Logjam broken on live dealers for Cherokee, but not a done deal yet
A political impasse over live dealers and table games at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino has been resolved, but the tribe still…
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Home Expo planned in Waynesville
The Haywood Home Builders Association is having its 2012 Spring Home Expo May 11-12 at the Waynesville Armory. Those looking…
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Angel upgrades stroke treatment capability
Angel Medical Center will unveil new technology aimed at improving its treatment of stroke victims during a demonstration from 2-3…
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Talk to cover Gettysburg ‘Mystery Unit’
Randal Garrison will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Western North Carolina Civil War Roundtable at 7…
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Former chancellor Bardo lands new job after a year of lingering on WCU’s payroll
John Bardo, the former chancellor for Western Carolina University, has gotten a job. He will take over as the new…
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SCC seeks county dollars for commons area, restaurant
The idea of a restaurant and a commons area where students could meet and eat sounds like a good one…
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Evergreen, environmental groups settle river temperature issue
Evergreen Packaging has reached a partial settlement with environmental groups over pollution from the Canton paper mill in the Pigeon…
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Letter carriers food drive is May 12
The annual national Letter Carrier’s “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive is May 12, and postal customers are reminded to leave…
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Former Miss America coming to Junaluska
The United Way of Haywood County and The Haywood Volunteer Center are hosting an evening with Jeanne Robertson at 7…
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Church library training coming to Waynesville
The North Carolina Baptist Church Library Team will host a library workshop for Western North Carolina at First Baptist Church…
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Haywood County employees given first dibs on new money in budget
During budget discussions earlier this year, Haywood County commissioners were adamant about their commitment to give county employees a boost…
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Haywood lends helping hand to schools, but not enough to make up the gap
Haywood County commissioners have increased funding to the county school system this year for the first time in four years,…
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Haywood grapples with medical costs for inmates
Marty Stamey, like any county manager, takes pride in crafting a water-tight budget: one that squares up the minutia of…
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Emergency workers learn to jump hurdles to gain entrance to gated communities
As an aggressive spring thunderstorm brewed over Waynesville this March, causing power outages around town, Erika Stansbury received a frantic…
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12 votes separate Queen, Davis in race for N.C. House
The race for N.C. House of Representatives between two well-known and prominent Waynesville Democrats, Danny Davis and Joe Sam Queen,…
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Meadows and Rogers emerge from crowded field of Washington hopefuls
Mark Meadows and Hayden Rogers came out on top last night in a Congressional election that at the beginning of…
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Bottoms up, Jackson: Voters approve countywide alcohol sales
Jackson voters approved alcohol sales in Tuesday’s election by a comfortable margin, making it only the third county in Western…
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Greene wins Jackson commissioner seat
Jackson County has a new county commissioner. Vicki Greene, a longtime community planner and retired assistant director of the Southwestern…
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N.C. voters say ‘yes’ to Amendment One
As predicted, North Carolina voters ushered in a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions in Tuesday’s primary election,…
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Cherokee Schools to craft new long-range strategic plan
Cherokee Schools has launched a year-long process to develop a new strategic plan, a move prompted by issues raised in…
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Sylva native hired as new town manager
Sylva has a new town manager. Paige Roberson, 25, was promoted last week by the town board to the top…
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Trash shuffle prompts Canton to privatize garbage pick-up
Canton and Waynesville’s paths have diverged when it comes to the most cost efficient way to haul trash to White…
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Readers get creative and submit their own slogans
Thanks to our dear Smoky Mountain News readers, some excellent ideas for slogans poured in through our Facebook site over…
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Registration under way for golf tourney
Registration is under way for the inaugural Bob Buckner Endowment Golf Tournament, an event to help raise financial support for…
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LEGO focus of upcoming workshop
Kids can learn more about LEGO building projects from 9:15-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at Western Carolina University. The LEGO…
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Women in business luncheon, May 15
A program titled “Two Sides of the Leadership Coin, a Male and Female Perspective” will be held from 11:30 a.m.…
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New regulations send planners back to the drawing board
The Macon County Planning Board has been given one simple task: review the subdivision ordinance with the intention of making…
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Program on Cherokee mounds in Jackson
Ben Steere will discuss Cherokee pre-history and archaeology at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, in the community room of the…
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Haywood leads state in electronics recycling
Haywood County leads the state in electronics recycling, based on a new survey released in March by the N.C. Department…
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What’s in a name? Image is everything when it comes to slogans
Tee Coker and his company recently learned firsthand something they probably already suspected about creating brands and taglines for towns.…
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South Main plan dredges up old parking debate
The Waynesville Board of Aldermen approved a revitalization plan for South Main Street last week despite a dispute over one…
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Stewardship of Macon Indian mound questioned
A move by the town of Franklin to spray the ancient Nikwasi Indian Mound with weed killer is not sitting…
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Swain County property values looking up
Tim Cain has a bird’s eye view of Swain County’s real estate market, and from where he sits, the news…
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Sports clinic scheduled at Macon health center
A sports physical clinic for school athletic programs will be held from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 11, at the Macon…
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Franklin public workshop set for truck-turnaround proposal
A public workshop on a proposed truck turn-around and information station on U.S. 64 in Franklin will be held from…
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HCC makes pitch for bigger budget to county commissioners
Haywood Community College officials have requested an additional $380,000 in county funding this year — all of which would help…
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No changes recommended to how Mission does business
The state has not recommended any changes be made to how Mission hospital does business under its Certificate of Public…
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Eastern Band to retrace portion of Trail of Tears
A retracing of the northern route of the Trail of Tears will be held May 18-26 in a collaboration of…
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Jackson doctors fear underdog status in MedWest venture
When a team of moving men showed up in the surgery suite of MedWest-Harris two years ago and rolled a…
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Caught in the crosshairs: Doctors struggle for footing in a shifting health care landscape
MedWest leaders are struggling to hold a fledgling joint hospital venture together in the wake of recent physician turmoil, but…
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Strapped by budget cuts, Haywood schools suffer from building upkeep backlog
When the maintenance director for Haywood County Schools received news that a transformer at Pisgah High School stopped working last…
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Carolinas affiliation catalyst for docs’ departure
When the Med-West venture was coined two years ago, the premise was an easy sell. Together the hospitals would be…
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Doctors take a stand out of fear for MedWest-Harris’ future
When Dr. Bob Adams walked into a hospital-wide meeting of Jackson County doctors in early January, he believed he had…
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Old Edwards Inn CEO bilked upscale resort in fraud, kickback scheme
The former chief executive officer and general manager of the Old Edwards Inn and Spa in Highlands was recently convicted…
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Fundraising unveiled in down-to-the-wire Congressional race
The litany of Republicans from Western North Carolina running for Congress haven’t taken any cues from their counterparts on the…
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Canton urgent care center holds open house May 2
MedWest-Haywood will hold an open house from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, at the newly constructed MedWest Urgent Care…
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Selling Haywood a collective effort
Departing from the normal talks of budget cuts and tightening belts, Haywood County commissioners asked a group of tourism and…
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Soup kitchen to serve double role for farmers
The Community Table, Sylva’s nonprofit soup kitchen for the needy, is within weeks of moving its digs from its cramped…
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Property owners keep asking to be booted out of Maggie’s town limits
The Maggie Valley Board of Aldermen’s split decision to de-annex someone who didn’t want to be in the town limits…
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Swain and Graham settle county line dispute with big bucks on the hook
After two years of lawsuits and two mediations, Swain and Graham counties have finally agreed on where to draw the…
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