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It’s just a Bojangle’s, but that’s a step up for Waynesville’s South Main
The commercial revitalization of South Main Street in Waynesville has taken another step forward this month with the bulldozing of…
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Maternity care landscape evolves: Additional OB practices increases choices, competition
A shake-up in the medical world of maternity care and childbirth means more choices for pregnant women in Jackson, Swain…
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Swain sheriff alarmed over false alarms
The Swain County Sheriff’s Office responds to its share of security alarms. Between January and the middle of November, the…
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Search still on for missing teen
The search for Alec Lansing, the missing 17-year-old in Jackson County, has yet to produce any viable leads. He has…
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Atlanta teen missing from wilderness therapy program
It’s been more than a week since Atlanta resident Alec Lansing, 17, walked off from the group he was camping…
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Hello darkness, my old friend
The full Hunter’s Moon is waning and the night sky will be revealing more of her secrets till we spin…
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Mountain photo contest open
The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition is looking for the best images of the people, places and pursuits that characterize the…
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Protecting plants with a forest plan
With a new forest management plan now in the works for the Pisgah and Nantahala national forest, Brent Martin, regional…
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New edition of Kephart book released
A new version of Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart is out, and it includes eight Kephart articles not included…
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Return of the meteors
Astronomers at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute are reminding the public of the annual Leonid Meteor Shower in November.
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Motion Makers bike shop reopens
Motion Makers Bicycle Shop has reopened in its new location at 36 Allen St. after an August fire in downtown…
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Bumper crop feeds animals, insects and future fall color
As fall colors fade from the landscape, the bright yellows and oranges become a vivid memory marking the peak of…
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WNC towns earn top outdoors honors
Bryson City earned the top honor in Blue Ridge Outdoors’ list of top outdoor towns of 2014, which appeared in…
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Pedaling the Parkway: WCU dean completes ninth fundraising ride to Mount Mitchell
Brian Railsback learned a valuable lesson when he missed a September meeting of the Western Carolina University Honors College Student…
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Book explores clash between religion and science
In Lauren Grodstein’s novel The Explanation For Everything (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013, 336 pages, $24.95), we meet Andrew…
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SMN editor lacks journalist ethics
To the Editor: Journalists like Scott McLeod, SMN Editor, usually follow a code of ethics that includes fairness and impartiality…
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Do something together for Nikwasi Mound
To the Editor: I have read the opinions going back and forth regarding the Nikwasi Mound in Franklin and am…
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Doing just as he accuses others
To the Editor: Regarding Bob Wilson’s latest letter on negative campaign rhetoric, Wilson exemplified the hate-filled distorted rhetoric that he…
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Franklin and Cherokee should work together on Nikwasi
By Bob Scott • Guest Columnist In a letter to the editor published in the Nov. 5 edition of The…
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Classrooom contemplations: Showing up is always half the game
Absenteeism in American public schools has reached epidemic proportions. Six million students, one in eight, miss 30 days of school…
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Trade you an itchy shirt for a little shiver
We called it “in-between weather,” too warm for a coat, too chilly for short sleeves. Back then, just about every…
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The bicycle puzzle: Exploring opportunities of cycling tourism
For the past few years, the Blue Ridge Breakaway has lured cyclists to Haywood for a ride through the mountains.…
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Forests for the future: First glimmers of forest plan draw polarized reactions
When Brent Martin emerged from the Forest Management Plan meeting in Franklin, the first glimpse into the direction that management…
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Contemplating the evolution of Fry Street
It’s not much of a street now. And soon, Fry Street might not be a street at all. “What we’re…
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Maggie’s big plan
Maggie Valley is on its way to building a downtown. “This is something I’m very excited to present to the…
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Ridgetop revisions in play for Jackson tower ordinance
Cell phone towers in Jackson County cannot currently be built on ridgetops. That looks likely to change as revisions to…
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Sorting out Haywood’s take on hospital sale will take time
It’s been three months since publicly owned Haywood Regional Medical Center became a private hospital owned by Duke LifePoint Healthcare,…
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New 911 center to up the game for Haywood emergency response
A $3 million project to build a central 911 dispatching center inside the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office aims to reduce…
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New tax collector had to have wages garnished
In a narrow upset in the Haywood County Tax Collector race last week, voters elected a man with a history…
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Upset election for tax collector prompts job reshuffling
A new tax collector has been elected in Haywood County, but when he takes office next month his duties will…
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Democrats, GOP see new era in Haywood
Karin Wollin had just taken a break from a sullen morning of sorting through stacks of campaign signs at the…
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Hymnbook breathes life into Cherokee lyrics
It’s Sunday afternoon, and a quartet of musicians — one guitarist, three vocalists — stands at the front of a…
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HCC showcasing fiber exhibition
A national fiber exhibition, EXCITE, will be on display through Dec. 6 at Haywood Community College in Clyde. The exhibition…
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Mountain Heritage Center curator wins lifetime achievement award
Pam Meister, interim director and curator of Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center, was honored Oct. 22 with the James…
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McCreery returns to Harrah’s
Country sensation Scott McCreery hits the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center. Since coming into…
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Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet to play WCU
The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Coulter Building…
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Clark to present at the Rickman Store
A special presentation of Appalachian stories of the “unusual” with Gregg Clark will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov.…
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Voices in the Laurel choir presents a Madrigal dinner
A madrigal dinner evoking the elaborate and festive flare of the Renaissance will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday,…
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This must be the place
Why do you do it? Sitting in a tiny coffee shop in downtown Knoxville last week, I was posed this…
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Working to preserve ‘Cherokee Traditions’
By Anna Fariello • Guest Editorial In writing the text for an exhibition on Cherokee culture a few years ago, I…
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I-40 Canton-exit closure Nov. 10
Tonight (Nov. 10) at 7 p.m., the N.C. Department of Transportation will close the westbound on-ramp to Interstate 40 at…
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Greenery is a Southern Appalachian specialty
This region has been furnishing the eastern United States with quantities of various evergreen materials (trees, running ground cedar, mistletoe,…
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Spelunk with Jackson Parks and Rec
An expedition to Worley’s Cave in Bluff City, Temm., on Nov. 22 will give people of all experience levels a…
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Massive public input on fracking delays report on comments
Public input gathered at a series of statewide hearings on fracking rules was supposed to be presented in a report…
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Five-year plan guides future for the AT
A new five-year strategic plan from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy will guide management of the Appalachian Trail over the coming…
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Nantahala mountain bike club to celebrate active year
Nantahala Area SORBA, the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, will hold an end-of-year celebration 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at Innovation…
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Lichen, ozone and trees, oh my!
Waynesville Middle School seventh graders got to explore the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Purchase Knob Education Center last week.
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Fall burns planned for forest, national park
Prescribed burns are planned in the Nantahala Ranger District of Nantahala National Forest and areas of Great Smoky Mountains National…
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First tracks come early at Cataloochee
Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley had its third earliest opening day in history when a winter storm and chilly…
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Home tweet home: Audubon project seeks to bolster birds, engage people
When the North Carolina Audubon Society announced its campaign to install 10,000 small-holed bird boxes to bolster the population of…
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