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Gingrich’s rise a sad indictment on GOP field
For Newt Gingrich to have floated to the top of the Republican presidential slough tells what a dismal swamp it…
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Haywood has low infant mortality rate
Haywood County has a lower infant mortality rate than the state as a whole, according to a report given at…
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Hooper House gets historic designation
The Hooper House on West Main Street in Sylva has received Jackson County’s first designation as a Local Historic Landmark.…
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Chamber hopes to regain footing with new director
After several years without a full-time promoter, the Maggie Valley Chamber of Commerce plans to bring back an executive director…
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What price athletics? WCU football costs mount as university pursues wins
The price tag of transforming Western Carolina University’s losing football team into a winner — or anything less than a…
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Chancellor fields football question
SMN: The $300,000 to the football coach represents at least three professors’ salaries. Is this cost worth trying to have…
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Catamount comeback: Can new athletic director turn Western football around?
Western Carolina University hired a new athletic director this week who will face the daunting challenge of turning the college’s…
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Folkmoot statue could get new home on Main Street
A whimsical sculpture that honors the Folkmoot international dance festival will find new prominence at a different spot on Main…
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Students will need to dig deeper to cover costs
Western Carolina University students likely will shell out an additional $399 in tuition and fees to attend school next year,…
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Group prepares for Panama relief trip
A group of residents and students from Western North Carolina will embark in early March on a trip to the…
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Ignore the rumors: The Coffee Shop isn’t closing
Rumors of an impending closing to the contrary, The Coffee Shop in Sylva is not shutting down, owner Phyllis Gibson…
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Closing of Cope’s Superette in Sylva marks end of an era
It’s 8 a.m. and the everyday regulars — Sylva’s working class Janes and Joes — are stopping by Cope’s Superette…
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Free throw contest this month in Waynesville
The annual Elks National "Hoop Shoot" Free Throw Contest will take place at the Waynesville Recreation Center on Friday, Dec.…
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Historical Society commemorates Pearl Harbor anniversary
The Jackson County-Webster Historical Society commemorated Pearl Harbor’s anniversary on Dec. 7 at its first public meeting in the renovated,…
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Slope work alters landscape of Waynesville’s main corridor
When bulldozers began demolishing trees on a hillside overlooking Waynesville’s main commercial thoroughfare this summer, Byron Hickox was bombarded by…
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WCU prepares for graduation ceremonies
Western Carolina University will honor its fall graduating class and recognize a group of graduates who received their degrees after…
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State to Bryson City Fire Department: respond to false alarms
Bryson City Fire Department failed its state mandated insurance inspection last week for failing to respond to false alarms. The…
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Waynesville artist to teach painting class
Waynesville artist and teacher Nick DePaolo will help people create an oil painting with his follow-along technique. The two-hour class…
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Skaggs Family to release album, perform Dec. 17
The Skaggs Family will perform songs from its new, 10-song holiday album, A Skaggs Family Christmas Volume Two, at the…
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Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts presents ‘Aladdin’
The Overlook Theatre Company will present Disney’s “Aladdin” at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin on…
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Community caroling and holiday crafts in Macon
The Macon County Public Library is hosting an old-time carol-along at 5 p.m. on Dec. 20. The song list will…
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Brewery to put on Nanta Claus Christmas benefit
The Nantahala Brewing Company in Bryson City is hosting its first Nanta Claus party and benefit Dec. 17. The event…
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Replay of parades to run on Haywood TV station
WNC Television will air the Christmas Parade Special, a compilation of this year’s Waynesville and Canton parades, beginning Dec. 19.…
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Brasstown Ringers present ‘Christmas Bells’ concert
The Brasstown Ringers will perform their 2011 concert program “Christmas Bells” at 6 p.m., Dec. 16, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship…
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Holiday community music jam planned for Dec. 15
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will hold its next community music jam 6 to 7:30 p.m., Dec. 15,…
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Free family flicks in Macon throughout December
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City is showing family-oriented Christmas movies each Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in December. The…
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Teen library supporters to meet at the Marianna Black Library
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will have a teen Friends of the Library meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Dec 15.…
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National Park hosts holiday homecoming
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host a Holiday Homecoming at the new Oconaluftee Visitor Center Dec. 17. Park staff…
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Church groups offer a double helping of holiday events
Rockwood United Methodist Church in Canton will host two holiday programs Dec. 18. The Chancel Choir will present “One Small…
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WCU Catamount statue receives a cozy holiday sweater
The Catamount statue at the main entrance of Western Carolina University is now sporting a red and green holiday sweater…
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Sylva band’s jazz renditions are bringing the sexy back
With a Billie Holiday-style microphone, an Apple computer camera and her two bandmates on either side, Maggie Tobias transforms from…
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Going back to explain ‘back of beyond’
Most of us at one time or another hanker for a place where we can get away from it all…
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Start training now and you might live through this trail race …
Assault on Black Rock trail race is a go next year in Jackson County, so mark your calendar for Saturday,…
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Details, training announced for WCU’s Valley of the Lilies
The scenic Cullowhee Valley will serve as the backdrop again when runners from throughout the region gather at Western Carolina…
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Friends of the Smokies board member named
Award-winning businessperson Meridith Elliot Powell has been selected to join the Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Board…
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“Green Drinks” and bear information on tap at Rathskellar
Learn all about bears and bear behavior at a monthly “Green Drinks” social at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14…
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Teachers flock to Highlands for climate change workshop
Twenty-two high school science teachers from across North Carolina recently visited the Highlands Biological Station for a weekend retreat focusing…
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Oh, dear – disease hits N.C. deer
Deer hunters may encounter sick or diseased deer afflicted with hemorrhagic disease this hunting season, according to the N.C. Wildlife…
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Unique book collection displayed in Sylva
A collection of handmade books created by Kathrine Cays, artist-in-residence at The Rickman Store in the Cowee community of Macon…
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Wildflower award winners announced
Regional efforts to make highways more beautiful added up to statewide recognition recently when the N.C. Department of Transportation announced…
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The good fight
As too often happens, in this whirlwind life, I lost my roundtoit. I received an email from the Western North…
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Gear guide 2011
The Smoky Mountain News has teamed up with outfitters for yet another installment of our annual Outdoor Gear Gift Guide.…
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‘Moonshiner’s Daughter’ at Penland & Sons, Marshall
Mary J. Messer, author of the Appalachian memoir Moonshiner’s Daughter, will read from her book and answers questions from the…
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Barbara Bates Smith’s ‘Deck the Halls with Southern Writers’
Friends of the Haywood Public Library will present Barbara Bates Smith will appear in the one-woman play Christmas play “Deck…
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WCU students to share works
Creative writing students from Western Carolina University will read original works at 6 p.m. on Dec. 13 at City Lights…
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When it comes to books, here is what women want
“What do women want?” During the month of December, Sigmund Freud’s famous question haunts the minds of many men. Unlike…
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Read it here – the truth about how the world will end
I normally veer from airing my opinion as a columnist in the editorial pages on issues that I cover as…
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People too gullible about Occupy movement
To the Editor: After reading Carol Larivee’s letter noting the differences between the Tea Party and the Occupy movement, it…
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Tea Party faithful are decent Americans
To the Editor: In the Nov. 23-29 issue of The Smoky Mountain News, Carole Larivee wrote a letter comparing the…
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Remember that it’s Democrats raising taxes
To the Editor: So the Democrat North Carolina state senators have waived off the chance to cap the automatic 4…
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