Q&A with Lisa Conard of Pigeon River Mercantile

In last week’s Rumble issue, we featured a roundup of female-driven businesses in Canton, N.C. CLick HERE to see the…
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Serendipity during the Lenten season

This year for Lent I took on a challenge instead of giving up something. I challenged myself to communicate more…
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Lemon Mushroom Chicken

By Stefanee Sherman • Rumble Contributor | If you’re looking for comfort food, give this recipe a try. It’s the perfect…
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‘Hell yes, refresh’: The Get Right Band release ‘iTopia’

With its latest concept album, “iTopia,” Asheville-based indie-rockers The Get Right Band have offered up food for thought on where…
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Public urged to disregard false mill story

A story published in today’s edition of the Waynesville Mountaineer contained inaccurate information about Pactiv Evergreen’s facility in Waynesville, a…
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The Divorce House

By Sabrina Matheny • Rumble Contributor | Feng Shui consultants know that major life changing events affect the energy of a…
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Sponsored: “The Dose Makes the Poison”

Many people are fond of throwing around fearmongering words like: “poisonous”, “toxic”, and “dangerous” when it comes to certain foods,…
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Moth brawl: A little moth is causing big problems in Cruso

Last week, more than a hundred people turned up to an informational meeting about a North Carolina Department of Agriculture…
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Take a walk in the woods

Spring is here, bringing with it ample opportunity to get outside, stretch your legs and enjoy the abundance of wildflowers…
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Orchid festival returns to Asheville

The Asheville Orchid Festival, one of the largest international orchid shows in the Southeast, will return for its 22nd year…
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Wild turkey season is nearly here

The season opens for youth hunters is April 1-7, and the statewide season is April 8 to May 6. Hunters…
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Help restore Allens Creek

Help make Allens Creek healthier with a stream improvement project noon to 4 p.m. March 29-30, and possibly Friday, March…
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This must be the place: 'Same ol' moon, same ol' sun, same ol' race that we've always run’

Hello from the backstage area at the Suwannee Spring Reunion music festival in Live Oak, Florida. It’s hot and humid.…
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Reading, reviews, and self-remonstrance

Maybe it’s the mixed-up weather. The warmer temperatures have delivered a sort of raucous springtime mood, though Whatever the cause,…
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What this old house remembers

I live in an old farmhouse that is literally falling apart. Each spring, clouds of termites rise in the bathroom…
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Building second chances: Conference explores impact of trauma on tribal workforce — and how to help

When Katelynn Ledford McCoy stood in front of her Cherokee High School classmates in June 2009, the class valedictorian was…
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Macon residents, commissioner float withdrawing from Fontana Regional Library

What started as a group of citizens concerned about certain LGBTQ books in the Macon County Library has turned into…
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Prosecutors seek enhanced sentence for Moody as second defendant pleads guilty

Darris Moody’s failure to appear for a federal court hearing back in October could come back to haunt her, as…
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Mountain Housing Opportunities’ longtime leader announces retirement

Scott Dedman, President and Executive Director of Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO), announced his plan to retire in August of this…
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Not so fast — Medicaid expansion contingent on state budget passing

While some elected officials and media outlets are going to great lengths to celebrate Gov. Roy Cooper’s signing of the…
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Cherokee buys out business lease for housing development

In a divided vote Thursday, March 2, the Cherokee Tribal Council appropriated $275,000 to buy out the lease of a…
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Order of Long Leaf Pine awarded posthumously to former SCC Trustee Chair

On Friday, March 10, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine was presented posthumously in honor of Lambert Wilson to…
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Tuscola High School announces new coach

Tuscola High School has found a new head football coach in former NFL quarterback Jonathan Crompton.
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County approves half of Sylva’s municipal grant application

After pressing the brakes on Sylva’s municipal grant application, county commissioners have decided to approve a portion of the grant,…
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Government, union prepare for impact of mill closing

