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Military parade is just a bad idea
To the Editor: Have we lost our sanity? A military parade is an unconscionable waste of national resources, particularly galling…
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Time to rid Duke of its monopoly
To the Editor: When I think about the purpose of industry, it is that our children would have good lives.…
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Rep. Clampitt needs to listen to constituents
To the Editor: First, I want to thank Rep. Mike Clampitt, R-Bryson City, for holding this latest town hall meeting.…
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Meadows talks out of both sides of his mouth
To the Editor: Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, seems to be having a bout of selective amnesia instead of working for…
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A life in coaching: WCU’s Hunter earns career 700th win
By Todd Vinyard • Special to The Smoky Mountain News Western Carolina University head basketball coach Larry Hunter’s team had beaten…
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Ballot tampering alleged in Cherokee
An audit investigating Birdtown’s disputed 2017 Tribal Council race has concluded that ballot tampering is the likely culprit, with alleged…
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Haywood School Board corrects Open Meetings Law violation
A week’s worth of wintry weather in mid-January resulted in the cancellation of meetings by both the Haywood County School…
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Medicaid reform is coming
Major changes are coming to North Carolina’s Medicaid program, and the regional organizations that manage those dollars for behavioral health…
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Nonprofits to utilize Charity Tracker
Charitable giving for nonprofits and churches in Haywood County is about to become much more efficient thanks to the implementation…
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Mission looking for new location for MAMA
After rumblings and rumors around town, Mission Health confirmed it is actively looking for a new location for MAMA II,…
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WCU community voices priorities for chancellor search
An enthusiastic friend of students. A die-hard fan of all things Catamount. An efficient administrator, effective political advocate, willing traveler…
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Calendar flexibility eludes WNC schools
North Carolina is a huge state with tremendous climactic, economic and geographic diversity, but after a wicked bout of weird…
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Candidates sign up to run for office
With the sign-up period now underway, candidate are throwing their names in the hat to run for various local and…
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Haywood GOP officer sues over mocking memes
Sticks and stones may break some bones, but according to a lawsuit filed by one local politico, the memes can…
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Visioning Cashiers’ future: Planning process kicks off for mountain community
An effort to envision the future of Cashiers is now underway as work begins to create a small area plan…
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Video gaming parlor nudged out of Waynesville digs
A controversial video gaming parlor that opened on Dellwood City Road last summer will cease operations and remove all signage…
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Soul insight: A conversation with Marcus King
You find yourself frozen. Watching and listening to The Marcus King Band onstage, your feet are stuck to the floor,…
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This must be the place: ‘I ain’t getting rich now but I’m gettin’ more than by’
The solidarity was evident. Sitting onstage this past Monday at Nantahala Brewing in Bryson City, I conducted another episode of…
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New Yancys album strikes a chord
A southern gothic love triangle set in the age of Trump? Or maybe J.D. Vance’s bestseller Hillbilly Elegy as a…
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A diverse portfolio: Seed bank works to protect genes of WNC plants
It’s been just about 10 years since the day Joe-Ann McCoy, then living in Iowa and working as the national…
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Three tons of trash removed in litter pickup
A trash cleanup on upper Scotts Creek in Sylva Saturday, Jan. 27, yielded more than 3.5 tons of trash hauled…
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N.C. grants Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit
A North Carolina permit granted to the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline last week — given together with the establishment of…
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Conservation easement added at Sandy Mush
A new conservation easement in Boyd Cove will protect 88 acres adjacent to thousands of already-protected acres in the Newfound…
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Haywood Waterways recognizes water champions
Five “Water Champions” were recognized for their work to protect water quality in Haywood County during Haywood Waterways Association’s annual…
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One of the Smokies’ finest poets
Editor’s note: This Back Then column by George Ellison first appeared in the Feb. 15, 2012, edition of The Smoky Mountain…
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Grief and redemption in the wilds of Wyoming
I fled him down the nights and down the days; I fled him down the arches of the years; I…
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Meadows protects Trump instead of our democracy
To the Editor: Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, and some of his fellow Republican representatives may just have become a danger…
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Electoral College idea just won’t solve problem
To the Editor: That was a clever rebuttal (Jan. 24) from Samuel Edwards to my column on why North Carolina…
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Trump’s detractors are the hypocrites
To the Editor: I read the article by Smoky Mountain News columnist Chris Cox titled, “I can’t stomach the hypocrisy…
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Who is it that has blood on their hands?
To the Editor: There is an ad posted on Donald Trump’s campaign website and YouTube page. It states that if…
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Whatever you think honey, really
“I’m absolutely starving,” my wife says, digging through her purse for something as I walk into the kitchen, clearing my…
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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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