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Scouts practice shooting skills
After a weeklong virtual campout in July, Cub Scouts from Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties converged at Camp Daniel…
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A train ride through Prohibition-era NC
“We are here on this earth separated from God, so that we might learn and grow.” — Jedidiah Robbins If there’s…
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Rising country star Justin Wells releases ‘The United State’
Sitting in a booth upstairs at The Water’n Hole on North Main Street in Waynesville one recent evening, Justin Wells…
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This must be the place: Do you believe in what you see, motionless wheel, nothing is real
Stepping out of the muddy truck, I laced up my trail running shoes and disappeared down the Cataloochee Divide Trail…
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Southern pride has a dark history
To the Editor: Haywood County 2020: I can’t drive down the street without seeing a representation of a Confederate flag. It’s…
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We were safer before Trump
To the Editor: Trump is fine with the violence and looting. He thrives on drama and chaos. He can continue…
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Vote to end this insanity
To the Editor: When I was a young girl studying my catechism we would read aloud in unison: “Who Loves…
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Racism at WCU is reason to vote
To the Editor: As a student of color at Western Carolina University, I was angered and disheartened by the racist…
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We all have the right to be heard
To the Editor: I have had the pleasure of reading many a fine editorial from SMN Editor Scott McLeod over…
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Restore sanity to the White House
To the Editor: The White House is a broken train wreck. The only way we Americans can restore sanity to…
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Not all police are bad
To the Editor: In response to Margaret Abel’s rhetorical question “what would our Founding Fathers do?” To quote from the…
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New players join affordable housing fight
The affordable housing crisis in Western North Carolina isn’t anything new, but it is entering a dangerous new phase due…
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WCU manages pandemic as first cluster is reported
The third week of classes is now underway at Western Carolina University, and the Jackson County Department of Public Health…
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Sylva expands outdoor seating downtown
Pandemic-induced public health rules are severely impacting bottom lines for restaurants nationwide, but members of the Sylva Town Board hope…
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‘Whee want change’: WCU students call for policy changes following racially charged videos
Five Western Carolina University students are no longer enrolled at the school after appearing in a pair of videos that…
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Holy Cow! Haywood Pathways to launch food truck
By Boyd Allsbrook • Contributing writer | Since its opening in 2014, the Haywood Pathways Center has become a life-changing place for…
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Cherokee seeks to amend election ordinances
The Cherokee Tribal Council is likely to vote this week on proposed changes to several sections of the tribe’s election…
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Haywood Arts Council to request COVID relief funds
By Boyd Allsbrook • Contributing writer | During the Haywood County Arts Council’s annual meeting, Executive Director Leigh Forrester recently outlined the…
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Former NYPD detective provides crisis training for cops
Det. Sgt. Ron Martin often uses a popular Star Trek anecdote to make a point about making difficult changes when…
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Gov. Cooper eases some COVID restrictions
Trends in several key coronavirus metrics are stabilizing or declining, leading North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to let up on…
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First coronavirus cluster found at WCU
A COVID-19 cluster including 17 residents of Harrill Hall has been identified at Western Carolina University.
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Despite pandemic, WCU sets new enrollment record
For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Western Carolina University is starting the year with a record high…
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WCU expands historic Swain photo collection
Western Carolina University has obtained a rare photographic glimpse of Bryson City and Swain County in the early 1900s, thanks…
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Haywood COVID cases on downward trend
Haywood County Public Health received notice of 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the last week. As of 5 p.m.…
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Remote learning resumes Monday in Haywood
Haywood County Schools is scheduled to reopen for remote instruction on Monday, Aug. 31 after a significant cyber attack last…
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Snow pleads guilty to killing mother and sister
Paul Snow pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Macon County courtroom to the Nov. 6, 2016, shooting deaths of his mother…
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Cawthorn mingles with far-right fringe
By Sally Kestin, Tom Fiedler and Peter H. Lewis | AVL Watchdog | Conservative congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn, scheduled to speak Wednesday at…
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Macon man charged with harboring a fugitive
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said a key figure in Operation Jawbreaker, a sweep two years ago of suspected local…
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WCU students start semester amid pandemic
The second week of classes at Western Carolina University is now underway, and while the COVID-19 Pandemic means that it’s…
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Meet the new principal at Tuscola High
RUMBLE: You are the first female to be lead principal at Tuscola High School. Is this meaningful to you?
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SHARE Project commemorates International Overdose Awareness Day
The faces of more than 2,000 overdose victims – many from North Carolina, and some from Haywood County – will…
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College classes look different during COVID-19
College students around the nation adjust to a new normal amidst COVID-19.
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Navigating this new normal as a mom and a teacher
By Laurie Bass Years from now, when we look back on the fiasco that is 2020, I wonder how we…
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Smokies cyclist dies following accident
A cyclist passed away in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week following an accident on a downhill section…
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Erosion issues ongoing at Millennial Campus
Despite multiple outstanding environmental violations, a new student housing complex located on Western Carolina University’s Millennial Campus off Killian Road…
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GSMA publishes children’s chapter book
A new fictional chapter book for young readers is now available from the Great Smoky Mountains Association.
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Drive through Winter Lights
The annual Winter Lights event at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville will be offered as a drive-thru experience this year…
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Jefferson’s education, books, reading and gifts
For five years, just after we were married, my wife and I were house parents for a sorority at the…
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If you stay home, just keep quiet
If you don’t vote, then just shut up. You don’t even really deserve the right to be heard. Especially when…
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Craving a president who smiles with his eyes
A while back I noticed President Trump does not smile with his entire face. It struck me one day when…
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What should we publicly honor?
To the Editor: In my opinion all plaques, markers, statues and monuments honoring those who served the Confederacy should be…
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Democracy is not a spectator sport
To the Editor: Would you be able to vote if you had to pass a literacy test? Can you count…
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Persistence in the fight for voting rights: Honoring N.C.’s first female legislator
Lillian Exum Clement was a native of Black Mountain and the first female legislator in the Southeast. She was the…
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The lady legislator: Jackson County gave N.C. its first female senator
Now 75, Cashiers resident Ann Austin was just 3 years old when her grandmother died following a sudden cardiac episode.
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In-person instruction suspended at Macon schools
After students and staff were exposed to positive cases of COVID-19, Macon County Board of Education decided to suspend face-to-face…
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President Trump thanks Mills River business
President Donald Trump made an appearance in Mills River on Monday, touting a food program designed to reduce food insecurity…
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Heath Shuler steps off the political sidelines
Even Hollywood screenwriters would be hard-pressed to craft a more quintessentially American story.
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Student videos with racist language spark anger at WCU
A pair of videos that appeared on social media over the weekend elicited strong reaction from many in the Western…
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This must be the place: But long as there are stars above you, you never need to doubt it
Pulling onto Lake Street last Saturday afternoon, an odd sense of self flowed through my veins while cruising through Rouses…
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Maggie Valley Band release new EP, return to stage
With its latest EP, “Something New: Vol 1,” the Maggie Valley Band is breaking new ground, whether it be sonically…
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