The initial shock of Pactiv Evergreen’s announcement that its Canton paper mill would soon cease operations hasn’t quite worn off for…
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Mill receives water quality violation

Pactiv Evergreen has received a notice of violation from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality after a water quality measurement…
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New attorney selected for Jackson County

Jackson County is losing long-time county attorney Heather Baker, but it has already selected a new attorney to serve as…
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Sylva aims to expand role of Main Street director

Sylva taxpayers may be looking at a one-cent tax increase in the coming 2023-24 fiscal year. In return for that…
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Pattillo settles into new role as Bryson City town manager

Sam Pattillo has been in leadership roles for some time now, but his latest move to become Bryson City’s town…
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WCU’s first chief diversity officer accepts new position

Ricardo Nazario-Colón, Western Carolina University’s inaugural chief diversity officer, has been appointed by the State University of New York’s Board…
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Big changes coming for Waynesville’s governing board

The Town of Waynesville’s municipal governing board has taken steps to modernize its operations by proposing amendments to its charter…
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Moth brawl: A little moth is causing big problems in Cruso

Last week, more than a hundred people turned up to an informational meeting about a North Carolina Department of Agriculture…
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Word from the Smokies: Training Essential to Park’s Search and Rescue

On a mid-September morning, 14 men and women gather at an abandoned quarry off U.S. 441 a mile or so…
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Canton’s government ponders austerity measures

Administrators from the Town of Canton’s various departments met with Mayor Zeb Smathers and members of the town board March…
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11 Female-Driven Businesses in Downtown Canton, N.C.

It’s been a little over two weeks since Pactiv Evergreen Packaging made the announcement to close early this summer, and…
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Where Two Worlds Touch

By Sabrina Matheny • Rumble contributor | One Saturday morning my parents called me and my sister down to the kitchen…
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Ava & Arden

By Stefanee Sherman • Rumble Contributor | Ava & Arden is a small, women-owned boutique on Main Street in Waynesville. The…
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Asparagus Stuffed Chicken

By Stefanee Sherman • Rumble Contributor | This recipe is another favorite in our house for a couple of reasons. One…
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Putin’s indictments: Maggie man who’s prosecuted war crimes weighs in

Last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin was indicted on a war crime related to his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Personal Finance: What I Wish I’d Known in My 20s

Recently, I was asked what types of personal finance advice I would give to a woman in her twenties. In…
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Sponsored: Who is Laura Lynn?

Question: I’ve recently moved to NC and just started shopping at a nearby Ingles Markets. Who is “Laura Lynn” and…
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N.C. mussel listed as threatened
 

N.C. mussel listed as threatened

A mussel found in Western North Carolina will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act following a decision…
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Word from the Smokies: Discover Life in America presents conservation author on Earth Day

Doug Tallamy had been teaching at the University of Delaware for a quarter of a century when he had an…
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Invasive species workday planned in Bryson City

Help root out invasive species from Island Park in Bryson City 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. 
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Shuttle companies will offer rides to Smokies trailheads

Six shuttle companies will offer rides to and from popular trailheads in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this year,…
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Rock Gap Shelter replacement complete

Visitors to the Nantahala Ranger District have a new Appalachian Trail Shelter to visit thanks to months of work from…
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Former state rep named new Audubon N.C. policy director

Brian Turner, a four-term member of the N.C. House of Representatives who left office in January, will serve as the…
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Something better: Billingsley to headline Salvage Station

In the sacred realm that is rock-n-roll music, the formation of the power trio remains iconic. On paper, it’s a…
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Pactiv Evergreen will begin to mail out WARN notices tomorrow

A March 21 letter from the general manager of Pactiv Evergreen’s Canton and Waynesville operations, John McCarthy, says the company…
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Canton to host 5K Saturday; proceeds to go toward all-abilities playground equipment

The Luc Gibson Foundation and the Town of Canton are hosting the Inaugural Cerebral Palsy 5K this Saturday, March 25…
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