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Let’s go surfin’ now …
In a surfing genre memoir complete with a SurferMagazine, globe-trotting storyline, all set to a 1960s rock & roll soundtrack,…
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Haywood Art Studio Tour to showcase local artists
The Haywood Art Studio Tour will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 23-24.
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Spookmoot at Folkmoot
A celebration of all things Halloween will be held Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in…
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WCU Homecoming
“Purple on the Prowl!” will be the theme as the Western Carolina University community comes together to celebrate Homecoming 2015…
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Ready for ‘Designer Bag Bingo’?
Michael Kors, Coach, Dooney & Bourke, Nine West, Anne Klein, The Sak and Fossil will be featured during “Designer Bag…
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‘Family Fun Night’ to feature Darren Nicholson Band
Bluegrass/Americana act The Darren Nicholson Band will perform during the “Family Fun Night” fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 30, at the…
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Gibson Brothers at Cataloochee Ranch
Acclaimed bluegrass act The Gibson Brothers will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Cataloochee Guest Ranch in Maggie…
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Carolina Chills
As the leaves change and the air becomes crisp, the mountains of Western North Carolina transform into a landscape of…
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This must be the place
It’s my favorite time of the year. There is nothing like fall. To me, this season isn’t about pumpkin lattes, pumpkin…
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A Unique Touch: Pincu Pottery combines nature, art
About halfway between Bryson City and the Nantahala Outdoor Center, a small, unassuming building sits alongside the road. The structure…
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Rep. Mark Meadows not a worthy congressman
To the Editor: Politics is often described as the art of the possible. The recent resignation of Rep. John Boehner,…
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Signed letters better than mystery ads
To the Editor: Letters to the editor in a newspaper illustrate the highest tradition of a free press. Letters represent…
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Letter writer was wrong about Republicans
To the Editor: A recent letter writer has gone over the top with the surreal allegation that the Republican Party…
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War on men evidently is going strong
To the Editor: Seventeen pages of your Oct. 7 issue (including the cover) were dedicated to “Women in Business,” more…
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Corporate charm rebuttal misses mark
To the Editor: The BB&T Distinguished Professor of Capitalism at WCU has responded to my letter regarding BB&T bank’s practice…
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Support Gavin Brown for Waynesville mayor
To the Editor: I am writing to express my support for the re-election of Gavin Brown as mayor for Waynesville.…
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Raymond Fairchild recognition long overdue
To the Editor: Congratulations to legendary banjo player Raymond Fairchild for his induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, and…
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Pisgah-Tuscola rivalry is as good as it gets
When my daughter, who is a freshman this year at Tuscola High School, made the Color Guard this summer, the…
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Waynesville needs Mayor Gavin Brown back in office
I sincerely hope Waynesville citizens support Mayor Gavin Brown for reelection. Municipal elections carry more import than most people realize.…
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Franklin gets new wave of candidates
Franklin could potentially see a significant changing of the guard during this year’s election with three open seats on the…
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WCU and hospitals partner for better health care
Leaders of Western Carolina University, Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital announced the expansion and formalization of a partnership…
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Shining Rock finds long-term location
The entire staff was called into the Shining Rock Classical Academy’s board meeting Monday afternoon to hear the news —…
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Who’s most suited to move Maggie forward?
For a town that may only have 300 voters show up to the polls, the mayoral race in Maggie Valley…
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Candidates answer call for change in Bryson
The five newcomers running for the Bryson City Board of Aldermen and mayor have made it clear they want to…
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Franklin mayor runs unopposed
Running unopposed for his second term, Franklin Mayor Bob Scott hopes to continue on his path toward a more open…
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Potential mayors discuss Sylva’s future
Regardless of who emerges victorious from Sylva’s mayoral election, the town will have an experienced face at the center of…
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Looking toward Sylva’s future: Five race for three board seats
With two of the three Sylva board members up for re-election jumping into the mayoral race, Sylva is guaranteed to…
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Shortfall of candidates in Forest Hills and Webster
Town elections aren’t always competitive affairs. For some municipalities, it’s a challenge just to get enough people to run to…
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Canton board split on candidate support
The Canton Board of Aldermen has made major headway in the last two years by putting policies in place that…
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Financial record of Waynesville mayor candidate shows history of liens and tax debt
Jonnie Cure, a challenger in the Waynesville mayor’s race, has a history of liens, unpaid property taxes, foreclosures, small claims…
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Passionate public hearing on recycling sorting plant in Haywood draws masses
More than 160 people packed a heated public hearing over a proposed recycling sorting facility in Haywood County Monday night,…
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Waynesville candidates weigh in on array of budget questions
What to spend money on and what to pass up? The Waynesville town board faces this question month in and month…
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Municipal Elections 2015
Small towns all over the region are in the midst of municipal elections and a majority of them are contested…
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Peak peeking
The deluge we slogged through a couple of weeks ago certainly didn’t help this fall’s color palette. But not to…
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Pumpkin pursuit returning to NOC
A celebration of all things fall will be held noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Nantahala Outdoor Center.
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NC ranks high in clean energy job growth
North Carolina came in fifth nationwide in a recent ranking of states that added jobs in clean energy and clean…
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DENR blog keeps tabs on environmental news
The N.C. Department of Environment Quality, formally known as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, now has a blog…
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North Carolina all caught up on rainfall
After receiving more than three months’ worth of rainfall in the course of one week, North Carolina is not experiencing…
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Boxwood disease found in Jackson and Macon
A serious boxwood disease known as boxwood blight, Calonectria pseudonaviculata, has been confirmed on the Highlands Plateau in Macon and…
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State solar tax credit to disappear
The North Carolina Legislature did not renew the state’s solar tax credit, which will now expire on Dec. 31.
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New mile-markers at Lake J
Thanks to an Eagle Scout project from 14-year-old Talbryn Porter, the Lake Junaluska walking path is now sporting new mile…
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Apple-picking for a good cause
Kids who want to lend a hand toward feeding the hungry can help harvest the season’s left-over apples from a…
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See the Chimney at night
A nocturnal, kid-friendly Halloween event will give visitors a rare glimpse of Chimney Rock State Park at night, 7:30 to…
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Healing in the waters: Disabled vets find comfort, camaraderie in fly fishing
Out of Ed Norris’ 68 years of life, Vietnam accounts for just one. Those months he spent deployed with the…
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Waynesville library slipping in quality
To the Editor: When I moved to Waynesville in 1987 the library was the pride of the mountains. It was…
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The ugly truth about tribal politics
To the Editor: As the tribal elections drew closer and closer, it became fairly obvious early on that Patrick Lambert…
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Free enterprise gives people the freedom to flourish
In his Oct. 7 letter to the editor, Franklin political activist Dan Kowal cautioned readers not to “buy the corporate…
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In search of the uplifting and the ephemeral
“At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point,…
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Moving a small town forward: Clyde board candidates debate the issues
Clyde may be a tiny little two-stoplight town, but at a recent candidate forum, the panel of contenders for seats…
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Cherokee officer dies from work-related injury
Anthony “Tony” Lossiah, a Cherokee Indian Police Department patrol officer, died at Mission Hospital in Asheville on Tuesday, Oct. 6,…
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