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Liberals arts education enriches one’s life
To the Editor: Scott McLeod (Feb. 6 SMN) pays tribute to the value of a liberal arts education. Even though…
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful ... to use local builders
To the Editor: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the building boom of million dollar homes in Jackson County supported this…
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Not all doom and gloom in Dillsboro
To the Editor: The claim of Frank Parrish and others over the past few years that Dillsboro is a ghost…
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Time to be rid of all Cherokee bear zoos
To the Editor: Little has changed in Cherokee since a 1989 Parade Magazine cover story, “Are Our Zoos Humane?” named…
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Writer spouted false facts about Obamacare
To the Editor: A recent letter writer makes a number of unsubstantiated and flat out erroneous claims about Obamacare, otherwise…
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State’s democratic ideals are fading fast
To the Editor: Our founding fathers, framing our Constitution, created a representative democracy. They formed a republic, a government where…
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MV Lodging Association opposes TDA tax hike
To the Editor: Contrary to articles recently published in our local papers, there is much opposition to the proposed law…
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Increasing Medicare coverage could lower healthcare costs
By Martin Dyckman • Guest Columnist The United States spends twice as much on health care as most other modern…
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A match made in heaven?
Waynesville Mayor Gavin Brown has honed his dating and engagement analogies as town leaders weigh whether to tie the knot with Lake Junaluska. They started innocently enough 10 months ago.
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Lake Junaluska a good catch for Waynesville, but light on the dowry
Adding Lake Junaluska to its town limits won’t be a windfall for Waynesville despite $775,000 in property taxes it stands to gain each year. Likewise, Junaluska wouldn’t be a financial drain on the town, according to the results of a…
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Sylva and Jackson County can’t agree on joint ABC venture
Sylva and Jackson County are at an impasse on the creation of a single Alcoholic Beverage Control board to run…
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With sequestration threat looming, Eastern Band preps for the worst
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians could see an estimated $2.2 million evaporate from its budget in March if Congress…
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Cork and Bean expansion boosts downtown Bryson dining scene
When a building on a town’s main street sits empty, either because a business closed down or moved away, it’s…
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Wireless internet beamed into rural areas solves high-speed service conundrum
Jackson County could be going from zero to high-speed in no time. Two internet providers are laying plans to beam…
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Haywood flips for pancake day
It’s 6:15 a.m., and Woody Griffin is ready. “It’s the calm before the storm,” he chuckled.
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Isolated and remote, Macon spends a pretty penny to keep Nantahala School afloat
The far-flung Nantahala School in the remote reaches of Macon County is putting a financial drain on local coffers, prompting…
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Some Maggie lodging owners get hackles up over room tax increase
The Maggie Valley Board of Aldermen got an earful from hotel and motel owners Monday during a nearly three-hour meeting…
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Main Street Champions recall changing face of downtown Waynesville
When LeRoy Roberson and his wife, Gale, opened an optometric business on Waynesville’s Main Street 35-years-ago, about a quarter of…
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Potters unite to help feed the hungry
The annual “Empty Bowl” fundraiser will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at The Open Door…
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The twists and turns of wood bending
The exhibit “Torqued & Twisted: Bentwood Today” will be running through March 22 at Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum.
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Little Big Town hits the stage in Cherokee
Country group Little Big Town will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center.
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Watch a portrait master in action
Multimedia artist and teacher Mark Menendez will demonstrate oil portrait painting techniques for the Art League of the Smokies at…
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Age is but a number on your dance card
Darkness enveloped the vehicle as soon as it exited Interstate 40. Cruising around sharp S-curves in the mountain community of…
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Be(ar) careful in the Smokies
In the natural world there are certain experiences that rivet our attention and remain stored in our memory banks. Through…
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Land Trust for Little Tennessee helps gain protection for another town watershed
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee recently helped the town of Andrews protect and conserve its 930-acre watershed in…
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Smokies Association pushes for membership
The Great Smoky Mountains Association is launching a membership drive in honor of its 60th anniversary this year.
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GBBC at BBLNWR
Translation — Great Backyard Bird Count at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge; the tradition continues. Since a spur-of-the-moment GBBC…
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Last call for Polar Plunge
Wade, dash, splash or take the full plunge into Lake Junaluska from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23…
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Bear Creek Lake on upper Tuck gets boat ramp, dock and pier
A boat ramp on Bear Creek Lake in the Tuckasegee area of Jackson County has been renovated by the N.C.…
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Float, boat or fish the Tuck
This spring, rolling down the Tuckasegee River will be, for the most part, as it has been in years past…
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1967 novel sheds light on obscure mass drowning
In recent years, I have become interested in an obscure incident that occurred in Jackson County in 1882 — the…
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Sample chocolate, support Bryson City’s library
Cooks of all things chocolate will square off at the “Sixth Annual Chocolate Cook-Off” from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Feb.…
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Whimzik wows with eclectic music, performance art combo
Whimzik will be having a DVD release performance at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Jackson County Public Library in…
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Is your pet Haywood’s next top model?
Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation has launched its annual pet photography contest.
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WNC flipping for pancakes
• The 56th annual “Pancake Day” will be from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the First…
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Artists/vendors sought for regional festivals
Several festivals around Western North Carolina are encouraging local artists and vendors to sign up for celebrations and events throughout…
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Jungle king swings into WCU
A cold wind howls through the campus of Western Carolina University as the screams of a young woman echo from…
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We have to decide which side we’re on
To the Editor: Well over a half century ago, the infringements, abridgments and usurpations of government against our liberties ordained…
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Ball fields bad use of tourism money
To the Editor: Why on earth tap the tourism development funds in Haywood County for a ballpark that won’t result…
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Weakened slope laws could prompt lawsuits
To the Editor: This is an open letter to the Jackson County Planning Board and county commissioners. Things to consider: …
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Beware plastic power strips, and many thanks
To the Editor: It is hard to believe it was a month ago that our little house in Waynesville burned.…
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We need sanity in gun debate
To the Editor: As a gun owner, parent, teacher and American, I believe that there is no legitimate reason for…
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Macon County may need second pay study
To the Editor: I believe Macon County’s commissioners need to closely analyze and thoroughly discuss the results and proposals made…
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Obamacare will drag down health care
To the Editor: Recently, after a serious falling accident, I experienced medical treatment from our local health care system at…
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Downtown Sylva needs some help
To the Editor: Tourism, tourism and tourism are the three most important words to line the struggling businessmen’s pockets and…
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By chance, by sea, bye bye
By John Beckman • Columnist Thirty-five years ago, I moved into my first dorm room and this small-town lad had…
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Cherokee entertains idea of bear sanctuary
Tribal Council for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has postponed any action that would ban bear zoos from the…
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Conviction in toddler’s death just ‘one step’ on the families’ road to justice
A woman was sent to jail for nine years this week for her role in the death of toddler who…
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Clear sailing ahead for Haywood room tax hike
If anyone opposes an increase in Haywood County’s overnight lodging tax, they did not make their enmity known at Monday’s…
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Last week in Maggie: meeting melee, man banned from town hall and legal threats volleyed
A heated argument and near fight between two Maggie Valley residents — one of whom is banned from town hall —…
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