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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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GOP comes to Cherokee for state convention
The North Carolina GOP generally holds its annual conventions in places like Raleigh or Greensboro. This year, state Republicans will…
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Evergreen paper mill, union in negotiations
Union employees at Evergreen Packaging’s Canton and Waynesville factories are currently engaged in contract negotiations.
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Jackson County looks to neighbors in search for nonprofit funding policy
From animal shelters to free clinics to food banks, nonprofit organizations of all stripes make a yearly knock on county…
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Flat budget recommended for Macon schools
As this year’s budget talks kicked off, Macon County Schools presented its petition for a $500,000 funding increase to pay…
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Schools grapple with three doors and a tough choice
Haywood County Schools may have a tough choice to make in coming weeks: add additional teachers or give existing teachers…
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Haywood commissioners, schools stick to funding formula
Haywood County Schools will see a slight budget increase from county commissioners next year, although it will fall far short…
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Grant recipients announced in Haywood
The first grants from the Mib and Phil Medford Endowment Fund, established by their family last July, have been announced…
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WCU campus leaders explore WNC from Murphy to Asheville
Thirty campus leaders from Western Carolina University crisscrossed the mountains of Western North Carolina for a weeklong tour May 12-16…
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Maggie Valley amusement park shoots for June opening
Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, and Ghost Town in the Sky still appears much as the name implies.…
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A trip back in time: New heritage museum tells the story of Swain’s people, by Swain’s people
The Smoky Mountain News recently got a sneak peek of the new Swain County Heritage Museum and Visitor’s Center. Leading…
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New visitor center to serve as tourist magnet for Swain
The new Swain County Heritage Museum slated to open in downtown Bryson City this weekend not only honors Swain County’s…
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The black sheep of the blackbird family
2014 seems to be a banner year for cowbirds. I saw them in large numbers in southeastern Arizona two weeks…
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Wilderness celebration planned in Asheville
The Wilderness Act’s 50th birthday will get some recognition at “An Evening of Wilderness Champions — Celebrating 50 Years of…
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Summer nature programs kickoff in Highlands
Regular weekday programs will begin at Highlands Nature Center next week. The programs include guided plant walks, children’s activities, storybook-based…
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New bike shop set to open in Bryson City
Bryson City is about to get a second bike shop with the grand opening of Tsali Cycles on May 23.…
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Red wolves spared fatal case of mistaken identity, for now
A federal court issued a preliminary injunction against coyote hunting — which includes spotlight hunting — in the five eastern…
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Smokies gets new acting superintendent
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will get a new acting superintendent June 1, replacing the currect acting superintendent who…
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Turn it off: WCU comes out on top in national energy reduction competition
When the Campus Conservation Nationals Competition wrapped up this spring, Western Carolina University came out near the top of a…
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Social media gone awry in this compelling novel
In recent years, I have developed a growing discomfort with the Internet. Services like Facebook, Amazon, Linked-in have become increasingly…
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Don’t leave dogs in hot cars
To the Editor: It’s that time of year again when the cool mountain air can rise rapidly by noon. I…
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GOP has done much to help state
To the Editor: Asheville is a town full of smart, aggressive people and a town with a lot more winners…
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Haywood’s economic path was set early last century
The rapid pace of change these days often leaves many of us feeling helpless in its wake. Things change, then…
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Two unfortunate consequences: a one-two punch for hospitals and the working poor donut hole
Hospitals in North Carolina face a catch-22 of the worst kind: the $600 million kind, the kind they have no…
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