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Haywood soccer season kicks off
Haywood County is now signing up players for its adult summer soccer leagues.
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Park releases new species of predator beetles
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is planning to release two new predatory beetles to stop the spread of the…
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Fishing class conjures images of Brad Pitt and leaping carp
Ever since I first watched Brad Pitt fly fishing in the film “The River Runs Through It,” I knew I…
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Water cents
What falls freely from the sky, rumbles, swooshes, rolls, trickles across the planet; seeps into the earth beneath our feet…
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Advocates want to save little-known old growth pockets
Hidden among the expanse of forestland in Western North Carolina are little-known pockets of trees that are several centuries old.…
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A rural bookstore that beat the odds
“Bookshops are magic.” This quotation, buried in the middle of Wendy Welch’s The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A…
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Thea & The GreenMan and artist reception planned in Bryson
A folk concert and artist reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Swain…
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Find the perfect gem for Mother’s Day at Gemboree
The Mother’s Day Gemboree will run from May 10-12 at the Macon County Community Building in Franklin. Doors will be…
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A hopping weekend in and around Froglevel
Haywood Square to host block party A day of festivities for “Customer Appreciation Day” will be held from 10 a.m.…
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Haywood Art Council welcomes brass quintet for Sunday concert series
The Pyramid Brass Quintet will play at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the Haywood County Library in Waynesville as…
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Waynesville Rec center to throw ‘Spring Fling’ kids’ bash
The annual “Spring Fling” will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Waynesville Recreation…
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Franklin celebrates ‘Airing of the Quilts’
The annual “Airing of the Quilts” festival will be held May 10-11 in downtown Franklin. The event will feature an…
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Habitat for Humanity recovers store treasure
A valuable piece of the history of the Rickman General Store in Macon County is back in its original home…
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Jackson Arts Council contributes to musician fund
Jackson County Arts Council has arranged to donate the money collected in honor of the late Ray Menze to the…
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Craft beer and canines in Frog Level
A Dogs and Suds fundraiser for Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 16,…
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WCU professor nominated for Tony Award
Broadway star and Western Carolina University Musical Theatre Professor Terrence Mann was recently nominated for a Tony Award for his…
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Making crafts of the past come alive
In order to have a clear vision of the future, one must cherish the traditions of the past. “Southern Appalachian…
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Sen. Davis going way too far to the right
To the Editor: Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, and his extreme right-wing partisans have no problem wasting taxpayer money as long…
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What will you do about jack booted thugs?
To the Editor: Watching the YouTube videos (since removed) of the “jack booted thugs” trampling on our Third, Fourth, Fifth,…
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Meadows in the wrong on background checks
To the Editor: This is an open letter to Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., our district’s freshman congressman: Your vote to…
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Tribal Council vote on bear zoos disappointing
To the Editor: I am extremely disappointed in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council (except members Perry Shell, Terri…
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Where do we go when the public square fractures?
The “fractured public square” refers to the loss of the place where a community discusses ideas, politics and values. The…
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A book every naturalist needs on his or her shelf
Naturalist Donald Culross Peattie (1898-1964) was born in Chicago. In his autobiography The Road of a Naturalist (1941), Peattie recalled…
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Macon enviro group applauds local recyclers
Macon Pride, a county-based environmental organization, has recognized Caterpillar Precision Seals in Franklin for what it deems an exemplary recycling…
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Calling recruits to the bugle corps
Can you make it in the corps? The Great Smoky Mountains National Park needs volunteers to join the Elk Bugle…
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WCU one of the greenest colleges in country
For the third consecutive year, Western Carolina University has been listed by The Princeton Review as one of the most…
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Land trust earns top honors
The Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust has received national accreditation for its work in protecting treasured lands.
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Smokies offers Mountains-to-Sea Trail hike and presentation
Folks interested in hiking a section of the Mountains to Sea Trail and learning a bit more about the storied…
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Backpackers cautioned to keep food away from bears
As spring and backpacking season returns to the mountains, so does bear danger in the woods. A recent bear encounter,…
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When it rains – the tough go hiking
We’ve had a good run in the watershed. The Town of Waynesville has sponsored spring and fall guided hikes in…
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Get your green on
EcoFest will showcase more than four dozen demonstrators, vendors, information booths and organizations sharing tips and practical advice on how…
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EcoFest to put ‘green’ living at your finger tips
Haywood County is about to experience its newest festival: EcoFest, an ode to sustainability, agriculture and the environment. This year…
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For your culinary and reading pleasure
Most booklovers have suffered that “Oh, no” moment when a friend, with nothing but the best of intentions, presses an…
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When will Americans learn that ‘blowback’ is real?
In 1953, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, at the urging of the British M16, overthrew democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister…
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MedWest Haywood appreciates volunteers
To the Editor: A smile, a touch, a simple “how are you today?” are some of what I hear and…
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Don’t allow filling in of floodplain
To the Editor: I am a local biologist and an avid outdoorsman and spend a great deal of my time…
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Tell your reps to vote against fracking
To the Editor: Most of us have heard the term fracking by now. In states where this underground energy extraction…
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Despite failure, time will come for gun legislation
The defeat of gun control legislation in the Senate wasn’t as much surprising as it was disappointing. This is one…
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Stamp out hunger with mail carrier food drive
Mail carriers in Haywood County will collected non-perishable food items for the National Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive…
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Tuscola students aim to bring clean water to Uganda
When Sydney Bridges sets out to do something, she doesn’t give up. A 10th grader at Tuscola High School in…
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Conservation funding on the rocks in state budget forecast
The state fund that helped conserve miles of riverfront, protect thousands of acres of undeveloped mountainsides and build countless sewer…
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Firefighter safety versus right to build steep driveways
The Jackson County Planning Board debated where to draw the line between safety and individual rights last month in its…
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Bill could move legal notices from newspapers to the Internet
In several counties in Western North Carolina, a showdown between the printed word and the digital age could soon take…
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Gone, but not forgotten: Confederate Flag issue in Haywood could re-emerge soon
Haywood County commissioners may soon revisit the unsettled issue of whether Confederate Flags can be flown on the lawn of…
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HCC moves forward with law enforcement, emergency responder training site
The Haywood Community College Board of Trustees has given preliminary approval for the construction of a training facility for law…
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The fine print of ‘paid for by’ line debated by tourism funding arm
If the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority is footing the bill for a magazine ad, brochure, sign — you name…
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Window is closing for stalled room tax increase in Haywood
A state bill that would raise Haywood County’s lodging tax is still sitting idly in committee in Raleigh with no…
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Sweepstakes industry chalks up tiny victory with uncertain bearing
A convenience store owner in Macon County was let off the hook by a judge for four misdemeanor charges of…
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Flying club encounters turbulence in shared plane venture
Shortly after takeoff, the Smoky Mountain Flying Club is having to re-route its course. The flying club nearly lost an…
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Cherokee bear zoos get reprieve from tribe for now
After months of debate and protest, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ Tribal Council voted to let the bear zoos…
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