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Masters of Motown open Galaxy of Stars series
The Masters of Motown’s “A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A.,” will open the Galaxy of Stars Series at Western Carolina University.…
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Free arts and crafts workshop for kids
Elementary school-aged children and their families are invited to a free ARTSaturday workshop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on…
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Hone your glassblowing and blacksmithing skills
The Green Energy Park in Dillsboro is offering more classes this fall in both glassblowing and blacksmithing. Come make a…
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Step into a galaxy far, far away at Star Wars party
Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville is holding a Star Wars party from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10.…
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Introductory Reiki workshop being offered
Sylva resident Mercedes Fernandez will present an introductory Reiki workshop at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Community…
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Maggie Valley to star in country video
Country singer Jody Medford will head to Maggie Valley on Sept. 21 to film the music video for his new…
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Nazi resistance captured on film
Six independent filmmakers and their films will land on the campus of Western Carolina University this year, as part of…
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‘We All Remember 911': Replica of school children’s banners on display at City Lights
After Sept. 11, the nation gave millions in donations to support recovery. America’s kids, meanwhile, gave in the way that…
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It’s tough to grow your meat and slaughter it too
I was pleased to see quite a few people selling meat this past Saturday at the local farmers market in…
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Protecting public lands protects quality of life
To the Editor: Last week, North Carolinians joined citizens from all over the nation to celebrate Great Outdoors Week to…
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Third-party certification can help forest owners
To the Editor: The best way to keep private forestlands in forests is to have an economic environment that makes…
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Social Security has been robbed by politicians
To the Editor: For more than 25 years after the 1983 amendments to Social Security, the federal government collected more…
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Time to reduce our dependence on oil
To the Editor: We traveled to Clayton, Ga., last week to attend a presentation featuring “The Transition Movement.” This movement…
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Hell hath no Fury like a guilty conscience
One night last week, when I was watching what must have been the 500th recounting of the Casey Anthony trial,…
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It’s time to approve dealers at Harrah’s casino
Been to the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino? Even if you don’t gamble, I’d encourage a walk through. My bet is you’d…
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Honoring the fallen: Firefighters take on 110 flights in memorial stair climb
“The first 12 are the easiest,” says Dee Massey, as he rounds the first landing of the parking deck stairwell…
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News in brief
High school students and residents will have a chance to talk with college representatives from over 55 southeastern universities, colleges…
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Sylva AM radio station goes dark
WRGC, a local mainstay on the AM radio dial in Sylva for more than five decades, went off the air…
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High stakes casino expansion tests the theory: If we build it, will they come?
When a new federal law in the 1990s opened the door for Indian tribes to build casinos, it set the…
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Extortion or fair share? State wants cut of casino revenue in exchange for live dealers
To hear many Cherokee leaders on the eve of last week’s tribal elections, the tribe is incredibly close to striking…
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Hello Bellagio, meet Cherokee
The Mirage has a volcano. There’s the Fountains of Bellagio, and the pyramid-shaped Luxor. Cherokee will have the Rotunda, the…
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Men at work: Behind the veil of Harrah’s $633 million expansion
As Harrah’s Cherokee Casino closes on the final year of a massive $633 million expansion, the hum of construction that’s…
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WCU campus to get 4G with dorm-top antennae
Verizon Wireless will pay Western Carolina University to put an antennae on top of Scott Hall as it starts providing…
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WCU to host annual Red Zone campaign
Western Carolina University’s Division of Student Affairs will coordinate WCU’s annual Red Zone campaign during the fall semester. The Red…
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WCU announces membership of its strategic planning group
Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher has appointed a 36-member committee that will help guide the university’s direction over…
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Sheriff, newspaper’s portrayal of rape victim comes under fire
Comments by Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe about a rape victim published in the weekly Cashiers newspaper two weeks ago…
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Cherokee Chief Michell Hicks narrowly wins election on record of progress
Principal Chief Michell Hicks won Thursday’s election in Cherokee, becoming only the second chief ever to be elected to a…
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Screech owls don’t really screech
The Eastern Screech Owl has the broadest ecological niche of any owl in its range. It occurs east of the…
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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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