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Drone technology presents opportunities and challenges
Though it can make certain aspects of life easier, technology often has unintended consequences.
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Arrest made in Lake Junaluska home invasion
A man accused of breaking into an occupied home at Lake Junaluska a week ago was arrested Monday night after…
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The Panthers’ role in a cathode ray tube crisis
In the days leading up to the Super Bowl, avid Panthers’ fan David Francis came up with a novel approach…
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Cherokee shoots down U.S. motto display
Since launching the U.S. Motto Action Committee, Rick Lanier has gotten his pitch to government leaders pretty well dialed in.…
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Fired WCU worker will return to work
While most people are mourning the coming of another Monday, Rob Russell will be rejoicing as he returns to his…
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Contractor walks away from $15.9 million road contract
Construction on the 0.7-mile connector road through Southwestern Community College has come to a halt after the contractor working on…
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SCC, DOT and road contractor debate who should fix damage to campus building
A three-way finger-pointing contest over cracks in Southwestern Community College’s biggest building — and their relation to construction work on…
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Homeless shelter gets $15,000 from Jackson commissioners
A $15,000 contribution from Jackson County Commissioners will ensure that housing for the county’s homeless continues through the winter.
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If Central Elementary closes, a private school might want it
Haywood School leaders have avoided talking about what would become of the 1950s-era school building that houses Central Elementary if it closes, saying it would be premature until a final decision is made.
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Blue-ribbon committee seeks balance in push-and-pull over Koch-funded center at WCU
Fears that a controversial economics policy center coming to Western Carolina University will be a vehicle to advance conservative, laissez-faire…
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We believe war is never the answer
To the Editor: Any who frequent Main Street Waynesville on Wednesday afternoons will know that a group calling ourselves Neighbors…
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Lopez’s role in Koch gift, center is fair game
To the Editor: I would like the economics professors who wrote a letter in last week’s Smoky Mountain News (www.smokymountainnews.com/opinion/item/17086)…
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Happiness now, not in the ever after
There was a time in my life where I thought being wild would lead to a sense of freedom and…
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GOP policies to blame for Central closing
By Jimmy Rogers • Guest Columnist If Central Elementary in Waynesville is forced to close because of budget cuts and losing…
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Let’s ease off the throttle on Central closing
By John Sanderson • Guest Columnist I have hesitated to make a comment about this issue, because I know personally…
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Don’t fall for that 5-planet crap
It’s been awhile since The Naturalist’s Corner’s chief investigative journalist, Kuteeng Satire, has been called upon to help us clarify…
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Algal invader found in Jackson County
A nuisance algae capable of harming stream habitats has come to Jackson County, and water users will have to help…
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Happy ending for man stranded at Mount Pisgah
Deep snow in the mountains last week stranded a transmission tower repairman near the summit of Mount Pisgah Jan. 25,…
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Cullowhee students get creekside dose of science and math
A section of Cullowhee Creek in Jackson County will turn into a laboratory — with elementary school students as its…
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Never say never: Sylva cyclo-crosser takes top honors in national competition
As national champion Karen Tripp likes to say, cyclo-cross is a sport that you win by seconds. And that’s just…
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Florence King took no prisoners
During a recent discussion in the AP Literature class I teach, I mentioned that the actor Alan Rickman had died…
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An award-winning nap
‘Cat on a Ledge’ by acclaimed Waynesville painter Jenny Buckner was recently named an “Honorable Mention for Artistic Excellence 2015”…
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This must be the place
It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide. The one societal topic that makes everyone squirm, conjuring traumatic memories as…
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The ingredients of the good life
Ricardo Fernandez is a renowned chef, master gardener and also a former national diving champion, but there’s one thing he…
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Central supporters appeal for solution instead of closing
Many of the speakers at a public hearing on whether to close Central Elementary School in Waynesville urged Haywood County…
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Central on the chopping block: who’s to blame?
Central Elementary School has become a rallying cry for advocates of public education across the state.
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Deputies intervene during tense moment at shooting range hearing
A public hearing on an outdoor shooting range moratorium in Haywood County got off to a dicey start this week.
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Haywood mulls rules on outdoor shooting ranges
Outdoor shooting ranges could soon be under the microscope in Haywood County.
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Tourism board contemplates firing web manager
Every month, the Jackson County Tourism Development Authority shells out $2,650 to keep its website updated, get it to show…
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Tempers flare over idea of renaming Waynesville thoroughfare for MLK
Members of the African American community in Waynesville hope to rename a major street for Martin Luther King Jr., not…
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WCU faculty members discuss Koch funds
Western Carolina University Chancellor David Belcher had a heart-to-heart with university faculty last week about the controversy over a politically…
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Interim manager starts work in Waynesville
The new interim town manager of Waynesville has pledged to sustain the town’s momentum and not let it idle or…
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Steam engine project still on track
Great Smoky Mountain Railroad officials say they will make their deadline for getting a steam engine back up and running…
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Franklin town board plans for 2016 projects
With a few fresh faces, the Franklin Board of Aldermen met last Saturday morning to make plans and set priorities…
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SCC master plan calls for $34 million of construction in Jackson, Swain
What’s the best way to spend $55 million? As far as the leadership at Southwestern Community College is concerned, the…
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Conditions improving at Sequoyah golf course
The new management at Sequoyah National Golf Club in Cherokee had hoped to start turning a profit within a year…
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Gallery: ‘Save Our School’ crowd marches in support of Central Elementary
Waynesville’s youngest public demonstrators — along with their parents and teachers — took to the streets last week to show…
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From the heart: Parents, teachers and students plead to save Central Elementary from closing
Around 300 supporters of Central Elementary School in Waynesville packed into the school cafeteria Wednesday evening and made a heart-wrenching…
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Saturday school on tap for Haywood County kids
Haywood County Schools have pulled the trigger on Saturday school, announcing that this Saturday (Jan. 30) will be a snow make-up…
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Bachelor auction to raise funds for WOW
With less than two weeks to go, the Women of Waynesville (WOW) are eager with excitement to bring to Haywood…
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Colleagues dismayed at attacks on Lopez
To the Editor: We the undersigned, Western Carolina University’s economics faculty, wish to express support for our colleague Dr. Ed…
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Consider spending more on our schools
To the Editor: Regarding the school district’s budget shortfall, rather than the proposed drastic reductions in the public schools programs…
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Jonas swept in with a hammer-like hello
I was dreaming, I can’t say exactly what. It was that kind of dream you have that floats away like…
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N.C.’s laws should be changed to provide accountability
By Martin Dyckman • Guest Columnist People generally don’t care to hear how things are done better elsewhere, but there…
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Central’s situation raises relevant issues
The imminent closing of Central Elementary School in Waynesville is fueling heated debate on many fronts. A small school in many ways is like a sun around which the lives of children, families, teachers, cafeteria workers and a community orbit,…
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Beat you to the bottom: Race night offers competition and community at Cataloochee
As the sun goes down on the snow-covered mountain at Cataloochee Ski Area, anticipation spikes among the enlightened few who…
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Rewards offered for poaching tips
A new program rewarding people who turn in poachers aims to crack down on illegal wildlife harvest. “Despite our constant…
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Gallery: A winter wonderland
When I transplanted myself from Wyoming to North Carolina, I assumed that part of the deal would be relinquishing access…
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Falcons, wolves and bears, oh my!
An exhibition highlighting the return of North America’s wolves and peregrine falcons from the brink of extinction will be on…
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Reflections on walking the Camino Primitivo
An avid local hiker will share the story of her pilgrimage along the 208-mile Camino Primitivo in Spain at 7…
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