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Ring of Fire opens at HART

Celebrate Appalachian heritage in Swain

BearWaters Brewing celebrates first birthday with a bang

Want to learn how to carve leather?

Shady Ladies quilt show to make a splash at Lake Logan

Cashiers festival creates ultimate trifecta May 25

Youth soccer camps

Book turns hikes into scavenger hunts

Win a gem at the Ruby Run

Star gazing event at Purchase Knob

A biological journey through history down the Little Tennessee

Wedding Day chaos in Bryson City

Highlands to showcase Ephron play

Art camps conjure creativity in WNC youth

Sony gifts state-of-the-art camera to WCU

Artists open their studios in Caney Fork

Stecoah Valley bluegrass celebration

Learn the secret of home cooking

Cherokee bonfire opens for summer

PCs for grads program thanks supporters

Predator beetles work for all hemlocks

State GOP decimates public education

Remembering Fontana’s sacrifice

In-town shooting ranges weighed in Franklin

Tuscola dominates WNC welding competition

Park reopens trails damaged by tornado

Market vendors get shelter form the storm

French Broad trail map comes online

Get ready for 12 hours of Tsali

Azaleas in full bloom in Stecoah

Volunteers needed at Pisgah wildlife center

Haywood soccer season kicks off

Park releases new species of predator beetles

Thea & The GreenMan and artist reception planned in Bryson

Find the perfect gem for Mother’s Day at Gemboree

A hopping weekend in and around Froglevel

Haywood Art Council welcomes brass quintet for Sunday concert series

Waynesville Rec center to throw ‘Spring Fling’ kids’ bash

Franklin celebrates ‘Airing of the Quilts’

Habitat for Humanity recovers store treasure

Jackson Arts Council contributes to musician fund

Craft beer and canines in Frog Level

WCU professor nominated for Tony Award

Sen. Davis going way too far to the right

What will you do about jack booted thugs?

Meadows in the wrong on background checks

Tribal Council vote on bear zoos disappointing

Macon enviro group applauds local recyclers

Calling recruits to the bugle corps

WCU one of the greenest colleges in country

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The Naturalist's Corner

A milkweed by any other name

Every year as summer approaches and the days begin to heat up, I marvel at the beautiful orange explosion that protrudes from an unkempt patch of daylilies and Queen Anne’s lace that was once (BC – before children) a more kempt flowerbed.

Written on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 13:52 Read more...

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A fledgling in the woods