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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
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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  Click banner for past coverage
Election 2010
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Naturalist's CornerBen 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 poetryThis 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... full story |
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