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Summer starts at Highlands Nature Center
The Highlands Nature Center kicks off its summer season on Memorial Day weekend, with extended hours noon to 4 p.m.…
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Exhibit to celebrate bonsai as fine art
The ancient art of bonsai will take center stage during the “Bonsai as Fine Art” exhibition June 2-11 at the N.C.…
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Women’s Paddlefest returns to NOC
Nantahala Outdoor Center will hold its Women’s Paddlefest Friday, June 2, through Sunday, June 4, hosted by inspirational paddler Anna…
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Future of the forest
Mill closure looms large in discussion of challenges facing WNC forests The familiar challenges of climate change, invasive pests and…
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A health care coverage crisis is unfolding at Canton’s paper mill
That the American health care coverage system is broken shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, even proponents of the…
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Canton mill workers encouraged to explore health insurance options
Help is now available for Pactiv Evergreen Canton paper mill workers to determine how they can maintain health insurance after…
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Now, Pactiv Evergreen wants a tax break
Pactiv Evergreen’s announcement that it would shutter its century-old paper mill was devastating enough for the tiny mountain town of…
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Six vie to be Cherokee’s next principal chief
II In the most heavily contested race on the ballot in this year’s Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians election, six…
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Employees, debt at forefront of Waynesville budget
There won’t be a tax increase, and there won’t be any borrowing from fund balance, but that doesn’t mean the…
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Public hearing set for school board rezoning request
As first reported in The Smoky Mountain News, Haywood County Schools has proposed a multi-million dollar consolidation of several auxiliary…
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Yellowhill Tribal Council candidates share their vision
FF Five candidates are running to earn a seat representing Yellowhill on Tribal Council 2023-2025, and the Primary Election Thursday,…
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Amid changing times, Haywood budget seeks solid ground
Strong growth across multiple revenue streams will help Haywood County government balance increasing costs for staffing, schools and vehicles in…
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Canton’s flood projects gaining momentum
The Town of Canton has made another big move toward recovery from Tropical Storm Fred by accepting advanced planning documents…
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Waynesville looks to maintain its architectural, cultural legacy
It’s that small town feel — the Normal Rockwell-esque Main Street dimly lit by vintage streetlights, the brilliant fall colors…
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Towns don’t need to be politicized
To the Editor: Rep. Mark Pless, R-Haywood, does not seem to have a clue as to what cities and towns…
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This must be the place: 'Sod the streets at once, change the name Aspen to Fat City'
Recently, I came across a real estate listing for a house while scrolling Facebook. It was located on the east…
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The courageous tale of Charlotte Joy: Rare genetic disease can’t stop one Haywood family and their daughter from helping other children
Charlotte Joy is a hero; she just doesn’t know it yet.
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Thanks to SMN for their investigative work
To the Editor: As a subscriber to Smoky Mountain News, I wish to thank Politics Editor Cory Vaillancourt for his…
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Haywood event aims to shed stigma surrounding addiction
This weekend, The SHARE Project will host its third annual WNC drug awareness event — “Hope Not Stigma.”
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Drug Trafficker pleads guilty in Haywood
A Swanannoa man forfeited his vehicle and received a stiff prison sentence after pleading guilty in Haywood County Superior Court…
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Coming full circle: BearWaters Brewing opens Waynesville location
Last Thursday morning, Kevin Sandefur spent five hours spreading gravel in the parking lot of the brand new BearWaters Brewing…
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Dreams are now memories, and a line’s been crossed
For years, Tuscola High School’s location high on the hill overlooking the Lakeside Plaza, a fragment of Lake Junaluska, and…
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Sylva approves brief road closure for Pride
An application to use Bridge Park and Main Street for the annual Pride event has led the Town of Sylva…
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Sylva budgets for future uncertainty
Town Manager Paige Dowling officially presented the proposed 2023-24 budget to the Sylva Board of Commissioners during its May 11…
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Election bill would encourage uninformed voting
I read the recent article by Rep. Mark Pless, R-Haywood, regarding partisan municipal elections . I am dismayed that this…
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Sylva approves zoning request for workforce housing
Sylva has approved a zoning map amendment request in order to allow for the possible construction of an affordable housing…
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Enrollment open for grassland conservation program
Agricultural producers and private landowners have until May 26 to sign up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program, a federal…
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Riddle your way through Highlands
The ‘Kids Hike Highlands’ trail passport program is back, with a refresh for the 2023 season.
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Meet the lightning bugs of the Appalachians
Experience the “Appalachian magic” of lightning bug season with a series of walks planned throughout the spring and early summer…
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Students recognized for Parkway contributions
Students from The Christ School in Asheville have won one of five annual awards given by Blue Ridge Parkway managers…
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Team effort fixes water system at Cullowhee Community Garden
When Western Carolina University registrar Larry Hammer began working a garden plot with his family in the Cullowhee Community Garden,…
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Bethel students win state hunting skills tournament
A team from Bethel Middle School in Haywood County took top honors at the 2023 Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament.…
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Mayapple of my eye
I love coming across a large patch of mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) while walking in the woods in the spring. They are…
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Red wolf litter born in the wild
A new litter of red wolf puppies has been born in the tiny wild population in eastern North Carolina.
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HCC opens new Dahlia Ridge Trail System
When A.L. Freedlander issued the 1966 fundraising challenge that birthed the Haywood Community College campus in Clyde, he envisioned a…
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Haywood commissioners support tax hike to fund school resource officers
Absent any meaningful gun legislation by the North Carolina General Assembly or by Congress, the cost of protecting Haywood County’s…
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Old Kmart plaza sold
Less than two weeks after a story in The Smoky Mountain News revealed that a real estate marketing flyer along with…
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Abortion bill will test Republican supermajority
It’s been a little over a year since a draft of the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling was leaked, and a…
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Embracing the sisterhood of motherhood
Last weekend, I flew to Phoenix for a conference. During the four-hour flight, I sat beside a lap child, which…
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Django was a wanderer, a free spirit
This morning was one of those times when Django being gone hit home, when I got a little emotional thinking…
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Journalism is cesspool of propoganda
To the Editor: Journalism used to be an honorable profession, but over the past two decades or so has become…
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This must be the place: ‘Windswept stars blink and smile, another song, another mile’
Hello from Room 209 at the Home2 Suites by Hilton on the outskirts of downtown Decatur, Alabama. It’s Monday morning.…
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Love in the dark: Abe Partridge brings the good word to WNC
A former Baptist preacher and military veteran, Abe Partridge is now regarded as one of the most unique and captivating…
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Student wins WCU College of Business pitch competition
Avery Pittman, a first-year entrepreneurship and interior design major from Startown, won first place in the Western Carolina University College…
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Meetings set to discuss Waynesville historic preservation
The Town of Waynesville Historic Preservation Commission will host a pair of public meetings to discuss the preparation of a…
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Teen driver law changes take effect
Upon passage of a bill by the North Carolina General Assembly, the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles announced changes to…
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Man pleads guilty to child sex crimes
A South Carolina man who used social media to groom then entice an underage teen to meet him in both…
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Car show reminds people to slow down and move over
Following her son’s death, a Haywood County mom is on a mission to get people to slow down and move…
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Birdtown Tribal Council candidates share their vision
fF Five candidates are running for a term representing Birdtown on Tribal Council for the next two years.
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Cannabis funding vetoed
UU Upholding a veto from Principal Chief Richard Sneed, on May 4 the Cherokee Tribal Council reversed an April decision…
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