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Confederate flag controversery still unsettled in Haywood
Haywood County temporarily backed off its hard-line stance against tiny Confederate flags being stuck in the ground around the base…
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Former Bryson fire chief charged in connection with fire department funds
The former Bryson City fire chief Joey Hughes is facing criminal charges following a months-long investigation by the State Bureau…
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‘Lincoln’s Dreams’ concludes Civil War-based talks
The Friends of the Library will present the final novel in the “Let’s Talk About It: Civil War Novels” discussion…
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Fashions for mastectomy patients to be featured at talk
Jody Kraner, owner of Amaste Woman, will speak from 1-3 p.m. Aug. 20 in the conference room of the Cooperative…
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Chamber music performance at the Jackson County Public Library
Members of the Western Carolina Civic Orchestra — conducted by William Henigbaum — will present a string chamber orchestra concert…
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‘Wine for the Arts' celebrates 12th year
The Haywood County Arts Council will host its 12th annual “Wine for the Arts” from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 23 at…
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Design school faculty to present work Aug. 23
Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum will host a reception from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 23 for its biennial School of…
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Highlands Cashiers players to present first play of the new season
The Highlands Cashiers Players’ will premiere an uproarious, laugh-out-loud new Ken Ludwig comedy “The Fox on the Fairway” Aug. 23.…
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Appalachian Fire Bluegrass Band to perform in Bryson City
Appalachian Fire Bluegrass Band of Flat Rock will perform a concert of classic bluegrass and gospel music at 3 p.m.…
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Kenny Rogers is coming to Cherokee
Country legend Kenny Rogers will take the stage at Harrah’s Event Center in Cherokee at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1.
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Sean Kingston offers free concert at WCU
Contemporary vocalist Sean Kingston will perform a free outdoor concert on Western Carolina University’s Central Plaza on at 7:30 p.m.…
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Marshall Ballew to perform in Waynesville
Tennessee songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Ballew will perform at 3 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Waynesville library auditorium on Haywood…
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Trombone recital to take listeners on European tour
Dan Cherry, associate professor in Western Carolina University’s School of Music, will take listeners on a “European Tour” when he…
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Caribbean Cowboys to perform in Fontana
The Summer Concert series at Fontana Village Resort will feature Logan Murrell from 8-11 p.m. Aug. 17 and the Caribbean…
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Bluegrass jam livens up Fines Creek
The 15th annual Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam will take place from 5-11 p.m. Aug. 24-25 on the lawn of the Fines…
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A cappella group to fill Franklin church with song
Land of the Sky Barbershop Chorus will perform at 3 p.m. Aug. 19 in Tartan Hall at First Presbyterian Church…
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Jeff Little Trio slated for Stecoah Aug. 18
The Jeff Little Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Stecoah Valley Center as part of the…
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Cruso quilting group to hold annual show
The Cruso Friendship Club will host its 23rd Quilt Show Aug. 24-25 at the Cruso Community Center on U.S. 276…
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Apply now for Arts Council sub-grants
Haywood County Arts Council is now accepting applications for North Carolina Arts Council’s Grassroots Arts Program sub-grants through Sept. 20.…
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Funding for the arts available
The Jackson County Arts Council is now accepting applications for arts program grants for the fiscal year 2012-2013. The grant…
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Local playwright tells story of Horace Kephart
Gary Carden, storyteller and humorist, will once again visit Highlands at 4 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Hudson Library to…
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WCU alumnus, ceramicist to show at Green Energy Park
The Jackson County Green Energy Park will host a reception at its art gallery from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 23 for…
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An evening with Balsam Range: Pulling the strings of bluegrass, brotherhood and backwoods tradition
The strings of tradition and progress echoed from the back alley. Upon further inspection (and a lone door cracked open),…
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A taste for noir
Wild to Possess and A Taste for Sin by Gil Brewer. Stark House Press, 2006. One of the great delights…
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Blue Ridge Paper Products changes name, moves headquarters
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Blue Ridge Paper Products, long one of the largest employers in Western North Carolina,…
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When did the need for AC move up the mountain?
