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Mine safety training saves a life
Wresting huge chunks of granite from a hillside is inherently dangerous work, but the safety training provided at one Waynesville…
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Franklin to offer outdoor family movies
Families will be able to enjoy free outdoor movies in Franklin in the next couple of months thanks to a…
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Haywood Tax Assessor to retire
After 19 years with county government, former Haywood County Tax Collector and current Haywood County Tax Assessor/Solid Waste Administrator David…
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Haywood tax collections up
Haywood County Tax Collector Mike Matthews told the Haywood County Board of County Commissioners Aug. 7 that preliminary tax collection…
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Best use for Franklin property still being debated
The town of Franklin has been sitting on a valuable piece of land for more than 12 years and still…
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Back to the water: Friends, family remember Bryson City Olympian
Adam Clawson of Bryson City spent some of his best days on the water. At 8 years old, he tied…
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Tribal Council approves special election
Cherokee came one step closer last week to having a special election to fill the vacant vice chief’s seat, but…
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Antique toy museum moves into Cowee School
Jim Geary has been collecting toys since he was a boy in 1950. The fascination and hobby that has stuck…
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Cherokee approves needle exchange program
A needle exchange program will likely be underway in Cherokee by the end of the year following Tribal Council’s unanimous…
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Haywood Republicans boot Miller
High political drama — the likes of which is not often seen in rural counties — came to a head…
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Veterans’ seminars have ‘beneficial impact’
Asheville Republican Congressman Mark Meadows hosted his fourth annual Veterans’ Solutions Seminar in Waynesville last week, and judging by the…
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Meadows gets an earful at town hall
A boisterous crowd in a packed auditorium on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College engaged in a lively two-hour…
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Roundabout: YES swings through WNC
Spanning over six decades, British prog-rock act YES were recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Although…
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Reckless hikers should pay for rescue
To the Editor: I read about the rescue at Yellowstone Falls in the July 26 edition of The Smoky Mountain…
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Immigration laws need enforcing
To the Editor: This is in response to Mr. Paul Strop’s letter from the June 7 issue. There is a…
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Franklin 4th of July a huge success
To the Editor: On behalf of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank those who helped to…
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High-speed enforcement too dangerous
To the Editor: The recent accident involving a state trooper and the elderly couple near Balsam was a tragedy for…
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Mission’s plea falls on deaf ears
To the Editor: Dear Mission Health, I saw your full page ad in the July 19 issue of The Smoky…
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Supermarket flowers
My mom loved fresh flowers. It was a fun routine for my dad, sister and I to pick up a…
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Plotting Cullowhee Dam’s future: Organizations weigh environmental and financial costs of repair and removal
Nearly a century old, the aging Cullowhee Dam is at a crossroads — with risk of failure increasing, Western Carolina…
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Become part of the garden tour
While Western North Carolina is still in the thick of summer 2017, the Haywood County Master Gardeners are already looking…
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Smokies volunteers honored
The team of skilled volunteers that organized the mission to connect with the next generation of park users during the…
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Gleaners needed
The harvest is rolling in, and Haywood Gleaners is looking for volunteers to help get the leftovers from the field…
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NPS re-establishes partnership with Oconaluftee Job Corps Center
For the first time in 10 years, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is operating a career development center aimed…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Rock Hill on the river
My family and I were in the Rock Hill, S.C.-Charlotte area a few weeks back to visit my sister and…
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Searching for the 60s
If you are one of those people who thinks that the 1960s hippie culture was only about sex, drugs and…
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Free clinic coming to Bryson City, Murphy
Free medical, dental, eye and veterinarian services will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis Aug. 2-10 in Bryson City…
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Elected officials in Swain proud to pray
Praying in public has never been something politicians in Swain County have shied away from and it’s unlikely the recent…
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Public prayer not part of Jackson and Sylva commission meetings
Within recent memory, public prayer hasn’t been part of official meetings of the Jackson County or Sylva boards of commissioners.
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Macon governments avoid praying at meetings
With all the controversy and uncertainty about the right and wrong way to do it, the town and county governments…
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In whose name? Haywood commissioners asking for trouble in prayer case
Just days after an important ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on legislator-led prayer, Haywood County and its…
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The letter and the spirit: Local governments wrestle with prayer
Public prayer in government has long been a contentious issue, but a recent court ruling has North Carolina municipalities scrambling…
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Formed by the mountains: Cherokee elder reflects on 93 years of service to tribe and country
The Cherokee of Jerry Wolfe’s early memory is a different place than the Qualla Boundary of today. Wolfe, 93, remembers…
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Election signups end in Jackson
Jackson County will have enough candidates running to fill the seats available following an extended sign-up period for the Webster…
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McCoy to run for vice chief
Councilmember Teresa McCoy, of Big Cove, has announced her intention to run for vice chief in the special election that…
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Special election coming to Cherokee
After months in limbo, the fate of Cherokee’s vacant vice chief seat has been decided — following a narrow vote…
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What’s in the cards? Diversify or die
Like bubbles bobbing atop bathwater, the sectors of Haywood County’s economy are separate but often attached to each other in…
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Health care upheaval leaves WNC residents with questions
As Republicans in Congress attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and Mission Health threatens to cancel its contract with…
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Mission offers its own health care plan
If Mission Health doesn’t strike a deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina by October, the health system…
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Republican disloyalty proceedings to begin
The continuing saga of the Haywood County Republican Party’s attempts to deal with a troublesome member of an antagonistic faction…
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Congressman Meadows to hold local meetings
Residents in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District will soon have a few opportunities to reach out to their congressman and…
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Finding a balance: Tipping Point Brewing closes, new location set for Brevard
It’s 12:15 p.m. Sunday. On a normal weekend, Tipping Point Brewing in downtown Waynesville would have been open for 45…
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This must be the place: ‘We will get by, we will survive’
Happy birthday, Captain Trips. On this day (Aug. 1) some 75 years ago, Jerome Garcia was born in San Francisco.…
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WCU chancellor’s cancer relapses
A year after a surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor was deemed successful, Western Carolina University Chancellor David Belcher…
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Woman hit with drug charges
Haywood County Deputies with the assistance of the Maggie Valley Police Department K9 arrested Brandy Marie Grogan, 35, Thursday evening…
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Haywood drug traffickers plead guilty
Anthony Scott Price, 29, of Waynesville, was stopped by Waynesville Police Officer Tyler Howell at 2:30 a.m. after driving erratically…
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Gallery: Parade of Nations
Each year, one of the highlights of the 10-day Folkmoot Festival is the Parade of Nations. This year, 10 groups…
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When India comes to town
By Jerica Rossi • Folkmoot Guide When asked which country I wanted to be a guide for during the 2017 Folkmoot…
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Cherokee man receives N.C.’s highest honor
A life of service to country, culture and global community has earned Jerry Wolfe the state of North Carolina’s highest…
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‘We want the peace’: Israeli group director preaches harmony through dance
Home to some of the most important and sacred Judeo-Christian sites in the world, what should be a place of…
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