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| Developers
have plans for sites near Wal-Mart A local developer has purchased a key parcel alongside Super Wal-Mart in Waynesville, potentially kick-starting long-awaited commercial redevelopment along the South Main Street corridor... full story Haywood library to accept canned food in lieu of fines Jackson commissioners faced with resigning EDC members Swain braces for loss of jail revenue The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently got a big push forward in building its own jail after receiving an $18 million grant from the Department of Justice... full story |
Macon
County asks for public input, take three After two unsuccessful attempts at creating a comprehensive... full story Shuler caught short of truth While Congressman Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville, was cleared two weeks ago by the House Ethics Committee of any wrongdoing... full story WCU rides wave of new applicants Over the past three years the applicant pool at Western Carolina University has nearly tripled... full story 
Caliber
of student could rise as admissions get more selective
ALSO:
Hope
of paper mill job attracts hundreds to ESC
Commissioners
perplexed by paint samples
Ghost
Town’s spotty financial disclosure frustrates creditors
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 The
Naturalist's CornerWhen you’re stuck in one place for 12 hours at a time, a lot of weird stuff goes through your head. The other night at work, the refrain, “I wanna go home with the armadillo,” from Texas troubadour Gary P. Nunn’s classic “London Homesick Blues” crept in and would not dislodge. Twelve hours of “armadillo” brought back lots of Louisiana memories. The little roly-poly, weird looking, armor-plated nine-banded armadillo... full story  Creeks
form character across WNCFlowing water is as central to life here in Western North Carolina as the mountains themselves. You can’t have ancient mountains like these without the seeps, springs, branches, creeks and rivers that sculpted them... full story |
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