When we were having record and near record heat back in August, I did what any overheated mountain dweller would…
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Mills new owners have a strong legacy to live up to
When the new owners of the Canton paper mill announced a few weeks ago that company headquarters were being moved…
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Its not easy being green
Balsam Mountain Preserve is, first and foremost, a real estate development. As such, it is subject to all the pressures,…
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Exploring every angle: Alison Brown’s bluegrass journey comes to Maggie Valley’s Eaglenest Entertainment Sept. 8
By Chris Cooper The phrase “well rounded” gets thrown about pretty often, but it fits few people better than banjoist…
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When to teach, when to tell? Sexual exploration among pre-schoolers is normal, but some activities cross the line
When a workshop on proper and improper sexual behavior in preschoolers premiered at a childcare conference in the region a…
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Enchanting the summer evening
No late summer wildflower is more widely recognized than evening primrose. The four broad yellow petals that open in the…
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Fontana Lake businesses close for the season
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Two of the three boat docks on the Swain County side of Fontana Lake…
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Jackson’s Green Energy Park undergoes expansion
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer The Jackson County Green Energy Park is slated to get even greener with the…
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Notes from a waitress: Former star of ‘Alice’ comes to WCU for cabaret-style, one-woman show
By Michael Beadle Once upon a sitcom, Linda Lavin was America’s hardest-working waitress. Remember “Alice” — a household name in…
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SCC ranks fourth among all U.S. community colleges
Southwestern Community College ranks fourth in the nation in a new listing of America’s best community colleges and was the…
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Childcare center’s closing surprises community
First United Methodist Church’s Child Development Center in Waynesville suddenly closed its daycare and after-school programs two weeks ago, leaving…
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Heaven in a bucket, a hillside and some blueberries
By Stephanie Wampler Have you ever doubted the existence of Heaven? If so, then I will jump to the hasty…
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Chickens and fall garden chores
By Kathleen Lamont I have had laying hens on and off for the past 20 years. My first flock of…
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Roll the credits, please – ASU 34, Mich. 32
For the last 24 hours, I have felt like a character in a movie. You have seen the movie, probably…
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Bond hearings planned in Macon
Macon County leaders will get their first real taste of how the public feels about a $64 million bond vote…
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Recommended diversions
Spray Paint Took a page from “Trading Spaces” and all those other home renovation/redecoration shows this past weekend and salvaged…
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Sling Shots: Disc golf course proves popular in Waynesville
By Michael Beadle It’s 5:30 on a steamy Monday night at the Waynesville Recreation Park, and pairs of disc golfers…
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Osama, this is George: I need you, man
By Arthur Hancock • Guest Columnist I had a dream that the following communication came into my hands. I read…
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Swain to put land transfer tax on November ballot
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Swain County residents will vote November 6 on whether to enact a new tax…
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Group forms to bring about revitalization of Cullowhee
A new community group dedicated to revitalizing Cullowhee will host an open house at the Cullowhee Café from 10 a.m.…
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Recreation plan attracts mostly supporters to bond hearing
A public hearing Monday on a $64 million bond for various construction projects in Macon County attracted relatively few naysayers.…
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SCC ranking a sign of the high quality of community colleges
In this day and age, as the gap between the rich and poor continues to widen and this country’s manufacturing…
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What Sylva is and isn’t: you be the judge
Buxton, a consulting firm that analyzes a community’s demographics, has 60 some population classes that it uses to describe the…
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Incumbent Hicks wins in tight Cherokee election
The election for chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians came down to a mere 30 votes last week,…
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EDC says marketing study not worthwhile
An $18,000 marketing study conducted for Jackson County by consultants from Texas fell short of what the firm promised, according…
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