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Haywood schools close due to ransomware attack
By Boyd Allsbrook • Contributing writer | Internet technology has become the backbone of schools in the time of COVID-19.…
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Sylva man faces assault, child abuse charges
The Sylva Police Department arrested Michael Bruce Huffman of Sylva on Aug. 20. Huffman wascharged with misdemeanor assault on a…
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Back to school results in more COVID-19 cases
Even before Macon County students resumed classes Aug. 17, administration was already seeing the results of teachers returning to school.
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Haywood reports 6 more deaths at Silver Bluff
Haywood County Health and Human Services are reporting six more deaths as confirmed by death certificates received within the past week.…
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WCU launches coronavirus dashboard
A new COVID-19 dashboard for Western Carolina University is now available online at www.wcu.edu/coronavirus/reporting.aspx.
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Commissioners table billboard vote
Jackson County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 18, to table a vote terminating its lease agreements with Allison Outdoor Advertising…
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Q&A with Rachel Clay
Rachel Clay is a voting rights activist. She works as the Southeast Regional Coordinator for the Campus Vote Project, a…
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Meet the Rumble Team
Our goal is to offer readers a beautifully curated email each week that will inspire and motivate women to live…
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Cawthorn’s claims about Davis are ridiculous
Keep electing people who are ideologically too far left or right to reach across the aisle, and we’ll have the…
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Pondering fences and their removal
By Rich Byers • Guest Columnist | Robert Frost said that “fences make good neighbors.” I get that. I am…
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DeVos takes money from public schools
To the Editor: One provision of the CARES Act passed by Congress in March, as it is being administered by…
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Haywood Health Board supports vaccines
To the Editor: The Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency Board unequivocally supports the immunization program of the Haywood…
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FOX not on list of reliable news sources
To the Editor: Forbes magazine caters to the millionaires, billionaires, and Wall Street types whose fortunes depend on accurate information.…
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Road closed for logging operations
Courthouse Creek Road, located on the Pisgah Ranger District near Pisgah Forest, is closed to motorized use through Dec. 31.
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Cataloguing biodiversity: WCU lands grant for biological collections
A collection of 47,000 plants and animals currently tucked away in various rooms of Western Carolina University’s Stillwell building will…
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With 900-mile challenge, hikers hope to raise $60K
A pair of experienced Smokies hikers will soon embark on a 900-mile challenge in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park…
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Smokies resource education chief named
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash has named Stephanie F. Kyriazis as the park’s new Deputy Chief of…
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One long, three short: reviews and reflections
We are, at our core, remembering and story-making creatures, and stories are one of the chief ways we find meaning…
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Heath Shuler previews tonight’s Dem convention
While the big news out of the Democratic National Convention thus far may be the formal nomination of Joe Biden…
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Motherhood isn’t martyrdom
When I became a mom at age 29, I did all the things I was supposed to do, all the…
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David Joy releases latest novel 'When These Mountains Burn'
Situated at the corner of N.C. 107 and 281, in the Tuckasegee community of rural Jackson County, is a newly-built…
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The roots of Joy: Ron Rash and Western Carolina University
Acclaimed Appalachian writer and poet Ron Rash has made a substantial impact on American literature during his three-decade career, but…
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This must be the place: High above the chimney top, that’s where you’ll find me
On Aug. 11, my late grandfather, Frank Kavanaugh, would have turned 100 years old. But, alas, it’s been some 13…
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Suffrage was slow for Black voters
When the 19th Amendment passed in 1920, women throughout the nation began to vote for the first time. But for…
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For the Cherokee, disenfranchisement was locally controlled
In 1930, a young man named Henry Owl traveled to the Ravensford election precinct in Swain County to register to…
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Haywood mourns COVID-19 losses
A COVID-19 outbreak at Silver Bluff Village in Canton has resulted in 24 deaths in the last couple of weeks,…
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Canton Labor Day events
The Coronavirus Pandemic may have left plans for Canton’s historic Labor Day festival up in the air, but a new…
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Jackson purchases School Pass app
At a special called Jackson County School Board meeting on Aug. 11, the board approved the purchase — upon final…
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DA will not press charges in Sylva Zoom bomb
After a July 23 Town of Sylva meeting was cut short following a barrage of racial slurs and other offensive…
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Input sought on Waynesville comprehensive plan
The window for the public to provide input on an important planning document is drawing to a close, but given…
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Land deal could bolster Canton’s Chestnut Mountain project
A critical piece of the Chestnut Mountain puzzle could soon come under control of the Town of Canton after town…
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Republicans campaign on support for law enforcement
Rallies expressing support for law enforcement officers and agencies are starting to become commonplace in Western North Carolina, but as…
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Best in the West: Blue Ridge Public Radio, Mountain Xpress and Smoky Mountain News to host two-day NC11 candidate forum
Republican Madison Cawthorn and Democrat Moe Davis, candidates for the North Carolina congressional seat left vacant by White House Chief…
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Haywood reports 70 new COVID cases, 7 deaths
Haywood County Public Health received notice of 70 new cases of COVID-19 since the last press release on Aug. 7.…
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Cawthorn responds to sexual assault allegations
An Aug. 13 Instagram post alleges improper behavior by North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn during a date six…
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New billboards oppose Confederate statue
A pair of newly erected billboards along U.S. 441 in the Savannah area are calling attention to continued opposition to…
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Fall sports postponed at WCU, Southern Conference
Western Carolina University will postpone all fall sports this year following an Aug. 13 decision from the Southern Conference Council…
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TVA reverses course on outsourcing tech jobs
KNOXVILLE – The union representing information technology workers at the Tennessee Valley Authority applauded the federally owned utility’s decision to reverse…
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South Main buildings to be demolished
Three run-down properties in front of the Hazelwood Ingles were recently purchased by a firm called Hazelwood Corners LLC for…
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Jackson schools purchase School Pass app
At a special called Jackson County School Board meeting on Aug. 11, the board approved the purchase — upon final…
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Candidate’s claim creates false impression
Cawthorn rejected from Naval Academy By Tom Fiedler AVL Watchdog The narrative created by Republican congressional-candidate Madison Cawthorn paints a…
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WCU chancellor sworn in
Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown was sworn into office today, five months later than originally planned due to…
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Overlooks are special places in the southern mountains
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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Duke pauses aerial spray program following complaints
Angela Faye Martin’s husband Brent had already left the house to scout a future hike for the guide service they…
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Congress passes legislation to fund parks, conservation
President Donald Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act into law on Tuesday, Aug. 4, guaranteeing funding for much-needed maintenance…
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Lake Junaluska cancels 5K
Lake Junaluska’s Friends of the Lake 5K will not take place in 2020.
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Two for the price of one
When I find an author I like, I usually get on a roll reading several of their books. Such was…
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Between midnight and the dawn: Graham Sharp of Steep Canyon Rangers
Celebrating two decades together this year, the Steep Canyon Rangers have evolved from a group of budding musicians in a…
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This must be the place: Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings
On Aug. 9, 1995, I was 10 years old and living in an old farmhouse on the Canadian Border of…
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