drifters come to Stecoah
The 2010 “An Appalachian Evening” season comes to an end on Saturday, Aug. 28, with one of Nashville’s most exciting…
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HART presents the Southern comedy ‘Catfish Moon’
The Haywood Arts Regional Theater’s next play never played Broadway, or even New York, but it is one of the…
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Songwriters series continues in Balsam
Grammy Award winner Leslie Ellis and Grammy Award nominee Casey Kelly will share their creative talents starting 7:30 p.m. on…
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32 Reasons to play free concert for students Aug. 27
A back to school celebration with local band 32 Reasons will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 27,…
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Old-time musicians and their descendants sought
A CD containing 34 1930s-era recordings of music performed by Smoky Mountain musicians will be released in October by the…
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Sign up for watercolor workshops
Registration is going on now for the 2010 calendar of workshops and Art Academy at The Bascom in Highlands. Pat…
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Cartoonists group presents ‘Shop Talk II’
The WNC group of the Southeast Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society will be presenting a day of “Shop Talk”…
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Free swimming party for families in Canton
Healthy Haywood’s annual Family Fun Day will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Canton…
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Free square dance lessons offered
The Pisgah Promenaders will host the annual “Back to School Dance” from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28,…
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Labor Day Craft Show returns to Maggie Valley
More than 100 artists and crafters from all over the Southeast, including Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and Alabama will…
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HCC fiber students create Sandburg rug
Haywood Community College Professional Crafts-Fiber students recently delivered a Navajo rug they crafted to the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic…
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Call to artists for Asheville airport exhibit
Artists from Haywood and Jackson counties are eligible to submit work for the next “Art in the Airport” exhibit at…
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Life-sized whale helps kids learn about art and the environment
“Cool!” was the typical response from kids as Fun Factory visitors walked in to find a colorful, life-sized killer whale…
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Musician Lorraine Conard plots her own course
Some musicians just have to discover themselves. Waynesville singer-songwriter Lorraine Conard grew up singing at church and in plays, jotting…
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Overlooks in southern Appalachia
High-elevation overlooks are one of our finest natural resources. These vantage points allow us to rise above our everyday humdrum…
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A forest guide for the novice
A new book titled The Forests of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park serves as a guide to understanding and…
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Builders can get an edge with HCC green building crash course
An eight-week course on the Fundamentals of Green Building will be held at Haywood Community College starting Aug. 30. The…
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Energy expo to feature sustainable lifestyles
The tenth annual Southern Energy and Environment Expo this weekend in Asheville will features dozens of programs and exhibits on…
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Photographers sought to document trees of the Parkway
Photographers should get to work now to come up with their best mountain images for the eighth annual Appalachian Mountain…
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Foot Rx brings 5K race to Jackson County
A cross-country style 5K race in Cullowhee sponsored by Foot Rx of Asheville, a running shoe store, will be held…
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The oil is gone! Long live the oil!
A week or so ago White House energy adviser Carol Browner was hitting the morning TV circuit, telling anyone who…
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A few wrong turns on the way to paradise
I grabbed my guidebook and pen and wrapped my camera in a plastic grocery bag as it started to rain.…
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The allure of falling water
Although most people are drawn to waterfalls, many pause before they can articulate why. For some, it’s the sound of…
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Coffee with poet Bill Everett
Poet Bill Everett, author of Red Clay Blood River, will appear at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, as this month’s…
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Authors release photographic history of Waynesville
Michael Beadle and Peter Yurko have published a new photographic history of Waynesville in honor of the town’s bicentennial this…
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Authors of two new mountain memoirs speak
Jean Boone Benfield, of Asheville, will read from her new book, Mountain Born: A Recollection of Life and Language in…
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A grim look at Appalachia
Authors often dig into their childhood to mine for the coal and diamonds of their books. Sometimes they use the…
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Wheels Through Time is a great place to visit
To the Editor: I recently had occasion to take a 10-day camping and motorcycling trip. Maggie Valley was selected as…
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Nothing good about another Wal-Mart
To the Editor: The dollar signs twinkling in the aldermen’s eyes were glaringly visible at the town of Franklin meeting…
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Honor suffragists by voting in November
To the Editor: In a column dated Aug. 13, Gail Collins of The New York Times reminds us that August…
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