Vecinos program receives grant
Vecinos Farmworker Health Program, a community service partner with Western Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Sciences, has received…
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Sylva to get new board member this fall
With the first two days of election filing in the books, only three people have signed up to run for…
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Haywood candidates begin filing for office
Incumbents wasted little time in declaring their intentions to defend their seats after municipal candidate filing opened at noon on…
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Franklin mayor has challenger
Franklin Mayor Bob Scott has signed up to run for re-election and so far has one challenger — current Councilmember Barbara…
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WCU and TWSA to consider merging water systems
Western Carolina University and the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority will explore the possibility of combining their water systems following…
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Membership under consideration for Jackson’s health, social services boards
After more than a year in flux, Jackson County’s health and social service boards are likely to be re-established within…
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WCU, A-B Tech sign admission agreement
Leaders of Western Carolina University and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College met Monday, July 8, to sign a memorandum of understanding…
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Grappling with growth: Waynesville comprehensive plan unveiled
The Town of Waynesville took another big step toward plotting its long-term future with the draft release of an update…
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Better together: FUMC Waynesville welcomes LGBTQ members
The congregation at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville isn’t changing who they are following a controversial vote taken at…
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Vice chief candidates make their case
After more than a decade working together as members of Tribal Council, Alan “B” Ensley and Jim Owle are vying…
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Few surprises on first day of candidate filing
Incumbents wasted little time in declaring their intentions to defend their seats after municipal candidate filing opened at noon today,…
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Rural WNC fights for Medicaid expansion
Only $80 stands between Sylva resident Carrie McBane and affordable health care coverage. If she made $80 less she would…
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Frustrations mount over health care access
Carrie McBane of Sylva was at the end of her rope a year ago. She knew something was wrong and…
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Chief candidates square off in debate
Principal Chief Richard Sneed and challenger Teresa McCoy will face off at the ballot box this September as Cherokee voters…
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Shining Rock remains shrouded in secrecy
Transparency and accountability have long been concerns at Shining Rock Classical Academy — since before the troubled taxpayer-funded school even…
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Shining Rock hires new head of school
Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical…
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Canton board seat will remain open, for now
The three remaining members of the Canton Board of Aldermen/women have decided not to appoint anyone to a board seat…
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Budget standoff hinges on Medicaid expansion
Calling the $24 billion state budget passed by North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature “an astonishing failure,” Gov. Roy Cooper, D-Rocky Mount,…
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Gerrymandering ruling leaves NC districts in place
A June 27 Supreme Court decision not to get involved with politically gerrymandered congressional districts in Maryland and North Carolina…
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Cherokee recognized for leadership in healthcare
In a ceremony held at the Cherokee Indian Hospital today, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was awarded the Redefining…
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Shining Rock hires new head of school
More than seven weeks after a series of grievances were filed against Shining Rock Classical Academy’s interim head of school,…
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‘Zero Waste’ group forms in Haywood
Recycling is great but there is more people can do if they want to keep trash out of the landfill…
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Trillium Gap Trail Temporarily Closed Due to Trail Conditions
Trillium Gap Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be temporarily closed through Thursday, July 11, due to…
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Public comment open for new voting rules
The N.C. State Board of Elections is seeking public comments through July 12 on proposed rules changes related to the…
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Waynesville chief calls it a career
As a 28-year veteran of the Waynesville Police Department, Captain Brian Beck — soon to be interim chief of police…
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Distillery reform bill could soon advance
A regulatory reform bill intended to bring parity for North Carolina’s distillers with its craft brewers continues to make its…
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State budget coming down to the wire
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has a budget. The N.C. House of Representatives has a budget. The N.C. Senate has…
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Hemp Farm expands operations in Macon
An industrial hemp farm will be expanding its operations into the Macon County Business Development Center after commissioners approved a…
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Recovery community looks for new meeting space
Many have probably passed by the Triangle Club on Miller Street in Waynesville without realizing what it was, but those…
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N.C. Senator, Cherokee chief spar in opposing op-eds
In his first public statement on a bill he cosponsored in March, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., wrote an op-ed published…
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DA declines to prosecute SRCA interim director
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical…
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Shining Rock projects lower enrollment for 2019-20
Shining Rock Classical Academy’s 2019-20 budget, passed by the board on June 19, will shrink slightly, due to lower projected…
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Oconaluftee Job Corps saved from closure
The nine Job Corps CCC centers slated for closure this September, including the Oconaluftee center in Cherokee, will remain open…
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Cherokee constitution resolution withdrawn
An effort to get a proposed constitution on the Cherokee ballot as a referendum question this September will not come…
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Still no hire for Shining Rock school director position
Six weeks after a set of grievances were filed against a Shining Rock Classical Academy administrator who appeared to be…
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Global market for recyclables is down in the dumps
Local governments try to do their best in keeping recyclables out of local landfills, in part because it extends the…
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Local waste management resources expensive, finite
Most people don’t give a lot of thought to what happens when they throw something away, but the ecological and…
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Market is down, but Macon County recycling continues
While the global market for recyclable materials can fluctuate month to month, Macon County residents are encouraged to continue utilizing…
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Single stream increases recycling in Swain
Swain County has had a recycling program in place since the 1990s, but a recent change over to a single-stream…
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WOW donates $10,000 to Sharin Care
Women of Waynesville recently donated $10,000 to Sharin Care, a fund designated to help relieve the financial burdens associated with…
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Rep. Queen invites labor secretary to Oconaluftee
In an effort to save the Oconaluftee Job Corps Center from being shut down, N.C. Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville,…
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Major expansion set to open at Pathways
As homelessness continues to rise in Western North Carolina, Haywood County’s innovative and effective adult shelter is about to cut…
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Haywood takes precaution amid measles outbreak
As public health officials continue to monitor the measles outbreak across the nation, Haywood County Schools will be taking more…
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Shining Rock holds illegal meeting to dismiss parent grievances
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy,…
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Canton alderman resigns
Just 18 months after winning the second of two open alderman seats in the town of Canton, James Markey told…
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Franklin cuts nonprofit funding from budget
The town of Franklin’s adopted 2019-20 budget will not include funding for local nonprofit organizations as it has in the…
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Macon County raises taxes to fund public education
The property tax rate in Macon County will be increasing by half a cent after commissioners approved a 2019-20 budget…
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Waynesville man arrested for solicitation, stalking
Leonard “LJ” Green, of Waynesville, was arrestedby June 11 by the Waynesville Police Department for Solicitation for Prostitution and two…
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NAACP mulls lynching monument in Haywood County
Last month, members of the Haywood Branch of the NAACP took a trip to Montgomery, Alabama to visit a museum…
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Oconaluftee Job Corps center to close
For more than 50 years, disadvantaged youth struggling to find their way in the world have had the chance…
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