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Tour offers look at shuttered Canton Mill
Members of the public had the chance to tour the ruins of Canton’s out-of-commission paper mill last week for the first time since it shut down in 2023.
The tour was organized by Haywood County Commission candidate Vicki Hyatt as part of a series of community events highlighting local points of interest. She advertised the…
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SCC program removes barriers to entry into health care
It was sometime early in 2021 when Jon Lyon rolled his IV pole down the ICU hallway in an Athens, Georgia, hospital and listened to the sounds of…
The Curated Closet: Highlands boutique opens with a purpose
Highlands-based entrepreneur Ashley Mills reached out to feel the soft, pebbled leather of the handbag in front of her. She turned one of the bag’s tassels over in…
Macon County moves to restrict data centers
Macon County Commissioners passed an ordinance amendment meant to deter data centers from setting up shop. The county’s approach is markedly different from what other Western North Carolina…
Highlands considers data center moratorium
The town of Highlands will hold a public hearing on a proposed data center moratorium ordinance at the Thursday, Aug. 20, town commissioners meeting.
The ordinance comes right…
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Cheers to the angels on the mountaintops
Many people say they see angels when walking the mountains. Maybe they’re spirits of the hills or spiritual beings of light bringing messages and warnings of omens both…
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Let’s party about it: Leftover Salmon to host ‘Brew Ridge Jam’
During my formal introduction to Vince Herman, singer/guitarist for Leftover Salmon, he was driving a golf cart solo backstage at the inaugural Mile High Music Festival in 2008. Located at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado (right outside Denver), the festival property is well-known nowadays as the same place Phish hosts its…
This must be the place
This must be the place: ‘Way back in the early days, when we were runnin’ through the maze’
Hello from Jacksonville Beach, Florida. This is my third time here this year. Usually, I’m wandering and pondering through here in the spring. But, since it’s where my girlfriend, Rebecca, calls home, I continue to roll in, happily. First time in Florida in the depths of summer. Still hot, humid. Still soothing to the core…
This must be the place: ‘The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own’
Hello from my parent’s farmhouse on the Canadian Border in Upstate New York. The 1820 brick structure is awfully quiet, especially since I’m the only one wandering around the property, seeing as my folks are currently up on the coast of Maine on their yearly summer trek to our old stomping grounds, a place in New England my family has visited every summer since 1972.
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Partner content: The Color of SALMON
Do you ever wonder about the color of salmon?
Why some salmon may be really dark orange, and some may be lighter and perhaps more of a pink hue? That’s due to a pigment called astaxanthin which is a carotenoid (the vitamin A family).
Salmon need this pigment – it is like an essential vitamin…
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Partner content: what to ADD to your meals
White rice is a good source of carbohydrates and a handy and versatile grain to keep on hand as it stores well.
Here are 5 things you can do with white rice:
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Partner content: Health, Humidity and Hydration
White rice is a good source of carbohydrates and a handy and versatile grain to keep on hand as it stores well.
Here are 5 things you can do with white rice:
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Partner content: Pack a Snack
White rice is a good source of carbohydrates and a handy and versatile grain to keep on hand as it stores well.
Here are 5 things you can do with white rice:
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Do you have your own personal legend?
I’m a subscriber to The Washington Post’s daily e-newsletter, and when I opened my email this morning, I misread a headline. The words said, “Trump’s Oman threat,” but…
letters to the editor
One-party rule is a disaster
To the Editor: This is a Republican utopia. The President,…
The road to Iran runs through Israel
Steven Berner’s letter (SMN, July 15, 2026) was spot on…
Silence is not an option
I’m a lifetime member of the American Legion and the…