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WCU welcomes artists to summer series
The Summer Concert Series at Western Carolina University will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in June and July and…
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Doc Watson to headline festival
The third annual Cashiers Mountain Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday, July 2-3, will feature folk music legend Doc Watson,…
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Contest seeks youth talent
The Heritage Alive! Mountain Youth Talent Contest will be held again during the Franklin Folk Festival beginning at 1:30 p.m.…
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Barn dance at the Bascom
The year’s first Summer Barn Dance will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at the Bascom Center for…
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Bring your moves to Waynesville Rec
The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will offer the XBox 360 Dance Central contest at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June…
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Sylva offers up a taste of culinary treasures
The Taste of Downtown Sylva walking culinary tour will be from 2 p.m. through 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25. Tickets…
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Music and poetry at the Rickman Store
The Friends of the Rickman Store will be hosting a forum for music and poetry at 7 p.m. on June…
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LIFESPAN opens up the world of art to everyone
When asked to paint a picture of a dream vacation she would like to take, 68-year-old Hazel Wells began conjuring…
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Voter ID bill is needed
“The American people are losing confidence in the system and they want electoral reform ....” What American political leader, a…
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Life lessons from the world of beekeeping
The blossoms on the sourwood trees are opening. This is exciting for mountain beekeepers, though in their enthusiasm for the…
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Haywood needs to hold line on taxes
To the Editor: The past few months have been filled with letters to the editors, editorials and presentations to the…
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Tsunami sweeps over North Carolina
To the Editor: The State of North Carolina has been blessed in many ways. One of her blessings, in spite…
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Summer in the mountains: baptisms and clotheslines
“Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows, we shall come rejoicing bringing in the sheets.” — (slight adaptation from…
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Scholarship winners travel to China
Two $500 scholarships have been awarded to Lella Dougherty of Cherokee County Schools and Sarah Bruegger of Jackson County Schools…
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Space still open in theatre camp
Western Carolina University’s Theatre Summer camp has space remaining for campers ages 7 to 17. Registration will run through July…
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Opportunity to help a community member in need
Money and donations of clothing, furniture and other household items are being accepted at the Swain County Sheriff’s Office to…
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Laity conference begins June 30 at Lake Junaluska
The SEJ Laity Conference, a family experience, will be offered June 30 through July 3 at Lake Junaluska Conference and…
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Macon steep-slope ordinance inches forward
Macon County’s commissioners want their planning board, if possible, to finish up work on a steep-slope ordinance by August. Commissioner…
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Strange at best, tacky at worst — library plaque to bear two boards’ names
Jackson County Commissioner Doug Cody said he was as surprised as anyone to learn that his name would be included…
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Former commissioner now former college trustee, too
William Shelton is off the local community college’s board of trustees after the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, in a…
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Jackson commissioner keeps on DOT warpath
Jack Debnam, chairman of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, called on Sylva leaders to join him in his bid…
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Back taxes on Ghost Town help fund festivals in Maggie
Maggie Valley gave the thumbs up to a 2011-12 budget, voting 4-1 to approve the spending plan at a town…
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Community funding pool to aid nonprofits
Macon County non-profit organizations have until July 30 to apply for grants through the Macon County Community Funding Pool. Organizations…
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Rolling center offers bone testing
MedWest Health System’s osteoporosis bus provides bone density testing each week to women throughout rural Western North Carolina. Osteoporosis causes…
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Sales keep pace with county’s new values
Property in Haywood County is selling 4 percent higher than the new values on the county’s tax books, refuting criticism…
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How right is the reval?
There’s only one way to tell how right — or wrong — Haywood County’s recent property revaluation is. Appraisers attempt…
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Row over property values in Haywood still raging unabated
Haywood County commissioners continue to be dogged by outcries over new property values. Critics are openly deriding commissioners at every…
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New town of Fontana Dam springs up in the middle of nowhere
It doesn’t take long to survey North Carolina’s newest town; perhaps five minutes, tops. There’s the swanky Fontana Village Resort,…
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Developer loses landmark lawsuit over shoddy roads
By most accounts, calling Art Williams a hands-on developer would be a pretty fair description. For decades, Williams was in…
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HAM radio holds on in a high tech world
The term HAM radio doesn’t usually conjure visions of a chic hi-tech world, but usually something closer to, as Al…
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Building districts by the numbers
This year, the math of moving districts will give virtually every western block a shift. Sen. Jim Davis’s, R-Franklin, Senate…
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Redistricting to grow mountain districts
In legislatures around the nation, it’s that time of decade again — time to break out the old redistricting maps…
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Parts of WNC may remain without power until the weekend
A press release from Duke Energy reports that almost 20,000 customers in the six western counties are without power as…
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Common ash tree deserves more attention
“How many thousand-thousand of untold white ash trees are the respected companions of our doorways, kindliest trees in the clearing…
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Owl Prowl at the Highlands Nature Center
Come learn about and see live owls Thursday evening, June 16, at The Highlands Biological Foundation’s Nature Center amphitheatre. The…
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Learn about Cherokee trails in Macon County
A guided hike covering ancient Cherokee trails in Highlands will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday,…
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Guided hike set for Cataloochee Ranch
A hike along the Devil’s Britches Trail will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, at Cataloochee Ranch…
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Take a hike with naturalist Hendershot
“WNC Nesters,” a field trip from Heintooga Road down to Kituwah, will be held at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, June…
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Help the Smokies, volunteer for Discover Life
Discover Life in America (DLIA) is holding a number of events this summer for the public to experience the Great…
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Dining out to benefit the Little Tennessee
The Little Tennessee Watershed Association will hold an all-day fundraiser June 23 at local restaurants. The money raised will benefit…
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Tour Jackson County farms, support local farmers
A locally produced summer brunch will be provided by the Jackson County Farmers Market at 11 a.m. on June 26.…
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Haywood farmers market pulls out the stops this weekend
The Haywood Historic Farmers Market will be even more festive and lively than usual this Saturday, June 18. Farmers and…
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Watershed stroll
The first 2011 sojourn into the Town of Waynesville’s 8,000-plus acre watershed occurred last Saturday (June 11). The town has…
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Gorge gets a boost with new wave feature
The Nantahala River will soon boast one of the preeminent freestyle paddling features in the country — a patented apparatus…
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Poet Series continues featuring the poetry of Catherine Carter
Catherine Carter, a WCU professor and poet, will read from and discuss her collection of poetry, Memory of Gills, at…
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Stories of local pioneers
Author Hattie Caldwell Davis will read at the Haywood County Library in Waynesville at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 19,…
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Waynesville library offers new Southern book series
Friends of the Haywood Library will offer a new series, Discovering the Literary South, the Louis D. Rubin Jr. Series,…
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Anti-hero investigator brings tension to thriller
Jo Nesbo’s protagonist, Inspector Harry Hole, is a daunting piece of work. A chain-smoking manic depressive and an alcoholic, Harry’s…
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Playfest calls for actors
Auditions for Playfest will get under way Wednesday, June 22, in Cashiers for actors who can play roles between ages…
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Comedy and drama combine in Educating Rita
“Educating Rita,” an award-winning play, will be on stage June 15 through 19, and again from July 1 to 3,…
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