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The hunt for hellbenders
As a passel of high school interns tugged and squirmed their way into wetsuits along the edge of the Oconaluftee…
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Local racers score high in Tsali Triathlon
More than 300 competitors converged on Tsali Recreation Area earlier this month for the 14th annual Tsali Challenge Triathlon, a…
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What threatens the salamander
Illegal poaching of hellbenders, a gigantic prehistoric-looking salamander, has become so problematic scientists like Dr. Michael Freake are omitting data…
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Bare necessities: HART pushes the envelope with staging of ‘The Full Monty’
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer It’s late at night and Georgie is standing at the door waiting for Dave…
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Fine playing on a Kinky collaboration
By Chris Cooper I have to admit — I really don’t know much about Kinky Friedman. I mean, most of…
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HART: Thinking outside of the (ticket) box
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In most rural small-town communities, local theater isn’t known for being particularly racy, daring,…
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Pickin’ and Tellin’ — Appalachian style ‘Smoky Mountain Gypsy’ Jerry Harmon plays Eaglenest Sept. 30
By Michael Beadle Appalachian storyteller and musician Jerry Harmon will perform at Eaglenest in Maggie Valley for one special performance…
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Recommended diversions
Los Lobos: The Town and the City Remembered by most as “that band that revived ‘La Bamba’,” this criminally under-appreciated…
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Truer and grittier
If you remember Charles Portis’ wonderful 1968 novel, True Grit (and the subsequent Kim Darby/John Wayne film), you are likely…
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One board seat up for grabs in Jackson
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Jackson County commission candidate Mark Jones, a Democrat, will face Republican Geoff Higginbotham this…
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Bonfoey discusses shelter safety issues
Following the brutal shooting death of a Jackson County woman staying at a local shelter for battered women, District Attorney…
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When a book becomes an industry
By Michael Beadle “Where is Cold Mountain?” Nearly a decade after Charles Frazier’s debut novel became an international success, folks…
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The eighties uncovered
By Chris Cooper It’s all too easy to dismiss the ‘80s as an era of day-glow clothes, poofy hair and…
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New moon rising: Frazier’s long-awaited second novel is in bookstores now
By Michael Beadle It’s a gorgeous autumn afternoon in Asheville just a few days before author Charles Frazier begins an…
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Haywood Open Studios Tour features more than 30 artists
By Michael Beadle The world where artists create can often be a private place off limits to the general public.
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Recommended diversions
If you do a lot of surfing on the Internet, you probably know that astonishing changes are taking place there.…
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The way things could have been
Back some 30 years ago when I still had some tenuous claim to academic respectability (I taught literature), my teaching…
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About the candidates
Bob Cathey Cathey worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 34 years in timber inventory and currently serves on the…
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Beale resigns from planning board
Citing his candidacy for county commissioner, Macon County planning board chairman Ronnie Beale announced his resignation last Wednesday (Sept. 27)…
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Stance of Bethel sewer separates Cathey, Holbrook
A long-standing controversy over extending water and sewer lines to the semi-rural community of Bethel could be a defining issue…
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Commissioners weigh in on Bethel sewer debate
A survey conducted by the Bethel Community Club asked candidates for the Haywood County Board of Commissioners to weigh in…
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The energy debate: Taylor pushes increased drilling, while Shuler looks to alternative fuels
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Prices at the gas pump began falling last month with the announcement that a…
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Jackson Green Energy Park opens
The Jackson County Green Energy Park will celebrate the opening of Phase 1 of the park with an open house…
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How do you feel about America’s current energy policy? Do you think drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a good idea?
Taylor: Each time we visit the gasoline pump, it is clear that the U.S. has become overly dependent on foreign…
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Haywood proposal would regulate slope construction
Slope proposal • Cut-and-fill slopes taller than 40 feet are not allowed.
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Planning issues dominate Macon election
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Macon County commissioner candidates fielded several questions about growth and the county’s future during…
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The peculiar grace of the mink
“On a morning in October, when a light mist hung over the pond, a mink appeared following this path beside…
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Do what it takes to protect battered women
There was so much blood all over the place that her home looked more like a slaughterhouse. That’s what she…
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The needy suffer for the wasteful spending politicians
By Kirkwood Callahan • Guest Columnist Just over a month remains before voters make the decision who will rise and…
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Segways deserve a place on the greenway
The answer to the problem with Segways on the Little Tennessee Greenway in Franklin is not to enact an outright…
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Seeing is bee-living
School students who visited the Haywood County Fair last week learned all about bees at a traveling bee hive exhibit…
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Fall in the garden
The onset of fall marks the end of the active gardening season for most. It also marks the beginning of…
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Falling for autumn
The furnace has been on a couple of nights already to take the chill off. Driving home from Asheville the…
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Simple living
By Kathleen Lamont Buying local produce enables you to: • Eat fresher, better tasting, and healthier foods.
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Another eventful day in Bryson City
The whistle of the excursion train on the far side of the river shrieked three times. From where I sat…
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Wooden bats only in Waynesville softball league
The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will offer an old school, “wooden bat” softball league this summer. The organizational meeting…
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Sylva man given state conservation award
A retired Western Carolina University professor and Jackson County environmentalist has been given top honors for his work in education…
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Students and teachers make the Smokies their classroom
This summer was no waste for teachers and students who enrolled in a Great Smoky Mountains Park program that put…
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Conservationist recognized for Dillsboro Dam work
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials have honored a Duke Energy scientist for his work in helping to restore aquatic…
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Folkmoot center gardens get TLC
Main Street Waynesville wasn’t the only place to get a spit and polish before visitors and performers from around the…
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Take a journey into space and back in time
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute will host a program about the role of the astronomical site in the Pisgah National…
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Taking the smart out of growth
North Carolina House Bill 94 (Amend Environmental Laws) has passed the House and Senate and awaits the governor’s signature. HB…
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Breaking the mold: Triathlons now starring the aquabike
No, it’s not Aquaman’s preferred mode of commuting; nor the latest urban workout trend or new-fangled underwater gym equipment. The…
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Novel covers death, love, and all points in between
Priscille Sibley’s The Promise of Stardust (ISBN 978-0-06-219417-6, 399 pages, $15.99) is a fine first novel by a woman who…
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Illustrator to hold demos in Bryson City
The Art League of the Smokies will meet at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at the Swain County Center for…
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Dharma teachings offered in Cullowhee on Aug. 3
Dharma teacher Trish Thompson, ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh and a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor, will offer a workshop…
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Dining out for The Bascom
“Dining for The Bascom” will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Lakeside Restaurant in Highlands. …
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Renowned illusionist family brings spectacle to Franklin
Spencers Theatre of Illusion will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Smoky Mountain Center for…
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Downtown Waynesville goes to the dogs
The 8th annual Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation Downtown Waynesville Dog Walk will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Sign up…
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