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WCU task force gets marching orders for strategic plan
A 36-member commission charged with developing a new strategic plan for Western Carolina University is on a tight timeline: Chancellor…
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Old Cartoogechaye School could be future playing fields
Macon County commissioners decided last week to try to buy the old Cartoogechaye School, raze it and build two ball…
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Town manager forced out in Sylva
Sylva leaders this week demanded their town manager resign, just more than two years after she was hired. “This was…
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Haywood closes in on deal to privatize landfill
Haywood County is inching closer to exiting the landfill business, with plans to hand over the county’s White Oak landfill…
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Learn Spanish at SCC
Beginner Spanish is being offered at Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus Monday evenings beginning Sept. 12. The course will be…
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Tourism agency targets tourist rentals flying under the room tax radar
Haywood County business owners who have been dodging the 4 percent lodging tax will now find themselves facing a crackdown,…
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Farmers are almost always willing to lend a hand
Tammara Talley, while gracious in her acknowledgments during the shower of verbal high-fives raining down upon her at Saturday’s farmers…
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Riding the Parkway for a cause
Seconds after I heard the doorbell, my little feet hit the stone floor landing that served to separate the front…
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Tea Party wants to restore America
To the Editor: In a Quinnipiac University polling (8/16-8/27), 29 percent of Americans responded that they couldn’t formulate an opinion…
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Let’s send Obama to unemployment line
To the Editor: We need a plan that will help grow jobs in our district. The message to the world…
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Kudos to Haywood for landslide mapping
To the Editor: It’s good to see Haywood County leaders talking sense about landslide hazard mapping instead of stoking the…
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Harrah’s should not have a monopoly
To the Editor: Regarding the editor’s article, “It’s time to approve dealers at Harrah’s casino” (SMN, Sept. 7-13), I agree…
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More media is almost always beneficial
I don’t listen to local radio so much anymore, but the story in last week’s edition about the demise of…
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A tribute to fishing and fish
In last week’s The Smoky Mountain News, Gary Carden began his review of Ron Rash’s collection of poems, Waking, by…
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Author Chris McMillan to read from debut memoir
Local author Chris McMillan will read from her new memoir at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Blue Ridge…
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Revisit the library with special events
In celebration of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, the Haywood County Public Library is joining with other North Carolina libraries…
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Library to host author Pam Duncan
Novelist Pamela Duncan will read from and discuss her novels at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Jackson…
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Author casts new light on an old ballad
Sharyn McCrumb, author of the Ballad Series of novels, will read from her new book, The Ballad of Tom Dooley,…
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Author to illuminate the joys of fly fishing
David Joy, the author of the new book Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman’s Journey, will hold a reading and signing…
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Trout Unlimited to hold river clean-up
A river-sweep cleanup of the Tuckasegee starting at the new CJ Harris boat ramp in Dillsboro is set for Thursday,…
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Calling volunteers to clean waterways
Get out your gloves and pitch in cleaning up litter from Richland Creek in Waynesville as part of the North…
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Hands-on learning helps kids understand water issues
It requires getting a little wet, but that’s all part of the fun when the Haywood Waterways Association and Haywood…
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Outdoors sports festival brings new triathlon and 5K to Franklin
Outdoor enthusiasts can look forward to a two-day WNC OutdoorAthlon this fall in Macon County, Oct. 8-9. Activities include a…
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New half marathon gearing up in Cherokee
Registration is open for a new half-marathon race taking place on the Cherokee Indian Reservation Saturday, Oct. 15, starting at…
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Workshop to explore the ethics of ecology
Training for leaders and activists in the conservation movement will explore the deeper issues of ethics, values and the root…
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Don’t poach it, grow ‘sang legally instead
Learn how to grow that lucrative cash-plant, ginseng, at home. The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service and the Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance…
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Photography workshop to be held at Balsam Mountain Preserve
Shutterbug alert: Balsam Mountain Trust in Sylva will hold a digital photography class Sept. 24, from 3 p.m. until sunset.…
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WCU’s Rooted in the Mountains symposium
The second-annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium at Western Carolina University will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct.…
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Get outdoors and support land conservation
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy is challenging outdoor enthusiasts to support land conservation simply by hiking. The Hiking Challenge encourages all…
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Land Trust to hold Tessentee Preserve clean-up
The Land Trust of the Little Tennessee will hold a Stewardship Workday at Tessentee Bottomland Preserve in southern Macon County…
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See the elk via two guided trips
As part of their popular Eco Tour Outreach Program, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust hold two elk tours in Cataloochee Valley with…
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Learn to share the land with bears
With fall comes hungry bears, and the B.E.A.R. Taskforce wants to help people learn to peacefully coexist with these great…
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A few hours on top
Yesterday’s (9/11) wonderful late summer weather — mostly clear mid 70s — enticed my family up to Black Balsam for…
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Open season: Crack down on wild boar may meet resistance from hunters
There’s a new call to arms for hunters of wild boar: shoot as many as you can — day or…
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Otters are what beautiful aspires to be
Earlier this week about nine in the morning, I was standing on the Everett Street bridge in the heart of…
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Rally returns to Maggie
Maggie Valley will play host to the Carolina Harley Davidson Dealers Fall Rally in the Valley from 10 a.m. to…
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Painter’s exhibit opens with reception, interview
The Gods of the Machine, an exhibit by painter John Lytle Wilson, will open with a reception at 5 p.m.…
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Learn blacksmithing at a traditional forge
Western Carolina University will offer eight weeks of blacksmithing classes from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Sept.…
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World wars round table to meet Sept. 21
Capt. Joseph E. Myers, historian for the Asheville Composite Squadron of the North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol,…
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Youth music program accepting students
The Haywood County Arts Council will hold registration for new students in the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program from 1:30…
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Mandy Barnett will pay tribute to Patsy Cline
Mandy Barnett, a country music singer and stage actress, will perform a Tribute to Patsy Cline at 7:30 p.m. on…
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Highlands Playhouse to hold auction
The Highlands Playhouse will hold a fundraising auction at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Highlands Playhouse. The auction…
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Crafters to host English tea
Dogwood Crafters will host an English tea, with two seatings at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sept. 24 at…
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Colonial basket techniques to be taught
A basket-weaving class will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, in the Macon County…
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Cullowhee to play at WCU
The band Cullowhee will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Hinds University Center at Western Carolina…
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Doxita film festival returns to WCU
A checkpoint on the Pakistan-India border and Peruvian workers traveling by boat to an island of birds are just two…
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Community band to play Sept. 11 tribute
The Haywood Community Band will present its monthly free concert at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Maggie…
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Southeastern tribes renew ancient traditions at festival
Native American tribes the Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole and Cherokee return to Cherokee for a two-day event that celebrates the…
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WCU marching band to perform at NFL game
The 380-member Western Carolina University band will perform as halftime entertainment during the Carolina Panthers regular season home opener against…
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Poets, writers, musicians and more gather to celebrate book launch, region
There is a core of energy to Thomas Rain Crowe, a get-in-there and get-it-done spirit, evident both in his writings…
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