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Listen to the music
Whether it’s called pickin’, groovin’ or jammin’ — every summer, Western North Carolina blends its majestic mountain views with its heritage…
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Intricate flora sometimes defy description
Through the years I have attempted to describe the flora of the Smokies region for newspaper, magazine and book readers.…
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Buy Haywood uses cooking to connect to local farmers
Buy Haywood is connecting the community with local farmers and chefs in an effort to reintroduce people to the simple…
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Learn how to live peacefully with bears
Learn how to coexist with black bears through a free Bear Education and Resources program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May…
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Adult soccer kicks off in Haywood
Registration will take place May 14-21 for adult summer soccer leagues through Haywood County Recreation and Parks. There will be…
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Workshop coming up on aquatic insects
Learn about aquatic insect sampling starting at 9 a.m. May 16 at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Macon County. You’ll learn…
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Biological Foundation brings television host to garden celebration
Patrick McMillan, the host, co-creator, and writer of the popular and award-winning ETV nature program “Expeditions with Patrick McMillan,” is…
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Seniors trip to museum scheduled
A trip for seniors to the Mountain Farm Museum with the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will be held from…
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Learn to take photos of spring wildflowers
Learn how to take great photographs of spring wildflowers by participating in a guided photography hike on Tuesday, May 15.…
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Birding program, walk scheduled for May 12
A bird walk and program led by N.C. Audobon’s Curtis Smalling and international birding enthusiast Romney Bathurst will be held…
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WCU professor wins biodiversity educator of the year award
James T. Costa, Western Carolina University professor and director of Highlands Biological Station, is the recipient of the 2012 Outstanding…
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The Plott Hound focus of upcoming program
Author Bob Plott will discuss Western North Carolina’s unique Plott Hound at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the Bethea…
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Following a supermoon
Last night (May 5) was the unveiling of this year’s supermoon. Astronomer Richard Nolle coined the term supermoon in 1979…
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The N.C. Arboretum to participate in National Public Gardens Day
The North Carolina Arboretum will participate in National Public Gardens Day on Friday, May 11, waiving the parking fee for…
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Connected to the land: An early passion borne from goats and Radio Flyer wagon
David Burnette and his wife Diane do things the old way. “One thing just led to another,” David said of…
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Youmans returns to City Lights
Former Cullowhee resident Marly Youmans will return to City Lights Bookstore at 6:30 p.m. on May 16 to read from…
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WCU professor’s book focuses on German cavalry
David R. Dorondo, associate professor in Western Carolina University’s Department of History, is author of the newly published book Riders…
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WCU’s Leah Hampton wins 2012 Betts Fiction Prize
Leah Hampton, an English instructor and associate director of the Writing and Learning Commons at Western Carolina University, is the…
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Dusting off a few worthwhile volumes
Spring-cleaning remains a ritual in many households. We throw open windows, rid closets, shelves, and drawers of unwanted items —…
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A GOP perspective on leadership
To the Editor: The recent letter authored by the new chairman of the Macon County Democratic Party seemed to be…
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Someone is having problems with memory
“No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.” – Abraham Lincoln To the Editor: I am…
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Thanks for taking a strong stand
To the Editor: I live in Albuquerque currently, but I grew up in North Carolina and spent summers at Lake…
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Romney will sacrifice all to blind ambition
To the Editor: No president serves for more than eight years but his influence on the Supreme Court lasts far…
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Don’t tell me about hurt feelings
To the Editor: Oh I am so distraught; and Chief Hicks is “appalled.” The Franklin maintenance crew has killed the…
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My other family just lost one of its own
Here in the South, if you are of a certain age, you have two families at least. The first is…
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Tell legislators to keep a good thing going
The specialty license plates that have provided millions of dollars for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue…
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12 votes separate Queen, Davis in race for N.C. House
The race for N.C. House of Representatives between two well-known and prominent Waynesville Democrats, Danny Davis and Joe Sam Queen,…
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Meadows and Rogers emerge from crowded field of Washington hopefuls
Mark Meadows and Hayden Rogers came out on top last night in a Congressional election that at the beginning of…
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Bottoms up, Jackson: Voters approve countywide alcohol sales
Jackson voters approved alcohol sales in Tuesday’s election by a comfortable margin, making it only the third county in Western…
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Greene wins Jackson commissioner seat
Jackson County has a new county commissioner. Vicki Greene, a longtime community planner and retired assistant director of the Southwestern…
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N.C. voters say ‘yes’ to Amendment One
As predicted, North Carolina voters ushered in a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions in Tuesday’s primary election,…
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Cherokee Schools to craft new long-range strategic plan
Cherokee Schools has launched a year-long process to develop a new strategic plan, a move prompted by issues raised in…
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Sylva native hired as new town manager
Sylva has a new town manager. Paige Roberson, 25, was promoted last week by the town board to the top…
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WNC cops frustrated by lack of drug, alcohol testing at regional crime lab
Waynesville Police Department is one of several law enforcement agencies hoping to see an expansion of the Western North Carolina…
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All aboard! New trolleys to circuit shopping districts of Waynesville
The same trolley that used to lead the New York Marathon and transport students at New York University from place…
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Good Old Time Summer Camp for kids at WCU
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center, Department of Art and Hunter Library are joining forces to offer the Good Old…
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Get help building your home
Haywood Habitat for Humanity is holding an open enrollment through this month for people interested in purchasing a home through…
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BBQ sack lunches to benefit skate park project
There will be a barbecue fund-raiser for the Waynesville Skate Park from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June…
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Fun Kids Day to benefit PAWS
P.A.W.S. Animal Shelter will celebrate children and animals of all ages with a day of fun and games at the…
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Logjam broken on live dealers for Cherokee, but not a done deal yet
A political impasse over live dealers and table games at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino has been resolved, but the tribe still…
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Home Expo planned in Waynesville
The Haywood Home Builders Association is having its 2012 Spring Home Expo May 11-12 at the Waynesville Armory. Those looking…
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Talk to cover Gettysburg ‘Mystery Unit’
Randal Garrison will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Western North Carolina Civil War Roundtable at 7…
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Angel upgrades stroke treatment capability
Angel Medical Center will unveil new technology aimed at improving its treatment of stroke victims during a demonstration from 2-3…
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Former chancellor Bardo lands new job after a year of lingering on WCU’s payroll
John Bardo, the former chancellor for Western Carolina University, has gotten a job. He will take over as the new…
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SCC seeks county dollars for commons area, restaurant
The idea of a restaurant and a commons area where students could meet and eat sounds like a good one…
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Evergreen, environmental groups settle river temperature issue
Evergreen Packaging has reached a partial settlement with environmental groups over pollution from the Canton paper mill in the Pigeon…
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Letter carriers food drive is May 12
The annual national Letter Carrier’s “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive is May 12, and postal customers are reminded to leave…
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Church library training coming to Waynesville
The North Carolina Baptist Church Library Team will host a library workshop for Western North Carolina at First Baptist Church…
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Former Miss America coming to Junaluska
The United Way of Haywood County and The Haywood Volunteer Center are hosting an evening with Jeanne Robertson at 7…
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Emergency workers learn to jump hurdles to gain entrance to gated communities
As an aggressive spring thunderstorm brewed over Waynesville this March, causing power outages around town, Erika Stansbury received a frantic…
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