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THE COVER:
After
scare of slide wears off, residents want answers
Rescue
workers act fast in landslide disaster despite threat of more to
fall
No
road in or out
Safeguards
in place, but cracks remain
Messy
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ARTS
& ENTERTAINMENT:
'Wesley'
OPINIONS:
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Cash
settlement here at last Swain celebrates end
to North Shore dispute
Swain County officially signed a cash settlement with the federal
government in a moving and historic ceremony Saturday, ending a bitter
decades-long dispute over the North Shore Road... full
story
A time for healing
Duke
project threatens sacred character of Kituwah site
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians may pursue legal action against
Duke Energy after learning about the utility company’s plans...
full story
What
is Kituwah? |
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Sylva
teen club
closes quietly
A Sylva teen club that sparked controversy two months ago by disseminating
a flyer inviting high school students to “come as wasted as
you want” has closed... full
story Waynesville
moves on
skate park
Skateboard enthusiasts in Waynesville will be happy to hear the town
has been busily preparing for a long-awaited skate park on Vance Street
near the recreation center... full
story 
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Election 2010
kicks off
ALSO:
Briefs
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The
Naturalist's Corner Ben Morrison,
compiler of the Wilmot, Ohio, Christmas Bird Count, contacted the
Ohio Birds Records Committee and provided documentation for the purple
martin I wrote about in the Jan. 20 Naturalist’s Corner. According
to Gabe Leidy, compiler of the Ohio rare bird reports, the record
is sure to be accepted. A single purple martin lounging in Ohio in
the winter surely has little species-wide implications from an ornithological
perspective but these... full
story A
taste of Appalachian poetry This past
weekend was given over to reorganizing the books in my home library.
In the process, I relocated a volume of poems I had feared was long
lost. My favorite “Appalachian” poets would be Robert
Morgan, Kay Stripling Byer, and James Still. Morgan and Byer are still
going strong. Still passed away in 2001...
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