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The Great Escape? Read a book
July had come and gone, a month filled with obligations, all of them good, but exhaustion walked hand in hand…
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Libraries on Tap begins
Fontana Regional Library is stepping out of the stacks to bring “Libraries on Tap: Brewing Scavenger Hunt” to Jackson, Macon…
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Large meth seizure in Cherokee
The Cherokee Indian Police Department, Swain County Sheriff’s Office, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration…
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New health foundation hires director
The Nantahala Health Foundation, a newly formed, public 501(c)(3) organization, has hired its inaugural executive director, Lori Bailey.
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If these stones could talk: Friends work to restore Bryson City Cemetery
It’s quiet and peaceful on the hillside of Bryson City Cemetery. Overlooking the hustle and bustle of downtown, all you…
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Chief candidates speak on the issues
Over the last four years, Richard Sneed and Teresa McCoy have found themselves on the opposite side of many an…
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Shining Rock Classical Academy timeline
July 2015: Shining Rock Classical Academy, a brand-new taxpayer-funded public charter school governed by an unelected public board, violates closed-session…
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Shining Rock enrollment drops dramatically
Back-to-school time is here again, and at Shining Rock Classical Academy — Haywood County’s only public charter school — it…
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Shining Rock continues to struggle with transparency
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy,…
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Forced to Fight: Law enforcement grapples with opioids in Appalachia
After a routine surgery, Haywood County native Clayton Suggs ended up hooked on opioids until on the first day alone…
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N.C. 107 relocation list still includes 55 businesses
Based on information presented at a joint government meeting in Jackson County July 23, The Smoky Mountain News reported in…
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Council gives $50 million to tribal LLC
The Cherokee Tribal Council voted to allocate an additional $50 million to Kituwah LLC, the tribe’s economic development arm, during…
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The rebel and the rose: Becky Buller to play ‘An Appalachian Evening’
In bluegrass, there are pioneers and there are pillars — Becky Buller is both. A beloved singer/fiddler, the Minnesota native…
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This must be the place: Never for money, always for love
Please allow me to reintroduce myself. I started this column back around Memorial Day of 2013. So, by the calendar…
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Heavy rain causes rock slides, fatality on Spur
At approximately 3:00 p.m., the northern area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg, TN, experienced extremely heavy rainfall…
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Jackson County residents sought for Citizens Academy
Jackson County residents will have the chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at how county government works during the third…
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Search teams finds lost hiker near Cataloochee
After spending four nights lost in the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Kevin Mark Lynch was found by…
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Like canaries in a coal mine
By Sandi Sox • Guest Columnist I have been haunted this week by words Kathryn Stripling Byer wrote in a piece…
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Drinking in the memories at the beach
We had plans to take the kids to a remote island outside of Charleston for a summer beach trip. I…
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Defining America’s religious philosophy
To the Editor: Here we are in 2019 arguing about worthiness to be an American citizen. Down through time some…
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N.C. needs Medicaid expansion
To the Editor: I read with interest the recent article by Patrick Gleason titled “What Queen didn’t tell readers about…
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Coyotes can be loving
To the Editor: I was sad to read the article “Wolf Tales” in last week’s edition of The Smoky Mountain…
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Kudos for addressing brush clear cutting
To the Editor: I just finished reading the story in the July 17 issue of The Smoky Mountain News by…
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A new state park: Funding and opening Pisgah View State Park will be years-long process
A new state park has been created in Buncombe and Haywood counties following Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature on a state…
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New members appointed to Wildlife Commission
Three new commissioners have been added to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and a new chairman and vice chairman elected…
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Smokies Stomp raises $84K for national park needs
The second annual Smokies Stomp Barn Party raised more than $84,000 for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this year,…
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HCC wildlife club wins award
The Haywood Community College Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society recently received the Forrest E. Jarrett Wildlife Conservation Award, an…
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Horsemint is a fascinating, useful plant
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in a July 2010 edition of The Smoky Mountain News Each July since 1991, I’ve…
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A fine first novel exploring loneliness
Loneliness. Even the word, standing that way by itself, smacks of the pitifully sad and alone, forlorn.
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Fred Chappell releases new poetry collection
The purpose of a writer is to take observations on life and distill those sights and sounds into words and…
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This must be the place: Living in the present, trying to forget the past
Persistence and gratitude. Those are two key words and concepts in life, personally and professionally. But, for this specific post,…
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Haywood Arts expands artist, gallery reach
The Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) is expanding beyond Waynesville’s city limits to include the artists and creative workers in…
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HCAC ‘Volunteer of the Year’
During its July meeting, the Haywood County Arts Council presented Anna Thibeault with its “Volunteer of the Year” award.
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Updated relocation list released for N.C. 107 project
CORRECTION: Due to inaccurate information presented at the July 23 government meeting when the road project was discussed, the number…
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Elections director wins lawsuit
After years of fighting with county commissioners, a judge has ordered Swain County to fund retirement benefits for Elections Director…
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Sports betting legalized on Cherokee land
Sports wagering is now legal in casinos on the Qualla Boundary following Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature on Senate Bill 154…
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Tribal Council candidates speak on the issues
Cherokee’s Sept. 5 Election Day is coming up, and the 24 candidates running for 12 available Tribal Council seats are…
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‘Growing our gifts’: Retail hemp shop comes to Waynesville
That empty black and white building on the corner of Branner Avenue and Depot Street is about to be filled…
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WCU begins ‘Welcome Tour’ to introduce new chancellor
Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown is meeting with alumni, friends of the university and community members across North…
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Forced to Fight: Opioid data puts local addiction in context
It was finally moving day, and that empty little Greensboro apartment must have seemed like a mansion to 29-year-old Clayton…
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Investigation finds ranger used illegal drugs
An investigation into a June 2018 incident involving the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Pisgah District Ranger Greg Wozniak concluded that Wozniak…
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The pulse of the community: Local pediatrician retires
Dr. Stephen Wall couldn’t have come to Waynesville at a better time. “There were four pediatricians in Haywood County, and…
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Search operations amplify for missing hiker
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers continue to search for 58 year-old Kevin Mark Lynch who went missing on Saturday,…
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New police chief chosen for Sylva
A successor has been chosen for Sylva Police Chief Tammy Hooper following a three-month search by a panel of Western…
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Park searching for missing person in NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are searching for a 58 year-old male near the Cataloochee Divide Trail in Haywood…
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The years pass, but Edisto remains
This year, it was the deer and the pelicans. We see deer every summer on Edisto Island, but never as…
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What Queen didn’t tell readers about budget standoff
By Patrick M. Gleason • Guest Columnist What Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville, failed to mention in his recent column in these pages…
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The four R’s help the earth
To the Editor: What are you doing to implement the four R’s to help our environment, which are Recycle, Re-use,…
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Story of acceptance saddened me greatly
To the Editor: The article regarding Waynesville’s First United Methodist Church’s from July 10 (www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/27236) saddened me greatly. I am…
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