Webster endorses Jackson County namesake change; county will discuss issue
With the Jackson County Board of Commissioners’ first public discussion about changing the county’s namesake scheduled for Jan. 12, the…
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Alcohol referendum proposed for Cherokee
Two years after tribal members voted down a similar referendum, the Tribal Alcohol Beverage Control Commission is seeking to place…
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Residents can apply for heating assistance from N.C.
RALEIGH —The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced beginning Jan. 4, households can apply for the Low-Income…
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Insurrection: WNC leaders react
In the interest of transparency, all responses from local officials regarding the Jan. 6 insurrection have been published online, in…
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First responders vaccinated in Haywood County
Over 80 firefighters, EMS, and rescue squad personnel who are frontline care providers were vaccinated Wednesday afternoon at a drive-through…
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Haywood COVID deaths reach 71
Between Jan. 5 and Jan. 7, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 155 new cases of COVID-19. As…
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Update on vaccine roll out in Haywood
Vaccinations are underway in Haywood County and currently, we are nearing completion on the first phase, known as 1A, which…
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Cawthorn: mob that breached capitol ‘disgusting and pathetic’
Newly-elected Western North Carolina Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, hadn’t yet been on the job for three whole days before…
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DA Welch Appointed to Innocence Commission
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch has been named prosecuting attorney commissioner for the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission.
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Lake Junaluska Begins Drawing Down Water Levels
Lake Junaluska began the drawdown of the lake on Dec. 30. The lake drawdown, which happens every few years, allows…
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COVID-19 cluster found at Macon Valley
Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 outbreak at Macon Valley. Thirteen residents and four staff members have tested…
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Jackson County fire chief dies from COVID
The COVID-19 death count in Jackson County nearly doubled over the holiday season, increasing from 10 as of Nov. 25…
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Elderly in Haywood can pre-register for vaccine
Beginning Jan. 6, Haywood County residents over the age of 75, who have not already been included in a previous…
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Pardon me? Haywood man’s presidential pardon reveals systemic inequities
On a frosty Appalachian mountain morning in 1962, 22-year-old Waynesville man Charles Miller brought his car to a stop on…
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Tribal members seek to reverse casino purchase
A group of 14 tribal members that includes two sitting Tribal Council members and a former principal chief has entered…
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Anti-mask, anti-vax views raise concerns
One of the loudest voices against masks and vaccines during recent public comment sessions in Haywood County also serves on…
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State finds Swain jail death caused by cardiac arrest
After a four-month investigation into the sudden death of a 25-year-old Cherokee man inside the Swain County Detention Center, the…
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Opposition forms against proposed Haywood jail
A Nov. 3 report by the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office demonstrating the need for a $16 million expansion to the…
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327 new COVID cases reported in Haywood
In the week since the last press release, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 327 new cases of…
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Positive gains continue in WNC housing market
The mountain counties of Western North Carolina posted yet another strong month of home sales in November according to the…
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Haywood reports six more COVID-19 deaths
Haywood County Health and Human Services is reporting six more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number now to 68.
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Down Home Haywood leads campaign against new jail
On Monday, Jan. 4, Down Home North Carolina Haywood and local community members will hold a press conference to announce…
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Three new COVID deaths reported in Macon
Three Macon County residents diagnosed with COVID-19 have passed away. The persons were over the age of 65 and had…
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Former NPS director dies from COVID-19
Former National Park Service Director Gary Everhardt passed away on Sunday, Dec. 27, following a battle with COVID-19 and just days after…
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Haywood Health begins COVID vaccinations
Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency has begun distribution of its first allotment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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Untreated sewage discharged into Pigeon River
The Junaluska Sanitary District experienced a discharge of untreated sewage from a broken sewer main.
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2020: Burn, baby, burn
They say hindsight is 2020 and that is definitely true as we’re all eager to put this disaster of a…
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Fake News Freakout! Five
By Cory Vaillancourt • Fake News Editor | When I started writing this yearly feature five years ago, it was…
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Macon Human Services closes due to hazardous chemicals
Macon County Human Services building (which includes the Department of Social Services, Macon County Public Health, and Code Enforcement) was…
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Rabies positive racoon found in Macon
Macon County has identified a rabies positive raccoon. The raccoon was turned over to Macon County Animal Services after it…
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New COVID cases not slowing down in Haywood
Between Dec. 23 and Dec. 28, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 185 new cases of COVID-19.
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COVID cluster identified at Macon 911 center
Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 cluster of positive cases in Macon County’s 9-1-1 Communication Center.
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COVID cluster found at Macon nonprofit
Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 cluster of positive cases at the nonprofit Macon Program for Progress.
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Macon educator finalist for 'Beginning Teacher' award
Teachers from across North Carolina have been selected as finalists for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching…
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COVID-19 update from Haywood Health
Between Dec. 18 and Dec. 21, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 129 new cases of COVID-19.
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SCC re-opens from winter break on Jan. 4
To allow all employees an opportunity to get tested for COVID-19 after the winter break, Southwestern Community College will be…
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Ceasars, EBCI announce Indiana deal
Ceasars Entertainment and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians today released a formal announcement regarding the sale of operations at…
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Help make a child’s last wish come true
As Amanda McLeod celebrated her sweet 16 birthday last week, she wasn’t thinking about herself or the rare auto-immune disease…
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The day Santa came to Red Fox Loop: In search of the Christmas spirit in Appalachia
With a frigid wind pushing across the parking lot of the Clyde Volunteer Fire Department last Saturday afternoon, Santa Claus…
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Sylva teen club closes quietly
A Sylva teen club that sparked controversy two months ago by disseminating a flyer inviting high school students to “come…
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School board to borrow county funds for office renovations
At a school board meeting Monday, Dec. 14, Haywood County School Board members were split on how to pay for…
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First COVID-19 vaccines make it to WNC
The COVID-19 vaccine distribution has begun in Western North Carolina with the first doses going to healthcare workers and emergency…
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Economic development ranking system ‘cuts both ways’
Each year around this time, North Carolina takes a look at the economic prosperity, or lack thereof, in every one…
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Council votes to purchase Indiana casino operation
Tribal Council decided by a razor-thin margin last week to pursue a $280 million deal to purchase the gaming operation…
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Transparency concerns surround Council casino discussions
When the Cherokee Tribal Council waded through its final hours of discussion — and, ultimately, a vote — on the…
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Haywood County to get a new high school
At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Shining Rock Classical Academy Board of Directors, the decision was made to begin…
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Cashiers residents organize against proposed development
As the Jan. 6 hearing that will determine the project’s fate draws nearer, opposition is mounting to a plan that…
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Seven more COVID-19 deaths reported in Haywood
Haywood County Health and Human Services is reporting seven more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number now to 62.
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Macon identifies COVID-19 cluster at sheriff's office
Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 cluster of positive cases in the Macon County Sheriff’s Office.
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Holiday gatherings lead to more COVID spread
Between Dec. 12 and Dec. 14, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 112 new cases of COVID-19. As…
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