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Student grades, retention slip at WCU
With the first full semester of pandemic instruction now in the books, preliminary numbers at Western Carolina University show dips…
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Haywood makes error in vaccine appointments
In the process of implementing new systems to create a fair and equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution, Haywood County Public Health recently…
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HHF trustees to discuss Presson’s views
A nonprofit health care foundation serving Haywood County is set to discuss whether one of its trustee’s anti-vaccine, anti-mask advocacy…
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Rehearsal studio opens in historic former Asheville motel
An internationally beloved musician, Claude Coleman, Jr. would often find himself in Asheville while on tour drumming with his band,…
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This must be the place: Sometimes the righteous win; most times, it’s a losing battle
Finishing up my second cup of coffee at Orchard in Waynesville, I gazed out the large bay window onto Depot…
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Insurrection: WNC leaders react
In the interest of transparency, all responses from local officials regarding the Jan. 6 insurrection have been published online, in…
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First responders vaccinated in Haywood County
Over 80 firefighters, EMS, and rescue squad personnel who are frontline care providers were vaccinated Wednesday afternoon at a drive-through…
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Haywood COVID deaths reach 71
Between Jan. 5 and Jan. 7, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 155 new cases of COVID-19. As…
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Update on vaccine roll out in Haywood
Vaccinations are underway in Haywood County and currently, we are nearing completion on the first phase, known as 1A, which…
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Webster endorses Jackson County namesake change; county will discuss issue
With the Jackson County Board of Commissioners’ first public discussion about changing the county’s namesake scheduled for Jan. 12, the…
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Alcohol referendum proposed for Cherokee
Two years after tribal members voted down a similar referendum, the Tribal Alcohol Beverage Control Commission is seeking to place…
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Cawthorn: mob that breached capitol ‘disgusting and pathetic’
Newly-elected Western North Carolina Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, hadn’t yet been on the job for three whole days before…
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DA Welch Appointed to Innocence Commission
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch has been named prosecuting attorney commissioner for the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission.
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Lake Junaluska Begins Drawing Down Water Levels
Lake Junaluska began the drawdown of the lake on Dec. 30. The lake drawdown, which happens every few years, allows…
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COVID-19 cluster found at Macon Valley
Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 outbreak at Macon Valley. Thirteen residents and four staff members have tested…
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Love Is Always A Risk, Do It Anyway
Am I the only one who is obsessed with the show “Married at First Sight?” I’m so intrigued by this…
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Finding Love After Divorce
My divorce happened one year after my mom’s death. Overwhelmed by grief and depleted of all emotional energy, I wasn’t…
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Kale & Brussel Sprout Salad
The holidays are over and we are one week into our new year. This is the exciting “honeymoon” phase of…
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Rumble Readers Offer Best Relationship Advice
As we focus on relationships this week, we reached out to our Rumble readers to get their insight into what…
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Elderly in Haywood can pre-register for vaccine
Beginning Jan. 6, Haywood County residents over the age of 75, who have not already been included in a previous…
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Life, dreams, canoes and rivers
One fond childhood memory involves a yellow fiberglass canoe and the Yadkin River. My dad, one of my younger brothers,…
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Arboretum shifts to winter hours
Starting Monday, Jan. 11, the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville will resume its normal winter hours of 8 a.m. to 7…
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Virtual nature: Highlands Biological gets creative with outreach amid pandemic
By Geoff Cantrell • Contributing writer | In a typical school year, Highlands Biological Station serves nearly 10,000 students through…
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New bee species found in the Great Smokies
By Jonathan Austin • Contributing writer | A recently documented bee species has been identified living in the Great Smoky…
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A promise to keep on keepin’ on
How does one best express gratitude? That thought kept coming up as I sat down to write a column for…
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Freedom isn’t free
By Heather Hyatt Packer • Guest Columnist | There’s a lot of discussion about freedom, rights and patriotism when discussing…
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After Trump, table is set for dictator
To the Editor: “Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government, or any action (especially in speech or writing) promoting such…
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Cawthorn’s judgement should worry us
To the Editor: I am worried. Our newly elected congressman Madison Cawthorn contests what he has tweeted about as the…
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Folkmoot’s future is in good hands
To the Editor: Arts organizations have had an extraordinarily challenging time during the pandemic, and it’s been no different for…
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Tribal members seek to reverse casino purchase
A group of 14 tribal members that includes two sitting Tribal Council members and a former principal chief has entered…
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Jackson County fire chief dies from COVID
The COVID-19 death count in Jackson County nearly doubled over the holiday season, increasing from 10 as of Nov. 25…
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Anti-mask, anti-vax views raise concerns
One of the loudest voices against masks and vaccines during recent public comment sessions in Haywood County also serves on…
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Pardon me? Haywood man’s presidential pardon reveals systemic inequities
On a frosty Appalachian mountain morning in 1962, 22-year-old Waynesville man Charles Miller brought his car to a stop on…
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State finds Swain jail death caused by cardiac arrest
After a four-month investigation into the sudden death of a 25-year-old Cherokee man inside the Swain County Detention Center, the…
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Opposition forms against proposed Haywood jail
A Nov. 3 report by the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office demonstrating the need for a $16 million expansion to the…
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Proof is in the pie: Dough Boys artisanal pizza opens in Waynesville
Grabbing a seat inside Mad Anthony’s Taproom in downtown Waynesville one recent evening, Benji Boessel and Alex Tinsley can’t help…
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This must be the place: One hundred years from this day, will the people still feel this way
It was somewhere around the the second mile of my New Year’s Eve jog that I realized that day marked…
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7 Conversations to Have Before Marriage
When you get to the point of marriage in a relationship, it’s important to establish a strong foundation beforehand. Part…
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Hightower Shares Her Passion For Planning
Q&A with Asheville-based entrepreneur, designer, venue owner and wedding planning guru, Candace Hightower.
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327 new COVID cases reported in Haywood
In the week since the last press release, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 327 new cases of…
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Positive gains continue in WNC housing market
The mountain counties of Western North Carolina posted yet another strong month of home sales in November according to the…
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Haywood reports six more COVID-19 deaths
Haywood County Health and Human Services is reporting six more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number now to 68.
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Down Home Haywood leads campaign against new jail
On Monday, Jan. 4, Down Home North Carolina Haywood and local community members will hold a press conference to announce…
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Residents can apply for heating assistance from N.C.
RALEIGH —The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced beginning Jan. 4, households can apply for the Low-Income…
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Three new COVID deaths reported in Macon
Three Macon County residents diagnosed with COVID-19 have passed away. The persons were over the age of 65 and had…
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Former NPS director dies from COVID-19
Former National Park Service Director Gary Everhardt passed away on Sunday, Dec. 27, following a battle with COVID-19 and just days after…
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Haywood Health begins COVID vaccinations
Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency has begun distribution of its first allotment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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Untreated sewage discharged into Pigeon River
The Junaluska Sanitary District experienced a discharge of untreated sewage from a broken sewer main.
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Resolved To Be High Maintenance in 2021
No one needs reminding that this year was dismal. In addition to our commonly shared pandemic misery, I have endured…
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Rumble Shares New Years Resolutions
Happy New Year, Rumble readers! As we bring 2020 to a close, we wanted to share some lessons we learned…
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