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Arboretum to host annual rose exhibition
Visitors to The North Carolina Arboretum will be encouraged to stop and smell the roses when the Asheville Blue Ridge…
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Conservancy group celebrates 50,000 protected acres
The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is celebrating its protection of more than 50,000 acres across Western North Carolina and East…
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Medicinal botany class offered at HCC
An eight-week medicinal botany class will be held at Haywood Community College beginning May 19 through July 14. The class…
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Go birding on the Bartram Trail
An outing along the Bartram Trail near Jones Gap and the nearby Fishhawk Mountains is set for Saturday, May 19.…
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Night hunting of coyotes and feral swine looked at
Hunters might soon be hunting coyote and wild swine at night with a light on private lands. The new regulations…
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Another deadly exotic
Experiments conducted by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the U.S., Canada and Germany strongly suggest that the fungus, Geomyces…
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Bartram Trail: Mystery tract with no heirs provides critical link for long-distance hiking trail
It took more than a decade, a lot of detective work and a protracted legal case to clear the way…
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UNC Asheville to host writing program in Waynesville
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program summer workshops in…
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Friends of the Library to host annual meeting
Friends of the Haywood Public Library will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. on May 24 at First United…
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George R.R. Martin’s world captures readers
Readers, be forewarned. If you willingly enter the fanciful world of George R. R. Martin’s Songs of Ice and Fire:…
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Letter was wonderful declaration of dedication
To the Editor: I thought that the letter by Dr. Laci Jamison (www.smokymountainnews.com/component/k2/item/6931) in the May 2 edition was a…
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Privatizing marriage would settle issue
To the Editor: Statistics claim that the purpose of licensure laws is to protect people and produce quality results. They…
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Amendment One sends wrong message
To the Editor: The passage of Amendment One by a majority of North Carolinians this week adds fuel to a…
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Shouldn’t tolerance go both ways
To the Editor: If you have listened to TV news or seen the national print media since Tuesday, May 8,…
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We still deliver quality health care west of Asheville
By Gwang S. Han • Guest Columnist Simply put, I question if there is a problem with the current system…
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‘Wild West’ chamber drive saddles up
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce has launched its 2012 membership campaign, which will run through June 14. The campaign…
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Hospice house now open in Haywood
MedWest Health System opened its new $3.4 million inpatient hospice unit in Haywood County, The Homestead, with an open house…
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BizWorks offers merchandising course
Mountain BizWorks will host Merchandising WOW, a new merchandising course, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for three consecutive Wednesdays…
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SCC Employment lab to coach job seekers
Southwestern Community College is offering a free Employability Lab designed to help unemployed people obtain jobs. It will be held…
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Flourish expo embraces women’s well-being
A wide variety of healthcare speakers are headlining the second annual Flourish Women’s Expo put on by MedWest Health System…
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Start-up business grant winners to be announced this week
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce will host their annual Business Start-Up Competition Luncheon to honor this year’s recipients of…
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WCU to expand DNA sequencing capabilities
Western Carolina University’s Forensic Science Program has acquired two state-of-the-art pieces of DNA sequencing instruments to help it establish a…
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GroWNC inspires neighboring counties to think like a region
Haywood is banding together with Transylvania, Buncombe, Henderson and Madison counties under a project titled GroWNC, designed to get the…
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Cherokee crafts plans for tree-top canopy walk and family adventure park
The next five years could include the construction of an adventure park, a canopy walk and another casino for the…
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Voices of the Smokies to go live in oral project
Recordings made some seven decades ago of nearly 60 men and women who lived in what became the Great Smoky…
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Low-income housing complex proposed in Franklin
A 60-unit affordable housing complex has been proposed in Franklin, but will depend on securing competitive state tax credits for…
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Franklin balks at apology for killing mound grass
Franklin leaders declined last week to offer a formal apology to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for using weed…
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Queen still the winner after canvas in tight House race
A recount is likely in the race for N.C. House of Representatives between two well-known and prominent Waynesville Democrats, Danny…
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Republicans must face off in second primary
When none of the Republican candidates for Congress garnered 40 percent of the votes during the May 8 primary, the…
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Going once, going twice … office building anyone?
Haywood County is looking to off-load a few of its now vacant office buildings and is searching for help to…
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Some in Cullowhee look to zoning in wake of alcohol vote
The advent of alcohol in Cullowhee is fueling efforts to implement some kind of land-use plan to guide growth in…
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WCU selects Angela Brenton for provost position
Angela Laird Brenton, dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been…
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Learn about end-of-life decision-making
A free community forum on planning and decision-making for end-of-life events is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, in…
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Swain uses money from first North Shore Road payment on special projects
While Swain County fights to secure the rest of the $52 million cash settlement its owed by the federal government…
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Shortchanged again? Swain’s cash settlement flounders in Washington budget bureaucracy
The National Park Service is refusing to let go of a $4 million payment Swain County is due as part…
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Annie’s Bakery gets new life, new owners thanks to ‘locavesting’
When Annie’s Naturally Bakery closed down last November, among those mourning the loss of the beloved coffee, bakery and gathering…
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Appalachian born and bred: Downtown Waynesville, Haywood Tourism both launch locally made campaigns
The Jackson County farmers market had three or four vendors who regularly showed up each week to sell their homegrown…
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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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Last weekend of ‘The Dixie Swim Club’
The Highland Cashiers Players will spend their last weekend as Sheree, Lexie, Dinah, Vernadette, and Jeri Neal of “The Dixie…
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Green art and mud coming to The Bascom
New exhibits are heading to The Bascom art gallery in Highlands this month. Admission for these exhibitions is free. • …
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Foreigner to perform in Cherokee in June
Legendary rock band Foreigner will take the stage at Harrah’s Casino and Hotel at 9 p.m., June 8. With over…
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Drawing class with Norma Hendrix at Jackson library slated for May 22 and 24
The Jackson County Public Library will host a free two-part drawing class with Norma Hendrix at 7 p.m. on May…
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OICA to offer summer art program
This summer, high school students and recent graduates can participate in a summer art program at Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural…
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Coffee with the Poet to feature Dave Waldrop
The City Lights Coffee with the Poet series continues at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 17, and will feature the…
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HART to stage ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes’
The Haywood Arts Regional Theater will perform “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at 7:30 p.m., May 25, 26, June 1, 2, 8…
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Tail Wagging Tutors returns to Cashier
The summer Tail Wagging Tutors reading hours will return to the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, starting May 23. The reoccurring…
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Bryson City library to hold Blacklight Party
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will host a Blacklight Party for teens in sixth-12th grade from 3:30-5 p.m. on…
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Swain County Heritage Festival to be held Memorial Day weekend
The 18th Annual Swain County Heritage Festival will take place on Memorial Day weekend and feature local arts and crafts,…
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Sunday series features singers and ringers
The SongSpinners and the First Ringers will perform at 3 p.m., May 20, at the Waynesville Public Library as part…
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Liars Bench presents Osley Saunooke, colorful chief of the Cherokee
The Liars Bench will perform the third of the Balsam Chronicles series with the story of Osley Bird Saunooke, colorful…
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