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Change is on the way for Howell Mill Road: DOT expansion project will carve through the heart of community
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer The widening of Howell Mill Road in Waynesville will take years to complete, cost…
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Day hikes along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Balsam Gap Segment This portion of the trail runs for approximately 35 miles from Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) Balsam Gap…
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Sylva manager resigns, but new job is in limbo
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Sylva Town Manager Jay Denton has resigned from his job to become the executive…
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Big as a mountain
The Encyclopedia of Appalachia. University of Tennessee Press, 2007. 1864 pages Sometimes good things come in big packages. And the…
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Stew recipes
Upcountry Carolina Beef Hash 5 lbs lean beef, cut up for stew 1 1/2 lbs large onions diced 1 lb…
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Haywood fields to get artificial turf
School official will use lottery proceeds to install artifical turf at the Pisgah and Tuscola high school stadiums, it was…
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Jackson students need a balanced education
By Michael Sanera • Guest Columnist In what appears to be a first in Jackson County, planners from a private…
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Winter tourism up in WNC
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer As Shelli Milling of Georgia unpacked her minivan she watched her two sons play…
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Lack of due diligence cited as reason for dam removal protests
The state recently gave Duke Energy the green light to tear down the Dillsboro dam, a move that Jackson County…
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A big bowl of politics and football
By David Curtis College football and presidential primary politics make strange bedfellows, but in this New Year I think they…
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When the snows fell on Babbie’s house
When winter comes now, and I see those familiar pale shafts of sunlight that briefly touch the tops of the…
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All that brass: WCU’s Trumpet Festival is quickly becoming an international affair
By Michael Beadle Brad Ulrich was 10 years old when he began playing the trumpet. He’d started with the guitar…
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Another mystery mines our fascination with the past
The Machiavelli Covenant by Allan Folsom. Forge Books,2006. 560 pages The last 20 years have seen the creation of a…
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Next president has abig hole to dig us out of
“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.” — Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson believed in…
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Turn and face the change
Are you ready for a change, I mean a REAL change? The candidates for president of the United States are…
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Shine on you crazy Miners
By Chris Cooper A few years ago there was this gangly guy with a mop of shaggy blonde hair sitting…
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Last challenge to Duke worth a try
Jackson County is almost at the end of its rope in the fight against Duke Power, but it is important…
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Sneaky snipe stamps scouts
Until I started birding seriously as an adult, I didnÕt know that snipe actually existed. For years that bird was…
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Residents hear about alternatives for Southern Loop
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Tom Dowell searches a large topographic map of Jackson County for his home located…
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The state of mental health care: A fractured system is in danger of breaking down completely, leaving officials wondering — how did it get this bad?
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Patricia Frisbee Meyer’s son needed help. The mental illness he had battled since childhood…
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Stay out of my space with the cell phone
By Angela Faye Martin Presently, I am stalking though my local library collecting my thoughts on what I will write…
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Watershed represents diverse ecosystems
Norm Christensen told the Waynesville Watershed Advisory Board (WAB), representatives from the town and a few interested onlookers that despite…
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TDA chair says pot charge no problem
The chair of Haywood County’s Tourism Development Authority says a misdemeaor marijuana charge against the organization’s executive director will not…
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Jackson’s Green Energy Park to appear on UNC-TV
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Viewers across the state will have the opportunity to learn about Jackson County’s green…
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Park’s brookie population withstands drought well
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer The Southern Appalachian brook trout population is surviving through the drought that has been…
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Denton waits for green light on EDC job
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer After working two years as Sylva’s town manager, Jay Denton will be leaving his…
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Remembering a great leader: First MLK commission established in Swain County
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer When Denise Tyson realized she would have to trek to another county to take…
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Recommended diversions
Since in this age of home video, I seldom get to see many of the best movies of any given…
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Evolution In a Nutshell — the book
Evolution In A Nutshell by Martin Malloy. Trafford Publishing, 2007. 302 pages Evolution is one of those wonderfully fiery topics…
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Sales tax may be answer to HCC’s $70 million needs
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer In one room, a jagged crack runs from wall to wall, evidence of an…
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The search for solutions: HRMC steps up to help fix mental health care
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Emergency rooms crowded with mentally ill patients. Sheriff’s deputies spending 96 hours supervising one…
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Anticipation
It’s nine o’clock and my 6-year-old is snug in her bed and sound asleep even though she’s been told it…
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Youth get a hands-on look at planning their future
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Rachel Upchurch wants to protect the mountains that tower throughout Jackson County however; the…
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Familiar face, new challenges: After 17 years away, Jack Horton returns to manage a changing Macon County
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Macon County welcomed its new County Manger Jack Horton back to Western North Carolina…
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Taking it to the street: Waynesville Public Art Commission seeks to promote cultural heritage with downtown art project
By Michael Beadle What would New York City be without its Statue of Liberty? Picture St. Louis without its Gateway…
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Coal, energy needs at center of first lieutenant governor debate
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Coal-fired power plants and renewable energies took center stage as topics at last Saturday’s…
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Is it unpatriotic to save the rebate?
Don’t you just love being an American. Just the mere mention of the word “recession” and the next thing you…
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The growing issue of elder abuse in WNC
The senior citizen population is growing in Western North Carolina, and with that increase comes the increasing potential for abuse,…
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A rowdy good time at some familiar stomping grounds
Reverend Horton Heat: Reverend Organdrum Maybe all that needs to be said is that somewhere around three and a half…
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It’s a dog’s life
A new book has been published that will be of particular interest to area hunters, outdoorsmen, and dog lovers. It…
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Go west yon hiker
A new hiking club has joined the ranks of an already burgeoning collection of trail trotters in WNC.
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Recommended diversions
“3:10 To Yuma” Russell Crowe as vicious murder Ben Wade and Christian Bale as Dan Evans, a farmer hired to…
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Long-term fix must be found for state’s mental health care woes
Perhaps it is going to take a complete fracturing of the mental health system before policymakers finally realize that North…
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Preserving tradition Non-profit grows plants for Cherokee artisans
By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer Not too long ago, the number of people who carried on the ancient Cherokee…
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Sylva rescinds resignation vote, re-hires Denton
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Sylva’s search for a new town manager ended Jan. 17 after Town Manager Jay…
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Clean water for Racking Cove: Contentious water fund decision will provide Jackson residents with safe water
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer It’s been almost a year since Bonita Fox and her family have taken a…
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Public weighs in on future of U.S. 441
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer Progress on Jackson County’s corridor study for U.S. 441 is taking shape after three…
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Sales tax is most palatable way to meet HCC’s needs
Haywood Community College needs help, and the community that benefits from this beloved institution is going to step up. The…
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The peril of complacency
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture by Andrew Keen. Doubleday, 2007. $22.95 Web 2.0…
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Peace in the valley: Franklin photographer Bill Lea captures beauty and history of Cades Cove in new book
For nature photographer Bill Lea, Cades Cove is heaven on earth.
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