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Tribal council gets a few new faces following election
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians held tribal council elections last Thursday (Sept. 5). All 12 seats on tribal council…
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Sewer credits: a commodity market in Cashiers
To relieve sewer gridlock in the Cashiers area, the Tuckasegee Water and Sewer Authority may change its rules to let…
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New restrooms in store for Waynesville playground
The town of Waynesville will soon put in temporary restrooms next to the popular children’s playground on Marshall Street. They…
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Waynesville to invest in tennis courts
Waynesville plans to repair the six cracked and aging tennis courts in its recreation park, as long as the local…
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Skaters find their groove at Waynesville’s new concrete playground
Skateboarders from across Western North Carolina have streamed into Waynesville during the past week to try out the town’s newly…
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Forest Hills doesn’t have the green to buy abandoned golf course
Forest Hills residents and town leaders overwhelmingly opposed purchasing a 60-acre abandoned golf course in the middle of their community…
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Clyde police chief suspended, but keeps job
Clyde Police Chief Gerard Ball won’t return to work until Oct. 5 after the Clyde Board of Aldermen decided to…
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Exhibit aimed a piquing interest in Cherokee history
A new traveling exhibit is using technology to teach people about traditional Cherokee culture.
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Tourism tax increase at root of complaints lobbed against Maggie mayor
Two Maggie Valley aldermen recently indicated that they have a laundry list of grievances against the town’s mayor, but there…
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Opponents of Maggie mayor try but fail to remove him from office
As the Maggie Valley Board of Aldermen called its monthly meeting to order, it was the last item on the…
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Haywood Schools assess benevolent policy toward club sports
A proposal to charge youth sports clubs and outside groups rental fees to use school property is being studied by…
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Liverworts — a unique bridge in the plant world
Some years ago, when I first became interested in plant identification, I became curious about liverworts. They are one of…
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A great dam run
The annual Dam Race at Fontana Dam — featuring a run over the top of the towering dam itself —…
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Blue Ridge Breakaway a success
Olympic silver-medalist Lauren Tamayo from Asheville was among the 460 riders from 18 states who pedaled the scenic roadways, byways…
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Record rainfall, is it climate change?
A program about climate change in Western North Carolina will explore how oldtimers and scientists alike view changing weather patterns…
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New wildlife police boss in WNC
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has promoted Tim Sisk to the position of captain for the state’s western counties, covering…
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Cherokee chief placed on wildlife resources board
Michel Hicks, Principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has been appointed a commissioner on the N.C. Wildlife…
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Parkway reopens along damaged stretch
The Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened a closed section of the motor road — from Ox Creek Road in Asheville…
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Trail promises cemeteries and rapids
Friends of the Smokies will host a guided, 9-mile roundtrip hike, Tuesday, Sept. 17, along Noland Creek Trail. The hike…
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Paddlers ready to hit the Tuckasegee
The Old Cullowhee Canoe Slalom, a family-friendly paddling competition on a calm section of the Tuckasegee River, is set for…
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Owning the autumn sky
The loud, piercing keee-eeeeerrrr jerks your head up involuntarily to see the essence of wild freedom — a red-tailed hawk,…
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Citizen scientists help PARI catalog celestial photographs
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is making use of citizen scientists from around the world to help sort and catalog…
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A realistic, refreshing look at teaching
For most students, parents, and teachers, autumn rather than spring is the season of budding growth, new life, and hope.
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Macon County Fair opens in Franklin
The 60th annual Macon County Fair will be Sept. 11-14 at the Wayne Proffitt Agricultural Center in Franklin. Highlights of…
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‘Boots and Bling’ to benefit REACH
The Boots and Bling benefit will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Bloemsma Farm Barn in Franklin.…
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Sylva church offers a taste of cookbook recipes
A cookbook tasting experience will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at The First United Methodist Church in Sylva.
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Music festival comes to Burningtown
The Burningtown Music Festival will be Sept. 14 in the Nantahala National Forest in the Burningtown Township of Macon County.
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DePaolo to be exhibited in The Strand at 38 Main
Works by artist Dominick “Nick” DePaolo will be on display throughout the month of September in the lobby at The…
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Annual charity bingo event in Haywood
The St. John the Evangelist Catholic Women’s Circle will hold its annual “Baskets and Bags Bingo” charity event at 6…
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Monks to build sand mandala, perform sacred music and dance at WCU
Monks from the Drepung Loseling monastery will demonstrate the art of mandala sand painting and perform sacred music and dance…
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Mountain Faith, Primitive Quartet in Franklin
Acclaimed gospel groups Mountain Faith and the Primitive Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at The Smoky…
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Merle Haggard to bring honky-tonk to Franklin
Legendary country singer Merle Haggard will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the…
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This must be the place
It’s like losing your virginity and seeing the Apocalypse at the same time.
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Nature-inspired metal artist garners acclaim from unusual fanbase
A fiery inferno blasts through the sheet metal like a hot knife through butter. The screeching sound of a grinder…
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Grace Cathey’s metal flowers to join the ranks of Waynesville public art pieces
A new public art sculpture will be unveiled in downtown Waynesville this week by renowned Western North Carolina metal sculptor…
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Wrong priorities causing problems
To the Editor: The 50th anniversary of the “March on Washington” and Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech…
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Gov. McCrory, GOP have turned business loose
To the Editor: We live in the greatest country the modern world has ever known. Our president has not been…
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New attempt to help domestic abuse victims
To the Editor: Domestic abuse, according to statistics, has increased. Although the exact reasons cannot be pinpointed, the latest analysis…
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War-weary Americans don’t want to get involved in Syria
By Doug Wingeier • Guest Columnist It doesn’t seem to matter which political party a president belongs to: if he…
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Herzog earns accolades for decades of studying human-animal interactions
Passion, love, hate and violence — are all very human. But the best way of understanding these and other human…
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Sylva crowd marks King’s march, vows to continue fight
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s march on Washington, D.C., political activists in Western North…
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Kayaking Worlds kicks off in downtown Bryson City
A cacophony of voices and cheers echoed across Bryson City as a sea of humanity overtook the small town, a…
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Clyde police chief suspended for unknown reasons
Clyde Police Chief Gerard Ball was suspended last Friday for five days without pay until the town board was able…
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In the shadow of Duke dams, heavy rains can trigger downstream flooding
With September’s tropical storm season gearing up, residents living downstream of large Duke Energy dams in Western North Carolina may…
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Razing the sweepstakes: Police handcuffed in latest standoff with successor of video gambling
Sweepstakes-style video gambling is making bold forays into the rural communities of Western North Carolina, back for yet another skirmish…
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Waynesville theater closes suddenly
Smoky Mountain Cinemas in Waynesville shut its doors last week, leaving Haywood County residents with no full-sized movie theater playing…
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Busking becomes Waynesville
Waynesville leaders as expected lifted a de facto ban on street performers last week, opening the door for musicians to…
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Pipe bomb suspect claims he was being a good Samaritan
Waynesville police discovered a homemade pipe bomb in the bed of a pickup truck in the early hours of the…
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WCU record enrollment, open house
Western Carolina University announced an enrollment milestone this week — enrollment for the fall semester topped the 10,000 mark for…
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A wild, fast motorcycle pursuit to nab a low-level criminal: is it worth the risk?
When it comes to a high-speed chase, law enforcement must constantly ask the question: is it worth it? A 23-year-old…
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