Haywood hospice volunteer training planned for March 19-22
In-depth volunteer training for hospice and palliative care will be held this month at Lake Junaluska First Baptist Church on…
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Cullowhee community hosts town growth meeting
A community meeting to explore “What will Cullowhee look like in 10 years?” will be held at the Cullowhee Valley…
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Speaker to address gun control March 5 at WCU
Gun control takes center stage at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, in the A.K. Hinds University Center Grandroom on the…
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NRA safety sessions aimed at students
The National Rifle Association will offer a seminar called “Refuse To Be A Victim” several times in coming weeks in…
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Guns and greenways don’t mix in Waynesville, but state may say differently
Waynesville leaders are looking for a way to keep guns out of town parks and recreation centers despite changes in…
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Property owners push back against U.S. 441 development regs in Jackson County
A review of rules in Jackson County that guide development along the roughly five-mile stretch of U.S. 441 leading into…
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Jackson Commissioner race for Cashiers’ seat heats up
The battle of the Joneses is about to commence in Jackson County. County Commissioner Mark Jones will appear on the…
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Ghost Town looks to repair relations with inspectors
The ball is already rolling on repairs to the rides at the once-popular Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park…
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Are cops making a pest of themselves in Maggie Valley?
Complaints from business owners and customers have Maggie Valley leaders asking if its police presence in the small tourist-oriented town…
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Physical education program grant implemented
The Haywood County School District was the recipient of a Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) Grant worth up…
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Gear up for the Haywood Chamber’s business start-up competition
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce will offer Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning, a four-week business course, from 6 to…
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Motorcycle rallies rolling into Maggie jostle over weekend rights
Maggie Valley’s town board has decided not to play favorites when it comes to the growing number of motorcycle rallies…
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Sen. Davis breaks ethics rules by using government email for campaign
State Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, violated state ethics rules this month by using his government email address for personal, but…
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Superintendent crosses swords, again, with Freedom from Religion group
Macon County Schools Superintendent Dan Brigman once again has landed squarely in the crosshairs of a group devoted to protecting…
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Waynesville’s once-beloved O’Malley’s up for sale
RBC Bank is looking to offload the building that once housed O’Malley’s On Main Pub and Grill in Waynesville from…
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Child fatality review in Swain case held up by state backlog
More than a year has lapsed since 15-month-old Aubrey Kina Marie Littlejohn died on the floor of an unheated single-wide…
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Where do schools rank? With not enough money to go around, commissioners may have to choose between employee raises and schools
Schools got only a brief and passing mention by Haywood County commissioners during a brainstorming session last week on priorities…
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Lottery money hardly a win for schools
Keeping a roof over the head of Haywood County’s nearly 8,000 students is getting harder every year as the school…
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Jackson poised to give economic commission another shot
Jackson County has been down this road before, but that isn’t stopping leaders from taking another look at forming a…
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Sylva radio station waiting for final pieces to fall into place
It will be several more weeks at best before Sylva AM radio station WRGC gets back on the air, pending…
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County election roundup
Here’s who has filed lately for the upcoming local election. Filing continues through Feb. 29. Haywood County: Another Republican has…
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Tourism forum to focus on regional partnerships
Hoteliers, innkeepers, outfitters and other tourism-related businesses can attend the Tourism Partnership Forum, a free event that will be held…
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Applications available for scholarships
Haywood County Farm Bureau awards four scholarships each year — two for $1,000 and two for $500. The $1000 scholarships…
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TDA looks to tax collector to crack down on delinquent tourism taxpayers
Delinquent payers of the tourism room tax in Haywood County will soon have the tax collector knocking on their door.…
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Youth SURGE into Missions this summer
Ministries with Young People at Lake Junaluska is preparing for its summer programming, SURGE into Missions. During the SURGE into…
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Skate park dream revived with pledge from town
Waynesville leaders have committed to foot the bill for the long-held dream of a skateboard park — and it will…
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Macon County turns out to debate planning board’s future
Macon County’s planning board lived to plan another day. Proposed retroactive term limits, which some considered punitive because they seemed…
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DSS building sits empty after senior housing project falters
Hopes of turning the abandoned Haywood County social services building into low-income senior apartments have been dashed, leaving the county…
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Canton town board hopes to move away from perpetual election cycle
Canton’s elected leaders could find their two-year terms of office doubling if voters support a proposed change to give the…
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Findings paint dire picture of REACH’s finances
An audit of REACH of Jackson County’s finances received by the nonprofit’s board last month show the money situation had…
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County holds up approval of MedWest collateral
A $10 million line of County credit intended to bridge short-term cash flow problems at MedWest-Haywood hospital has hit a…
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Macon Republicans to host candidate forum
The Macon County Republican Party will hold a forum for candidates running for the 11th Congressional District seat on March…
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Peer-to-peer recovery education program
A 10-week free educational class will be held next month in Franklin on recovery and wellness for anyone experiencing a…
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Clergy offered slate of resources
Community Resource Connections of Haywood Community Connections is sponsoring a third session of “Building Bridges in Haywood County.” This program…
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Learn about foster care
Those interested in being a foster parent can learn what it takes from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. the fourth…
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National speaker to talk about school bullying
Jim Williams, a nationally renowned speaker from Nashville, is coming to Swain County Feb. 27 to speak to parents, teachers…
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Sponsor a painted cat
Harold Sims, aka The Catman, is looking for sponsors, artists and other people participate in a painted cat project. Similar…
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Students launch voter education, participation effort in Jackson
Western Carolina University students will kick off the Cullowhee Voter Initiative, a nonpartisan effort to improve voter education and participation…
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Chefs will tee up their best for the Masters
Like most great tales, it began like any other day. Sous Chef Alex Tinsley, 24, was working his usual day…
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Principles aside, Waynesville looks to tap a piece of sweepstakes action through hefty fees
If you can’t beat ‘em, then you can at least benefit from ‘em. Waynesville officials are considering joining the growing…
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Eichenbaum bows out of GOP congressional race
The crowded Republican field vying for Heath Shuler’s former seat in Congress thinned out by one this week. Dan Eichenbaum,…
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Decision on early voting site for Cherokee lands in Swain commissioners' laps
Swain County commissioners will have to decide in coming weeks whether to pony up $3,000 to $5,000 for an early…
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Another Macon subdivision, more unhappy lot owners
Not long ago Kristina and Bruce Oliver invited a local couple they’d met in nearby Franklin to come play cards…
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Competition scant so far in Haywood commissioner race
Two seats are up for election on the Haywood County Board of Commissioners this year, and both Mark Swanger and…
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Planning brouhaha likely to dominate Macon commission election
Land planning, that perennial lightening-rod topic in Macon County, will likely shape if not outright dominate the upcoming campaign for…
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GOP absent in Jackson commission race
News that Jackson County Commissioner Joe Cowan won’t run for re-election this year has set the stage for a high-profile…
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Filling Shuler’s shoes: Democrats round out the ranks of those vying for Congress
Outgoing Congressman Heath Shuler hopes to pass the torch to his own chief of staff, a like-minded, conservative Democrat who…
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Tourists caught in the middle not amused by tit-for-tat Cherokee sign debate
Pity the poor visitors trying to find their ways to Cherokee if the N.C. Department of Transportation heeds requests of…
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Jackson tourism task force weighted
A group tasked with helping Jackson County leaders decide whether to merge two separate tourism entities or possibly hike the…
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Heatherly wastes no time in meeting with Harris employees
Steve Heatherly made sure there were plenty of Diet Cokes queued up in the office mini-fridge before work Monday morning…
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