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Recognizing the enemies within
By Martin Dyckman • Guest columnist In July of 1861, Major Sullivan Ballou of Rhode Island composed a letter to…
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Welfare state has destroyed California
To the Editor: California is back in the news. Two Saturdays ago, Gov. Jerry Brown announced that the state’s budget deficit…
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A majority did not support Amendment One
To the Editor: Three letters in the May 16-22 edition of the Smoky Mountain News reflect differing views about what…
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A festival for the unassuming goat
Every small town needs a street festival, and what better excuse for one could there be than goats? This past…
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Swain residents don’t deserve another broken promise
“It’s like déjà vu all over again,” quipped the legendary Yogi Berra after watching Yankee greats Mickey Mantle and Roger…
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Innocuous budget on the table in Jackson County
Jackson County looks set to approve a budget that keeps the tax rate the second lowest in the state at…
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Cherokee’s top coffee spot taken over after loan, lease default
Regular coffee connoisseurs in Cherokee may have noticed a slight change in their popular downtown coffeehouse. The Sequoyah Fund, an…
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Breaking bread: Macon County commissioners aren’t going hungry at meetings
When it comes to staying well fed, the Macon County commissioners are leading the pack. From finger food and pizzas…
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Haywood extends financial olive branch to towns for trash hauling
Haywood County will help ease the burden faced by towns as they start trucking their trash all the way to…
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MedWest discontinuing in-home personal care
MedWest-Haywood will discontinue in-home aide services in Haywood County, laying off 17 nursing assistants that visit housebound patients and aid…
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Fun in Sun Summer Camp in Waynesville
The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will offer the “Fun in the Sun Summer Camp” for kids ages 5 to…
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Celebrate EMS Week with open house
MedWest-Harris Emergency Medical Services will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 23 to celebrate…
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Healthy eating program offered at Sylva library
Food coach Manon Fancher of Sylva will be at the Jackson County Public Library at 7 p.m. on May 31…
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Bike ride to benefit Open Door Ministries
The third annual Open Door Benefit Bike Run will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 9. The fund-raiser, hosted by…
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Veterans urged to register for Memorial Day parade
Time is running out for Haywood County veterans to register to participate in the Memorial Day Parade. The Memorial Day…
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BizWorks to close two regional offices
The Mountain BizWorks office in Sylva, which serves would-be entrepreneurs and other small business owners in the state’s seven westernmost…
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Free sports physicals for Haywood youth
Student athletes can get free sports physicals Tuesday, May 29 at the MedWest Health & Fitness Center on the campus…
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Recalling Fontana: Appalachia sacrifices to generate power for the war effort
A celebration honoring the sacrifice of those who made the WWII construction of Fontana Dam possible will be held as…
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Move to Amend activists on the stump locally, but Jackson commissioners are not buying
Jackson County commissioners butted heads with local activists at a meeting this week, refusing to lend their philosophical support to…
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Jackson not eager to pony up new deputies in wake of alcohol vote
A request by Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe for eight additional deputies now that the sale of alcoholic beverages has…
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Recount results in: Queen wins House race by a hair
Two weeks after the primary election, an official winner has finally been declared following a recount in an insanely tight…
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Creative arts building back for more contingency funds
A feeling of déjà vu swept over the Haywood County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday as they reviewed more than…
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Model HCC childcare center to get model playground
It might be a day late, but it’s certainly not a dollar short. A $235,000 playground is coming to the…
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Business community lends a hand with start-up grants
Two businesses — Copper Pot and Wooden Spoon, and Belle on Main Salon and Spa — came out winners during the…
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Maggie Valley wants to know: what should its future hold?
Business owners needs to put aside their bickering and resentments for the good of Maggie Valley, Mayor Ron DeSimone emphasized…
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The calling card of tourism pays off in the mountains
In addition to the obvious benefits of tourism — jobs and revenue for the county — tourism dollars save Haywood County…
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Fate of live dealers hinges on state House
The quest to bring live table games to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino faces a final political hurdle. Both the Governor and…
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Annexation and fracking and voter ID, oh my! A look at the General Assembly’s short session
While arguments over the state budget are likely to dominate everything in Raleigh as the General Assembly convenes for the…
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Mountain Garden Club to hold yearly plant sale
The Mountain Garden Club will host its annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon on May 26. The sale…
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New belly dance troupe to offer classes in Bryson City
Belly dancing group Smoky Mountain Shimmy will teach its first “Introduction to Belly Dance” class from 10 a.m. to noon,…
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Cashier bookstore to hold fund-raiser for military families
The Chapter 2 Books in Cashiers will host a Memorial Day fund-raising event to benefit the Special Operations Adventure Race…
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Pisgah student receives Bryson scholarship
The Annie Lee Bryson Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Skylar Clark from Pisgah High School. The scholarship provides $500 to…
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Highlands Cashiers Players hosting auditions
Auditions for “The Fox on the Fairway” by the Highlands Cashiers Players will be held at 3 p.m. on June…
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HART to preview musical for REACH fundraiser
The Haywood Regional Arts Theater will preview its next musical production, The Marvelous Wonderettes, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24,…
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‘Twelfth Night’ comes to Bryson City
Smoky Mountain Community Theatre in Bryson City is hosting “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare at 7:30 p.m., May 25-28. Tickets…
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Concert to benefit children’s programs
A gala concert will be held to benefit the summer program at Pigeon Community Multi-Cultural Development Center at 7 p.m.…
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Mainstreet co-op adds three new artists
Three new artists — Crystal Allen from Canton, Hank Shuler from Franklin and Janice Swanger from Waynesville — will now exhibit…
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Green Energy Park to offer paperweight-making class
Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro is offering a class that will teach students how to create a glass…
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Stecoah Valley Leftovers to host spring concert
The instructors of Stecoah Junior Appalachian Musicians will host a Spring Bluegrass Celebration at Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center on…
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Sheryl Crow hits the stage at Harrah’s
Sheryl Crow will be performing at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center at 7:30 p.m. June 24. Crow has sold 16 million…
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Shady Ladies Quilt Show to debut in Haywood
The Shady Ladies Quilting Group is selling tickets for a chance to win a unique quilt made by the entire…
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Covered up in quilts: Quilting fanatics eagerly await dazzling array coming to WCU
Noreen Gay doesn’t have a moment to spare these days. She’s busily finishing the final stitches of a quilt she…
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The beetles beneath the ground
“Ere the bat hath flown His cloister’d flight … to black Hecate’s summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums…
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Students help build exhibit on historic Cherokee life
Anthropology students at Western Carolina University are experiencing hands-on learning in Clay County through archaeological digs and participation in the…
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New guidebook promotes “family fun”
A new 196-page guidebook titled Family Fun in the Smokies: A Family-friendly Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains by Katy…
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Cycle and camp on three-day trip
A three-day cycling and camping trip around Bryson City is set for Friday, May 18, through Sunday, May 20, under…
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National “bike to work day” ride set for Friday
The second annual “bike to work day” ride in Haywood County will be held beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday,…
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Fishing guide to lead seminar, casting clinic
Nathan Chapman, guide and flyrod builder, will be the speaker at the 7 p.m. June 5 meeting of the Plateau…
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Running seminar to be held at MedWest in Sylva
A free running seminar will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at MedWest Rehabilitation Services on…
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Mountain bike group meets weekly
The Nantahala Area Sorba (Southern off-road biking association) has started a weekly mountain bike ride 6:15 p.m. every Thursday at…
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