Raise Your Hand against AIDS at fundraiser
Raise Your Hand 2011, a fundraiser for the Western North Carolina Aids Project, will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday,…
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Public asked to weigh in on road projects
Care about what new roads should be built or which existing ones should be widened or redesigned? Or perhaps the…
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Magistrate cuts cause consternation for cops
A state plan to eliminate a part-time magistrate in Highlands is being roundly condemned — and resisted — by Macon…
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WCU task force gets marching orders for strategic plan
A 36-member commission charged with developing a new strategic plan for Western Carolina University is on a tight timeline: Chancellor…
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Behind the casino curtain: Keeping a 56-acre complex running no matter what
Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel and Casino towers over the landscape in Cherokee, its three hotel towers only surpassed in height by…
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New chain stores coming to Wal-Mart site in Waynesville
A 12-acre empty tract beside Super Wal-Mart in Waynesville has sold for $3.5 million, slated for a Michael’s craft store,…
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South Main makeover: Let the brainstorming begin
When new bikers show up for his weekly ride in Waynesville, Cecil Yount pulls out all the stops: a riveting…
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Waynesville Rec Center to close temporarily
The Waynesville Recreation Center will be closed for routine maintenance work through Sept. 18. The center will reopen on Sept.…
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Prepare for flu season with vaccine
MedWest Haywood Home Care Services will offer flu shots at the Home Care building from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.…
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Waynesville calls for street adopters
The Town of Waynesville is asking residents and businesses to take part in the Adopt-A-Street program. Volunteers can choose a…
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From bankruptcy to riches, Phil Drake builds a business empire
Phil Drake acknowledges that he has two kinds of enterprises. There are those launched or purchased for strategic business reasons;…
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Diversity week at WCU
The 12th annual Diversity Week will take place at Western Carolina University Sept. 18-24. A series of events, designed to…
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Constitution Day this Saturday
Readings by local residents of the U.S. Constitution will take place Sept. 17 in Maggie Valley, Cashiers and Cherokee. …
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Matthews to share 9/11 experience
The Rev. Dan Mathews will share his experience of being in New York during the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago…
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Truck turnarounds slated for U.S. 64
A workshop on a plan to build truck turn-around locations and information stations on U.S. 64 between Franklin and Highlands…
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Old Cartoogechaye School could be future playing fields
Macon County commissioners decided last week to try to buy the old Cartoogechaye School, raze it and build two ball…
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Town manager forced out in Sylva
Sylva leaders this week demanded their town manager resign, just more than two years after she was hired. “This was…
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Learn Spanish at SCC
Beginner Spanish is being offered at Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus Monday evenings beginning Sept. 12. The course will be…
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Tourism agency targets tourist rentals flying under the room tax radar
Haywood County business owners who have been dodging the 4 percent lodging tax will now find themselves facing a crackdown,…
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Honoring the fallen: Firefighters take on 110 flights in memorial stair climb
“The first 12 are the easiest,” says Dee Massey, as he rounds the first landing of the parking deck stairwell…
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News in brief
High school students and residents will have a chance to talk with college representatives from over 55 southeastern universities, colleges…
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Sylva AM radio station goes dark
WRGC, a local mainstay on the AM radio dial in Sylva for more than five decades, went off the air…
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Cherokee Chief Michell Hicks narrowly wins election on record of progress
Principal Chief Michell Hicks won Thursday’s election in Cherokee, becoming only the second chief ever to be elected to a…
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WCU campus to get 4G with dorm-top antennae
Verizon Wireless will pay Western Carolina University to put an antennae on top of Scott Hall as it starts providing…
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WCU to host annual Red Zone campaign
Western Carolina University’s Division of Student Affairs will coordinate WCU’s annual Red Zone campaign during the fall semester. The Red…
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WCU announces membership of its strategic planning group
Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher has appointed a 36-member committee that will help guide the university’s direction over…
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Sheriff, newspaper’s portrayal of rape victim comes under fire
Comments by Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe about a rape victim published in the weekly Cashiers newspaper two weeks ago…
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Haywood Chamber wraps up record setting membership drive
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce exceed goals set for its 2011 “Goin’ Coastal” Membership and Sponsorship Campaign. The campaign…
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Phil Drake to give how-to talk on business success
Drake Enterprises CEO Phil Drake, who owns a family of 18 businesses based in Macon County, will give a free…
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MedWest urgent care center up and running in Jackson
A new urgent care center in Sylva is proving a welcome addition to the community. Before MedWest Health System opened…
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Waynesville parking deck could house electric car charging station
Electric car owners rejoice. Haywood County may soon be home to two electric car charging stations for the sustainably inclined.…
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Dog owners lobby for pooch park
Hampered by a leash law that keeps their canine friends at heel, an ad hoc group of Sylva residents hope…
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A cut above the competition
Haywood Community College can now boast a national champion after Daniel Jones took the title at the Stihl Collegiate Timbersports…
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Report will provide benchmark on health of WNC’s natural resources
A sweeping status report on natural resources in the mountains is being developed by a regional task force, serving as…
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Sylva native new downtown director
A 24-year-old with family ties to Jackson County has been hired as the new leader of the Downtown Sylva Association…
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Global Poverty Project CEO to speak at WCU
The 28-year-old co-founder and CEO of a global organization committed to eradicating extreme poverty will visit Western Carolina University on…
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Franklin town board facing no changes
There will be no new faces on Franklin’s town board after November’s elections, no matter which way voters decide to…
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Merchants float idea of downtown association in Bryson City
Business owners in Bryson City’s downtown are following in the footsteps of neighboring towns, attempting to put together their own…
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Cherokee election rematch enters into final days
Election season is closing in Cherokee, where races for principal chief, vice chief, tribal council and school board members will…
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Waynesville Recreation Center to close for maintenance
The Waynesville Recreation Center will close for routine maintenance work from Sept. 12-18. The center will reopen on Sept. 19…
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Labor Day means fireworks in Maggie
Maggie Valley will have a free Labor Day weekend fireworks on Sunday, Sept. 4, with viewing from the Festival Grounds.…
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Fair tax advocate to speak in Cashiers
Laura McCue, district director of N.C. Fair Tax, will be the guest speaker at the Sept. 6 meeting of the…
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Maggie Valley loses another alderman
Maggie Valley Alderman and motel owner Scott Pauley is leaving his post, pushed out by the region’s sagging economy. Pauley…
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Religious graduation speech in Macon raises issues over separation of church and state
The Macon County School system has changed its tune on the controversial preacher who delivered an overtly religious speech at…
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Bible reading makes a comeback
In an out-of-the-way room on the ground floor, seven congregants of Longs Chapel United Methodist Church in Lake Junaluska gather…
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Airwaves up for grabs: Enviro group makes bid for grassroots radio
The Canary Coalition, a nonprofit group rooted in Jackson County that fights for air quality, might soon take to the…
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University fights environmental group for rights to radio frequency
Western Carolina University, eager to broadcast Catamount sports and other school-based programming to a larger audience than it can currently…
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Asheville public radio’s reach threatened by new FM station
A new FM radio station in Western North Carolina means more than 108,000 people living in the region might not…
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The man behind the town An unabashed champion of Canton, Pat Smathers nears the end of his dozen year tenure
Pat Smathers is what you might call a born politician. His first campaign was pitching Terry Sanford’s 1960 run for…
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What’s in their wallets? Salaries could be a factor in upcoming tribal election
Cherokee tribal elections are little more than a week away, and with the economy topping the list of major issues,…
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