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Dark story explores love, retribution
I have always been drawn to authors who can seize your attention in the first paragraph and like a pit…
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‘Group’ is hurting Haywood GOP
To the Editor: My name is Mitchell E. Powell and I was elected vice chairman to the Haywood GOP on…
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Meat industry pollutes too much
To the Editor: I am delighted that EPA has finally moved to abate the disastrous impacts of climate change by…
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GOP has done real harm to state
To the Editor: Look past the claims and misleading “facts” that the Republicans are putting out to see the reality.…
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While you were looking the other way
To the Editor: With the business of making a living that each of us has to address in any given…
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Why not moment of silence, not prayer?
To the Editor: We live in a country where we are free to pray wherever, whenever and within whatever religion…
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Obstacles to voting and fair elections are intolerable
By Martin Dyckman • Guest Columnist Occasions such as Memorial Day and the D-Day anniversary remind us of the fallen…
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GOP to get relaxing respite from Raleigh rallies
When North Carolina Republicans arrive at Harrah’s in Cherokee the first week of June for their annual convention, they will…
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Rep. Presnell sponsors de-annexation bill
It’s only eight lines long, but a de-annexation bill Rep. Michele Presnell, R-Burnsville, has filed with the General Assembly’s Government…
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Macon County tightens retirement benefits
In its quest to cut the fat ahead of the looming county revaluation, Macon County is turning to its retirement…
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Jackson tourism board weighing executive director option
The Jackson County Tourism Development Authority is still in the early stages of determining whether to hire an executive director.…
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Drexel site master plan in the works
The former Drexel manufacturing plant site in Whittier is a step closer to its future. Jackson County was recently awarded…
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Strength in numbers: WNC environmental groups plan merger
Economy of scale tends to lean toward effectiveness of action, and that’s a fact that three environmental advocacy organizations in…
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Riding to remember: Cherokee cyclists retrace tribe’s forced removal
On a muddy Friday afternoon they gathered at Kituwah Mound, the Mother Town. Preparing for the journey. Offering up…
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Haywood jail inmates rack up big medical bills
A rash of medical complications hit inmates in the Haywood County jail over the past year, socking the county with…
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Craigslist alligator finds a home
A young alligator is on its way to a new life after the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission discovered it being…
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Picking up the pieces proves costly, time-consuming for local governments
In a region still reeling from damaged land and dented lives in the wake of the real estate boom and bust, signs of salvation are few and far between. But here’s one for the history books. Twice in the…
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Drilling, fracking bill speeds through legislature
Natural gas drilling is one step closer to becoming reality after the North Carolina General Assembly delivered a newly ratified…
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Civil War reenactment at The Shelton House
A Civil War reenactment will be June 13-14 at The Shelton House in Waynesville. Enjoy lectures, Civil War reenactments, displays…
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Appalachian Lifestyle Celebration is June 14
The 4th annual Appalachian Lifestyle Celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 14, in downtown…
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Jim Gaffigan to play Harrah’s
Acclaimed comedian Jim Gaffigan will perform at 7:30 p.m. June 14 at Harrah’s Cherokee. Gaffigan has proven to be a…
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WCU accepting nominations for Mountain Heritage Awards
Western Carolina University is accepting nominations for the 2014 Mountain Heritage Awards, honors bestowed annually on one individual and one…
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WCU, Mountain Heritage Day anniversary exhibit
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will open two new exhibits highlighting the 125th anniversary of the university’s founding and…
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Cullowhee Mountain ARTS summer series kicks off
The Cullowhee Mountain ARTS summer series will commence June 15-20 at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. The five-week series includes art…
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38 Special to play Franklin
Classic rockers 38 Special will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 13, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing…
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This must be the place
“Let’s go back to the 1930s,” said Judy Coker. Standing underneath a large manmade birch tent in the backwoods of…
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Preserving tradition and culture through sport
With each throw, Scott Medlin is connecting to his ancestors. “The Scottish Highland Games need to be preserved because most…
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Doin’ Puc Puggy proud
The Tennessee Valley Authority, in 1984, found itself with an extra $14,000 lying around. The money was available for outreach…
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Ray’s Weather seeks Parkway photos for calendar
Photographers are invited to submit their best Parkway photos to be featured in a 2015 Blue Ridge Parkway calendar, a…
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Trail app for Nantahala areas
A new web app gives hikers, bikers, equestrians and other forest users the ability to search trail stats for the…
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Party with moths in Highlands
A moth party at 9 p.m. June 5 at the Highlands Biological Station will capitalize on the dark sky to…
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White-nose syndrome decimating WNC bats
White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has killed millions of bats in the eastern United States, is advancing in North…
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Senate votes to lift fracking moratorium
The North Carolina Senate voted to lift the state’s fracking moratorium last week in a party-line vote. Democrats voted unanimously…
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Bass tourney gives anglers an outlet
Anglers are getting the tackle ready for the 2014 Fontana Marina Classic Bass Tournament June 7 and 8. With 238 miles…
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In a lurch about larch: Mystery tree leaves retired professor probing for answers
To the untrained eye, the tree looks like just another evergreen, just another species thrown into the mix of natural…
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Passing on the song of Appalachia: JAM teaches music, tradition and a sense of place
At the front of the room, banjos and fiddles plow through an Appalachian repertoire. Fingers dance across strings, conjuring the…
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A frank look at monogamy through the ages
In our tell-all age of talk shows and reality television, of Facebook and Twitter, the idea that restraint and repression…
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Sedaka musical comedy comes to HART
The musical comedy “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” will be extended with showings at 7:30 p.m. May 30, 31,…
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Haywood Studio Tour issues call for artists
The New Haywood Art Studio Tour — scheduled for Oct. 25-26 — is open to all artists who either reside…
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Student/artist sculpture installed
Smokey Mountain Elementary School sixth- and seventh-grade art students were part of a recent Artists-in-Education project that resulted in a…
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Loretta Lynn to play Franklin
Country icon Loretta Lynn will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing…
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This must be the place
It’s 8:36 a.m. on a Thursday and I’m in Detroit. Thee Irish Pub at the metro airport to be exact.…
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Medicaid expansion was a no-brainer
To the Editor: Thank you for your recent very informative article about the status of Medicaid expansion In North Carolina.…
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We just didn’t see it coming
To the Editor: “A date which will live in infamy.” I was just 6 years old and vividly recall the…
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Wishful thinking about needed changes
To the Editor: It’s probably always been that way. People tend to forget lessons of the past and focus only…
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Suddenly dad is interesting — as artifacts go
The kids and I are in this strange new bonding phase of our relationship. For years, they displayed not the…
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Cracking the room-tax nut
Critics of tourism-related economic development in Haywood County have joined forces with a conservative think tank from Raleigh to question…
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NCCAT searches for salvation in Raleigh
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching is sweating out the legislative short session. Gov. Pat McCrory didn’t…
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Ministries gear up to convert state prison
Plans are moving forward to convert the old state prison in Hazelwood to a resource center for the hurting, homeless…
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‘God is not fair’: Former Waynesville pastor talks themes of mercy and fairness in pages of new book
For George Thompson, the struggle to understand how a supposedly good God could be so unfair began with his birth.…
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