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Your gift can unlock a child’s potential
Among the many gifts my parents gave me, both the most powerful and the most mysterious were the books that…
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Unseating Mark Meadows
Asheville Republican Congressman Mark Meadows’ extreme partisanship, attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and hypocritical fiscal responsibility make him…
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A look ahead: Candidates to file for partisan offices
Election season is right around the corner, as candidates begin filing paperwork to run for a variety of partisan offices…
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Pathways Center receives grant
Haywood Pathways Center in Waynesville is the recipient of The John William Pope Foundation’s 2018 Joy W. Pope Memorial Grant…
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Sylva selects muralist
A muralist has been chosen to create the painting that will soon decorate a blank white wall on Mill Street’s…
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Franklin businesses wary of proposed river district
Franklin Town Council seemed poised to approve a new zoning designation — the River Overlay District — until a packed…
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Best uses offered for Franklin’s Whitmire property
The results of a $14,000 study that assessed the best uses of the town-owned Whitmire property revealed to the Franklin…
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A Bridge to Frog Level: Cathey family to breathe new life into Walker Service
For generations, the people of Waynesville looked to the auto repair shop at the intersection of Branner Avenue and Depot…
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Glenville no wake zone request will go to Raleigh
An effort to get a no wake zone instituted on Lake Glenville will move forward following a split vote of…
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Sneed survives suspension attempt
An attempt to have Principal Chief Richard Sneed suspended during an investigation into the legality of settlement payouts he approved…
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Amanda Swimmer named Beloved Woman
A lifelong potter, storyteller and keeper of Cherokee traditions, 97-year-old Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer was given the Eastern Band of Cherokee…
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Tribe will hold alcohol vote
What began as an effort to get rid of alcohol permits granted in conjunction with a 2015 state law ended…
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Elliott named Jackson schools superintendent
The Jackson County Board of Education has chosen Kimberly Elliott, Ph.D., to serve as the new Superintendent of Schools.
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Ever since you left town: Louisville honky-tonk band rolls into Waynesville
For the better part of the last four years, Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters have zigzagged to and fro every…
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This must be the place: ‘And the morning came with bells on’
Hola. I’ve been saying that an awful lot while currently down here in Cancun, Mexico. Ten days of feet-in-the-sand with…
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Let’s get back to honoring all women
To the Editor: Have you told your mother? Your sister? Your aunt? Your niece? Simply put, have you explained to…
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National park backlog needs attention
To the Editor: I want to commend Holly Kays for her great story on “Breaking the Backlog." I hope that…
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Third party efforts futile in U.S.
To the Editor: I appreciated your article on third parties. The frustration of the people with the two major parties…
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GOP legislature has stolen my vote
To the Editor: My vote has been stolen. It has been stolen by the Legislature of the State of North…
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Life is too short for cheap beer, bad coffee
I’m not a snob. In fact, I’m more of a bleeding heart. But when it comes to beer and coffee,…
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School systems need help with class size mandate
By John deVille • Guest Columnist This is a letter I sent to Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin. Macon County Schools, Haywood…
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Elk habitat projects underway on Silver Game Lands
When The Conservation Fund began acquiring the land that would eventually become the William H. Silver Game Lands near Maggie…
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Linked to the landscape: Community envisions Plott Balsams’ future
The doors opened, and the room filled — with hikers, bikers, ecologists, conservation workers, economic development professionals and Cherokee tribal…
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Worth protecting: Conservation organizations partner to preserve Parkway lands
Born in the upstairs of the Post Office building his mom ran in Crabtree, Robert Williams, now 87, has always…
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Parkway hires new superintendent
The Blue Ridge Parkway has a new superintendent following the hire of J.D. Lee, currently deputy superintendent of Florida’s Big…
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Smokies sets visitation record in 2017
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park saw a record number of visitors for the second year in a row, logging…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Christmas vacation, part deux
The day after our water dance with manatees in Crystal River we headed across Florida to Merritt Island National Wildlife…
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Grandfather Mountain’s story makes for fascinating book
Dreamers and schemers. Andre Michaux and Daniel Boone. Yankees and Confederates. Hugh Morton. The mile-high swinging bridge. Tweetsie Railroad. Singing…
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This must be the place: WNC art councils: where do we stand?
It’s like pulling teeth. As your arts and entertainment editor for Western North Carolina, I find it difficult sometimes to…
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Meant to be lonesome: Maggie Valley Band launches new album, pushes ahead
The territory, and what comes with it. Being a traveling musician has always been a haphazard and often difficult position…
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Haywood school board admits to open meeting violation
Haywood County Schools’ administration recently admitted it may have violated North Carolina’s Open Meeting laws by not properly noticing a…
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Public forums held for WCU chancellor search
Members of the public will have several opportunities to share their opinions on the characteristics they would like to see…
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Zoning fight, criminal indictments loom for Nudge City
Local business owner Tami Nicholson was indicted Jan. 8 for illegally operating video gaming machines after police raided her Waynesville…
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Pool vote delayed in Jackson, again
For the second time in two months, a proposal to kick off the process toward a November referendum vote on…
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Clampitt town hall goes to pot
To the traditional topics of a legislative town hall meeting — economic development, fake news and even the morality of…
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Macon County grading license being reviewed
Residents are accusing the Macon County government of impeding their private property rights by proposing new requirements for landowners and…
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Jackson will combine health and social services departments
In a party-line vote that came after a lengthy and impassioned public hearing, the Jackson County Commissioners voted Jan. 29…
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Canton sets bold agenda
Officials in the town of Canton have been throwing around the term “Canton Comeback” for a few years now, noting…
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Electoral College in need of reform
To the Editor: In his guest column in the Jan. 17 edition, Martin Dyckman proposes to “eliminate the power of…
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Too much is based on skin color
To the Editor: Imagine yourselves involved in a delicate negotiation in which feelings run high on both sides. It would…
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We need better than Donald Trump
To the Editor: I am 69, a seven-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and a Vietnam veteran. There are…
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Thanks for sending Simons
Dear friends in beautiful Bryson City, As the mayor of Murphy I want to sincerely thank the Bryson City mayor,…
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Do Republicans in the House and Senate know their voter base?
Republicans in the House and Senate supported a tax bill that was opposed by the majority of Americans. They insisted…
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I can’t stomach the hypocrisy of Trump’s enablers
Imagine, just for a moment, that it is 2010 again. The economy, which was on the verge of a catastrophic…
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The feeling reminds me that journalism matters
That feeling in the pit of my stomach is familiar. I imagine it’s something like what people with ulcers feel…
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Breaking the backlog: Deferred maintenance in the billions for national parks
Drawing more than 300 million visitors each year, the National Park Service is both a reservoir of natural beauty and…
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Women’s History Trail lands grant
A $740 grant from the Jim McRae Endowment for the Visual Arts will fuel efforts to create a Women’s History…
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State parks see record visitation
North Carolina State Parks has logged its fourth consecutive year of record visitation, with 19.4 million visits to the state’s…
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Input sought on Waterrock Knob planning
Ideas for the future of the land surrounding Waterrock Knob and Plott Balsam are welcome during a public hearing slated…
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