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WCU’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
Tying in with Western Carolina University’s 2018-19 campus learning theme “Defining America,” the keynote speaker for this year’s Martin Luther…
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Running toward her goals: Catamount student succeeds with Heart & Sole program
Born with cerebral palsy, Jaylyn Logan’s nana Marvellia Ross knew that her granddaughter’s life would have limitations. However, a new…
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Record turnout for First Day hikes
A record 3,859 people rang in the New Year at North Carolina State Parks by participating in one of the…
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Bear tests positive for rabies
A black bear found dead in Hyde County in Eastern North Carolina has tested positive for rabies, the first known…
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Winter Lights a success
Winter Lights at the N.C. Arboretum had a record-setting season, drawing nearly 40,000 guests over the course of its six-week…
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Sustainable forestry awards announced
The Nature Conservancy’s work to promote sustainable forestry in Western North Carolina has been recognized with the organization receiving one…
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A master in our midst
Michael Revere grew up here in these mountains. He went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
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Mountain lion lore
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in a March 2006 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. I frequently hear from people…
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We gym rats have our own little cliques
When I was in my teens, I was so skinny that people winced when they saw me. The local druggist…
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Hard-line conservatives own this shutdown
“I think it’s the right thing to do as much as we use the park and as free as this…
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Build the wall at all costs
To the Editor We must save the Trump Presidency. Build the Wall! Never mind that it mortgages our children’s future.…
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Community steps up to care for parks during shutdown
The National Park Service is closed. Sort of. When the clock struck midnight on Dec. 22, 2018, the latest continuing…
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Cruising the Smokies under shutdown
It’s just after 11 a.m. on a weekday, and while a road sign at the Cherokee entrance to the Great…
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The lowdown on the shutdown
There are plenty of misconceptions about the federal government shutdown — what it is, who it affects, how it happens,…
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SBI investigates threats to Swain sheriff, deputies
Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran recently called upon the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to investigate alleged threats against…
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Clyde trailer park without water for a month
The residents at M&M Trailer Park in Clyde were without water for nearly a month after the Junaluska Sanitary District…
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Haywood swears in first new county attorney since Nixon administration
Not for nearly half a century has anyone been able to say, “Haywood County has a new county attorney,” but…
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Commissioners wrestle with Haywood Schools’ office dilemma
After a minor delay due to the concerns of a newly-elected commissioner, Haywood County has again decided to move forward…
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Financing decisions finalized for SCC health building
Quarter-cent sales tax money in Jackson County will be available sooner and in greater quantities than previously planned due to…
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Tribe considers ginseng regulations
An alarming decrease in the population of ginseng on Cherokee tribal land is prompting the tribe to look at cracking…
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WCU athletics on the upswing
Randy Eaton isn’t a fortune teller, but the Western Carolina University athletic director sees a winning future for WCU teams.
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It’s election season again, already
That’s right. It may seem like election season just ended, but it’s also just beginning, and in less than 300…
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Boojum, Evergreen seek county development incentives
A pair of public hearings for a pair of local businesses — one old, one new, one small and one…
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Harris hospital welcomes first 2019 baby
Harris Regional Hospital is ringing in 2019 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 8 pounds and measuring 19.5…
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Out in the open: Steep Canyon Rangers to play homecoming show
Adjusting his baseball cap, Graham Sharp leans forward and takes another sip of coffee. It’s late morning at the Tastee…
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This must be the place: That time the trees all came falling down
This week marks just over 20 years since The Great Ice Storm of 1998. In early January of that year,…
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A writer’s retreat: GSMA offers writing residency in the Smokies
Steve Kemp moved to the Great Smoky Mountains in 1987 for what would become a 30-year career with the Great…
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Road closures to begin in Pisgah
Seasonal road closures are underway in the Pisgah National Forest. Certain roads are closed each winter to help protect wildlife…
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Brevard gear manufacturer to expand
SylvanSport is expanding its operations with an upcoming move to a new factory in Transylvania County.
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Waynesville Parks and Rec wants opinions
The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department is looking for feedback on its programs through a survey now online.
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The Naturalist's Corner: Flocking together
Birding buddy and former subcontractor for my Forest Service point-count survey, Kirk Gardner, was in town for the holidays and…
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The unbelievable kindness of Mr. Rogers
My online dictionary defines hagiography as “the writing of the lives of the saints, adulatory writing about another person, or…
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How we got here, nobody knows: The best albums of 2018
In a year of turmoil, trepidation and tragedy, thankfully we can retreat into the one thing that can shift any…
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This must be the place: 'So, I’d give this world, just to dream a dream with you’
For someone as sentimental as I am, New Year’s Eve always seems to resonate the deepest. The idea of leaving…
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At the Uptown Gallery
Free classes and open studio times are being offered at The Uptown Gallery in Franklin.
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My personal happiness project for 2019
What is a New Year’s resolution anyway? Just a statement we make aloud while toasting friends and family with a…
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Government shutdown is not really about a wall
By Norm Hoffman • Guest Columnist Now we have yet another federal government shutdown. We have to ask if there…
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Working 9 to 5 (plus nights and weekends)
Unemployment rates are about as low as they’re going to get in Western North Carolina and there are jobs to…
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TWSA to wait on forming N.C. 107 policies
Developing policies to help business owners affected by the upcoming N.C. 107 road project will go on the Tuckaseigee Water…
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10 transformations at Lake Junaluska in 2018
In 2018, Lake Junaluska invested more than $5 million into transforming its facilities and grounds. These improvements will help thousands…
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Cherokee debates ability to protest Council decisions
An ordinance seeking to broaden the ability to protest decisions of Tribal Council is under discussion, with Tribal Council narrowly…
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Nurse family program provides resources
How does someone prepare for one of the most important jobs of their life, the job of being a mother?…
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Hospitals still in negotiations with UnitedHealth
UnitedHealthCare and local Duke LifePoint affiliated hospitals have not yet worked out a new contract agreement, which could mean higher…
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Cherokee passes election ordinance
After months of work sessions, tabled votes and debate, Cherokee has an updated election law.
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Partial government shutdown continues; National parks still accessible to visitors
Congress’s failure to approve a discretionary spending budget led to another partial government shutdown beginning Dec. 21, and Western North…
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Limestone ‘sink’ is just over the mountain
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in a January 2005 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. “If it form the…
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Outdoors 2018: The year in quotes
From the depths of winter to the height of summer, valley agriculture to mountain exploration, longtime mountain dwellers to new…
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Fire tower restoration complete
The historic Rich Mountain Fire Lookout Tower has been restored, thanks to a collaborative effort from the Carolina Mountain Club,…
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