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Youth dove hunt to be held in Haywood
About 20 young hunters, accompanied by licensed-to-hunt adults, will take part in a dove hunt Saturday, Sept. 3, at the…
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Learn about Monarchs on the Parkway
Monarch butterflies are back. The first of the monarch butterflies have been spotted recently on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a…
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Swain kid launch outdoor adventure club
Swain’s newest 4-H Club, the Outdoor Adventurers, waded into a mountain stream recently looking for salamanders, damselflies and other critters…
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Moonlight Race makes a comeback
The Maggie Valley Moonlight Race this past weekend had 430 runners take to the street, a respectable comeback after a…
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Cataloochee Ranch commemorates the chestnut tree
Come celebrate the return of the great American chestnut tree Saturday, Sept. 10, at Cataloochee Ranch outside Maggie Valley. This…
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HCC student turns business plan into business reality
Dustin Cornelison of Haywood County has turned his belief in living a sustainable and frugal lifestyle into an actual business.…
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New heirloom corn strain discovered
It’s not everyday that someone gets credit for contributing a previously unidentified variety of seed to the national seed bank,…
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Friends of the Smokies telethon tops $200,000
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park raised $201,209 through its 17th annual “Friends Across the Mountains” telethon — topping…
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Save seed with Frankebelle and the greasy-bean team
Macon County’s Frankebelle Scruggs and a local “greasy-bean team” from the Cowee community will show folks how best to collect…
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Save seed with Frankebelle and the greasy-bean team
Macon County’s Frankebelle Scruggs and a local “greasy-bean team” from the Cowee community will show folks how best to collect…
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Twenty promising crops to “farm” in the forest
Learn about turning your woodlot into a farm through a Mountain BizWorks workshop on Forest-Farming Practices from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.…
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Feathered hurricane hunter
On Aug. 24 Chinquapin soared into the dangerous northeast quadrant of then category 3 Hurricane Irene. The Lockheed Martin C-130…
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Keeping the well full: WCU researchers probe fractured rock aquifers in the mountains
A maze of pores and rock fractures in the Appalachian Mountains make it one of the most complex hydrological systems…
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Local author published “breathtaking” tabletop designs
Kathryn Greeley of Waynesville has published The Collected Tabletop, a book showcasing ways to create “easy, fun, and breathtaking tabletop…
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue to be discussed at the book group
Book Ends, the book discussion group at the Jackson County Public Library, will gather for the first time in the…
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Seek truth, good and beauty
According to recent polls, Americans are angry. They are angry about the economy, about the role of government in their…
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That awful smell, yeah, that’s me. Seriously.
There is nothing that smells quite as bad as a male goat in rut. During the mating season, excited billy…
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Beware of cardboard coyotes
I consider it a good thing when you meet someone new from a very different background that provides a chance…
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Eichenbaum’s flip-flops can’t be ignored
To the Editor: In response to Dr. Dan Eichenbaum’s announcement that he is running for Congress again in the 11th…
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Democratic Party opposes rate increase
To the Editor: At the July meeting of the Jackson County Democratic Party Executive Committee, the executive committee voted to…
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Insurance mandate is not unconstitutional
To the editor: If mandatory health insurance is unconstitutional, as the Republicans hope the Supreme Court will rule, what about…
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State GOP leaders following a script
To the Editor: I found it curious that the slew of bills rushed through the first session of our new…
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The wheels of justice got stuck in the mud
I’ve loved rock and roll music all of my life. When I was a teenager, I listened to Fleetwood Mac…
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Crafters converging on Maggie Valley
Maggie Valley will host a craft show this Labor Day weekend from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 3…
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Fontana to ring in Labor Day lakeside
A LakeAlooza Party is being held from 12 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 at Fontana Village Resort. There are…
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Liars Bench returns to WCU
The Liars Bench, a Southern Appalachian variety show, will start at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Western Carolina…
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Animal shelter to hold wine tasting
The P.A.W.S. Wine Tasting and Silent Auction, the largest fundraiser for the non-profit, no-kill animal shelter, will start at 7…
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Music at the Mill heralds historic restoration
Music at the Mill is coming to the Francis Grist Mill in Waynesville from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on…
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Oldies concert on Franklin town square
Rock the Square, a Labor Day weekend concert and street dance, will he held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept.…
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Gospel legends on stage in Franklin
A weekend of gospel music will kick off at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, and continue through Sept. 4…
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9/11 exhibit to visit Sylva
A 9/11 Memorial Exhibit containing replica banners sent by school children to the volunteers, police, firefighters and EMS at Ground…
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Learn to photograph your art
Tim and Beth Thrift will give a presentation on Photographing Your Artwork at 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 8, for the…
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Celebrate Labor Day with art and craft in Cashiers
The Cashiers Arts and Crafts Show will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 and 4 at…
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Discounted Penland classes for locals
Penland School of Crafts has open spaces in several of its eight-week fall classes available at half tuition to Western…
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Haywood’s Got Talent to showcase regional performers
The Haywood Arts Regional Theater will give area talent a chance to strut their stuff and win prize money in…
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Plein air painters visit the mountains
Area outdoor painters will bring their paint boxes and easels to Macon County for Paint the Macon Mountains on Sept. 10…
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Dance into Labor Day with block party
Waynesville’s Labor Day Block Party will run from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, in downtown. Main Street…
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Browse galleries and studios with Art After Dark
The Waynesville Gallery Association will present Art After Dark from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, in downtown…
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Mountain music returns to its roots at Smoky Mountain Folk Festival
Four decades of tradition have built the foundation for the Smoky Mountain Folk Festival, which will launch into its 41st…
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So this comedian walks into a bar in Sylva ...
Terrifying, exciting and kind-of liberating. That’s how Tom Scheve describes the inaugural experience of telling jokes on stage. And usually,…
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Haywood Chamber wraps up record setting membership drive
The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce exceed goals set for its 2011 “Goin’ Coastal” Membership and Sponsorship Campaign. The campaign…
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Phil Drake to give how-to talk on business success
Drake Enterprises CEO Phil Drake, who owns a family of 18 businesses based in Macon County, will give a free…
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MedWest urgent care center up and running in Jackson
A new urgent care center in Sylva is proving a welcome addition to the community. Before MedWest Health System opened…
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Dog owners lobby for pooch park
Hampered by a leash law that keeps their canine friends at heel, an ad hoc group of Sylva residents hope…
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Waynesville parking deck could house electric car charging station
Electric car owners rejoice. Haywood County may soon be home to two electric car charging stations for the sustainably inclined.…
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A cut above the competition
Haywood Community College can now boast a national champion after Daniel Jones took the title at the Stihl Collegiate Timbersports…
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Report will provide benchmark on health of WNC’s natural resources
A sweeping status report on natural resources in the mountains is being developed by a regional task force, serving as…
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Sylva native new downtown director
A 24-year-old with family ties to Jackson County has been hired as the new leader of the Downtown Sylva Association…
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Franklin town board facing no changes
There will be no new faces on Franklin’s town board after November’s elections, no matter which way voters decide to…
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Global Poverty Project CEO to speak at WCU
The 28-year-old co-founder and CEO of a global organization committed to eradicating extreme poverty will visit Western Carolina University on…
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