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Day of Service features festivities in Jackson
Western Carolina University’s Academic Success Program (ASP) is working with associates from the Sylva Wal-Mart for a day of service…
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Haywood crowns outstanding volunteers
The Haywood County Volunteer Center awarded Judy Smith of the Fines Creek Community Association’s MANNA food bank program as the…
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Learn cooking tips with local chef
A cooking program called “Fresh Ways with Local, Seasonal Food” will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21, as…
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New outpatient center to make health care more accessible
MedWest Health System is breaking ground on a new outpatient services center at 4 p.m. on Monday, July 11, on…
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Cuts target childhood development during critical early years
When SmartStart, an early childhood education program, was launched in 1993, it was hailed nationally as a model for reaching…
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Macon’s steep slope debate mired in details
In a somewhat surreal meeting last week of Macon County’s planning board, progress on developing regulations for steep slopes were…
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Travel app coming soon to steer tourists through western counties
Linda Harbuck doesn’t own a smart-phone herself, but that doesn’t stop the veteran Macon County tourism official from understanding and…
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River rats test homespun engineering in the Tuck Derby
It is not by swiftness, nor by strength and valor, that races are gained and battles won, but by sheer…
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Primary election showdown arrives in Cherokee
In Cherokee this week, tribal elections are edging ever closer, with a primary scheduled for Thursday that will whittle the…
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Shuler left with Republican-leaning district after new maps slice liberal Asheville out of WNC
Democrats are crying foul over new Congressional district lines that with seemingly surgical precision slice the City of Asheville, a…
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‘I feel their pain’: Keeping pools in working order costs small towns big bucks
Canton was one of the first towns in Western North Carolina to sport a swimming pool, something made possible thanks…
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Canton could get hosed by pool woes
The Canton swimming pool is on its last leg and without a major investment of $750,000 to $1 million, the…
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Popularity has its pitfalls
In the do-you-remember, they-were-right-after-all category, the enormous popularity of Jackson County’s new library has meant finding parking at the renovated…
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Cowboy preacher delivers maverick graduation speech
Graduation ceremonies are, by their nature, boring. The bookend of an educational phase is supposed to be a solemn occasion,…
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Renowned food author speaks on Southern cuisine
Blue Ridge Books will host Rick McDaniel, the author of An Irresistible History of Southern Food: Four Centuries of Black-Eyed…
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Experience the beauty of Mountains in Bloom
The Mountains in Bloom Garden Festival will be held July 7 through 10 in Highlands. From 10 a.m. to 2…
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Dulcimer week comes to WCU
Musicians Larry and Elaine Conger will host the 12th annual Mountain Dulcimer Week, to be held Sunday, July 17, through…
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Former Beach Boy brings summer music
Al Jardine and his Endless Summer Band will fill the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts with summer music…
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Grammy winner Laurie Lewis to perform
On Saturday, July 9, Grammy-award winner Laurie Lewis will give an after-dinner performance at Cataloochee Ranch. Lewis is an acclaimed…
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Library hosts guitarist Pete Friedman
Pete Friedman will bring his music to the Jackson County Public Library at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, with…
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‘Liars Bench’ takes show to WCU July 7
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will host and sponsor a free performance of The Liars Bench, a Southern Appalachian…
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Massage festival planned at WCU
The World Massage Festival will hold its 6th annual festival from July 14 to 17 at Western Carolina University. The…
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Movie club to screen Amish Grace
The Groovy Movie Club will show the film “Amish Grace” at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 8. A mostly organic…
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Singer, storyteller starts off folk festival
Tim Lynch will lead off the 2011 Franklin Folk Festival at 9 a.m. on July 16 at the downtown gazebo…
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Classic cars come out in Highlands
The Highlands Motoring Festival is scheduled for July 15 to 17, in downtown Highlands. The festival will begin at 6:30…
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Artisans gather at art and crafts show
The Mountain Artisans Summertime Art & Crafts Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 2…
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Woodworker demonstrates traditional techniques
Brian Bartel, a local artisan who has spent the last 14 years developing his technique in woodworking with hand tools,…
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A gypsy at HART
This summer in Waynesville, it’s an unconventional rags-to-riches tale that will light up the Haywood Arts Regional Theater mainstage with…
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Fox sightings increasing in populated areas
Witnessing a wild fox is not necessarily a cause for alarm, nor are all foxes rabid or dangerous, according to…
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Talk to explore growth and what it means for the mountains
A talk titled “The Southern Blue Ridge at this Moment in History” will discuss growth in the mountains and its…
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No fishing license needed on July Fourth
This upcoming July 4 is a “free fishing day” in North Carolina. Everyone — residents and nonresidents — can fish…
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An elk viewing for seniors
A trip for seniors, age 50 and above, to see the elk in Cataloochee Valley will be offered on July…
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Swim, bike, run in Haywood triathlon
The MedWest-Haywood Triathlon has returned this year with a new summertime date, attracting seasoned triathletes looking for a challenge as…
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Cherokee Moonlight 5K
The Cherokee Runners Moonlight 5K and Fun Run will be held on July 4 at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds. The…
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Capture summer’s bounty with canning how-to
Learn the basics of canning through workshops offered by the Jackson County N.C. Cooperative Extension Service during the month of…
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SCC mechanics students get cooking
When you walk into an automotive shop you don’t expect to see men in crisp white lab coats and surgical…
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Mountain Wildlife Daze
The eighth annual Mountain Wildlife Days is scheduled for July 15 and 16 at the Sapphire Valley Community Center. The…
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Learn about the environment and have fun, too
A weeklong Environmental Camp for ages 10 to 15 offers a full lineup of hands-on nature exploration and fieldtrips. The…
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Loss of regulators means fewer inspections, say environmentalists
Environmental advocates are troubled by major budget cuts and the loss of staff for the Department of Environment and Natural…
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By air, by land and by water: General Assembly rolls back environmental protections
Back in January, a group of environmental advocates gathered for after-work beers at Craggie Brewery in Asheville where they heard…
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Plant life distinct to the southern Blue Ridge
The elevations of the southern Blue Ridge province above 4,000 feet can be thought of as a peninsula of northern…
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Perry’s Water Garden nurtures love of water plants
Most of the business being done at Perry’s Water Garden these days is selling plants through the wholesale market. But…
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Roads all about money, power and ethics
To the Editor: The patronage politics of roads, money, power, and ethics in North Carolina is a strange creature. Individual…
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Safety is primary concern for SCC
To the Editor: It is with astonishment that I have been following the flurry of recent articles in the newspapers…
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GOP-led legislature did some good work
To the Editor, We North Carolinians are very fortunate people. Our Republican majority state legislature had the courage to make…
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What does Harvard know about milk, anyway?
You’ve probably seen the ads. Some famous face sports a white “milk mustache” and encourages you to drink more milk.…
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Swain DSS director fired, lodges appeal
Tammy Cagle, once the leader of the Swain County Department of Social Services, has been given the ax by the…
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Everyone up for election in Franklin pledges to run again
When Sam Greenwood retired as Macon County’s manager and almost immediately accepted the same position for the town of Franklin…
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Hotel a tombstone for WNC’s once booming real estate industry
When construction on the lofty Clarion Inn started in 2008, the town of Sylva thought it was finally going to…
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Sylva police packed in like sardines
Just stepping inside the Sylva Police Department gives a person an immediate understanding of why Chief Davis Woodard is pushing…
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