Pharmacists find themselves on the receiving end of Medicare confusion
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer As the revamped Medicare system moves from policy to practice, pharmacies nationwide increasingly are…
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Metal building in downtown Bryson raises eyebrows
A metal building recently erected on Main Street in Bryson City has sparked discussion over what can be done to…
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May cause confusion: Medicare prescription drug benefit plan options create problems for participants
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Arthur Pitts sat in a plastic lawn chair waiting to pick up prescriptions from…
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LTLT helps conserve 53-acre historic farm
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee (LTLT) recently acquired a “working farm conservation easement” protecting 53 acres of rich…
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Sylva aldermen put mixed drinks vote on May ballot
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Sylva voters will have another go at passing liquor by the drink in this…
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Rogers, newspapers earn Main Street awards
The Downtown Waynesville Association’s Patsy Rogers was honored as a Main Street Champion in a recent Main Street awards ceremony…
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National forest proposal provides fodder for Taylor-Shuler race
By Becky Johnson and Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writers A plan to sell off more than 6,500 acres of the…
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Interpretation of precedent could decide Reece’s fate with Haywood TDA board
The fate of a controversial figure on the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority is still up in the air two…
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HCC gets grant for machining center
The Golden LEAF Foundation has made a $1,573,109 grant to Haywood Community College to establish an advanced machining center at…
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Greenway contract dispute settled
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Macon County and Natural Resources Conservation Services officials have negotiated a settlement to a…
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Town’s support of road project irks aldermen
Some members of the Waynesville board of aldermen are questioning whether Mayor Henry Foy acted in bounds when he wrote…
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Saving the language: Teachers, parents, tribal elders and new innovative immersion programs are helping to keep the Cherokee language alive
By Michael Beadle It’s a special day for 14-month-old Tawodi Clapsaddle. Several adults including his father, Ethan, look on as…
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School traffic expert offers alternative solution
Residents opposed to a plan to add a middle-turn lane along sections of Plott Creek Road in Waynesville have garnered…
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Sequoyah: inventor of talking leaves
By Michael Beadle Sequoyah is perhaps one of the most recognizable names in Native American history — and quite rightly…
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TDA wants Reece off board
The Haywood County Tourism Development Authority called for the removal of one of its board members, Wade Reece in a…
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Waynesville students use art class to help raise money for soup kitchen
By Michael Beadle Art class is not just a place to make art for yourself — sometimes it’s a place…
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Taylor-Shuler: What’s expected to turn into a wide open congressional race as November nears is now just barely on the radar for WNC residents
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer The race for the 11th District’s U.S. House of Representatives seat is officially off…
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Up in the air no longer: Judge’s ruling keeps McClure on the airport authority
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Jackson County Airport Authority members are hoping to get on with business following a…
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Haywood schools appear ready to pass tobacco ban
Haywood County schools could go tobacco free starting in the fall of 2007, banning smoking and chewing not only for…
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Closed session minutes reveal reasons for EDC probe
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer A Superior Court Judge has ruled that Jackson County Commissioners acted illegally when they…
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Board made wrong decision, says press attorney
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Jackson County commissioners’ failure to follow state Open Meetings Law was a failure to…
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Bethel gets $30,000 for flood recovery
The North Carolina Rural Center has provided a $30,000 grant to Haywood County to assist with flood recovery and flood…
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Waiting for the smoke to clear: Officers deal with the professional and emotional aftermath of using a gun in the line of duty
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Law enforcement officers might spend their entire careers without ever firing their gun in…
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Residents irate about DOT’s plan for Hazelwood Elementary road
A $1.66 million plan to build middle turn lanes on Plott Creek Road from Hazelwood Elementary School to Sulphur Springs…
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$254 million Harrah’s expansion targets baby boomers
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel is planning a $254 million expansion and upgrade of its operations, including a third hotel…
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A wide open race in Jackson
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In what outgoing Jackson County commissioner Eddie Madden has called an “unusually quiet” election…
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Wal-Mart talk still going strong in Cherokee
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In the meat aisle of the Reservation Foodliner IGA a customer picks up a…
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North shore to Nowhere: Controversy countdown or just another chapter?
Opinions on whether to build a 34-mile road through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park seem to be falling into…
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Cash: a better deal than a road
There’s more than one way for the federal government to make up its promise to Swain County to rebuild the…
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Call of the wild resounds loud and clear
Environmental groups and outdoors lovers packed the public hearing in Bryson City last week to decry the idea of building…
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Build the road, honor our sacrifice
Those who want the government to build the road it flooded when Fontana Lake was created say the issue boils…
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Macon takes official stand against I-3
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer The Stop I-3 Coalition received a major boost in its efforts to prevent construction…
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Downtown may get internally lit signs
The Waynesville town board will consider a request to loosen sign regulations for the downtown district for the second time…
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DOT plows ahead despite outcry from residents
Despite overwhelming opposition from residents, the N.C. Department of Transportation is moving forward with plans to widen Plott Creek Road…
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County Manager resignation fallout spills over into Haywood Rotary Club
The Waynesville Rotary Club has been caught up in the fallout following the forced resignation of Haywood County Manager Jack…
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Board majority said Horton violated trust
Haywood County Manager Jack Horton was dismissed from his post in early January by a 3 to 2 vote of…
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New collection brings old materials into sharp focus at Western library
Working with four heritage partners, Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library is creating a virtual collection of objects, documents, letters, photos…
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Watch what you eat: Consistency, cleanliness are paramount to good sanitation ratings
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Donna Stephens, owner and operator of The Yellow House bed and breakfast in Waynesville,…
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Consumer tips for dining out
Eating healthy can also mean eating safe. In North Carolina, three food borne diseases are at the top of health…
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New patient data system to link WNC hospitals
Every patient knows the drill. Walk up to the window, tell the nurse your name, take the clipboard and seek…
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Haywood development entity contributes to business start-up competition
The Haywood Advancement Foundation, a non-profit economic development entity, has pledged $2,700 to the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce start-up…
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700 acres near Cashiers put into easement
More than 700 acres outside Cashiers has been placed in a conservation easement by the Albert Carlton family, protecting the…
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Where did we come from? Student perspectives vary
As judges and lawyers, politicians and lobbyists, and parents and school officials debate the place of evolution and creationism in…
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Waynesville could be hostage to Progress Energy prices
Two years ago, the future of Waynesville’s electric system — a lucrative cash cow for the town — was turned…
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Town will be forced to make adjustments
Waynesville’s residents have long reaped the benefits of the town’s electricity enterprise — a sideline business that was making $1.2…
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Grassroots organizing
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer As residents in the Cashiers area pull together to address their community’s needs through…
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Cashiers residents form civic group
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Members of the Cashiers area are organizing a new civic association to direct the…
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Creation or evolution: an age old debate
As the nation debates the role of creation and evolution in the classroom, a research paper assigned in a 10th-grade…
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TDA proposal would eliminate corridor funding
Turf divisions in the Haywood County tourism industry are melting away on more than one front these days. At the…
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Swain student raises money to help those half a world away
By Michael Beadle Darfur may seem a world away from Bryson City, but a group of Swain County High School…
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