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May celebrations to benefit the arts
The 2011 FUNd Party Series will kick off with Cinco de Mayo in the Garden from 5 to 7 p.m.…
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Gems shine at Mother’s Day show
The Mother’s Day Gemboree will open its doors from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 6 and 7 and…
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Quilts come out for Mother’s Day
Airing of the Quilts, a new event showcasing quilt artistry, will be held on Saturday, May 7, in downtown Franklin.…
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Waynesville kicks off 2011 Art After Dark
The first Art After Dark of the season will kick off from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 6,…
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Beginner photography class gets going
An introductory photography class will begin Tuesday, May 3, at First Baptist Church in Waynesville. The class is offered by…
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Student talent showcase is April 30 in Franklin
Macon County youth will take the stage at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, at the Franklin High School Fine…
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Student poetry slam honors National Poetry Month
A poetry slam will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson…
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Stained glass course offered at WCU
A stained glass course will be offered from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, May 5 through June 9, at…
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Sylva brings art to summer evenings
The first of this season’s Sylva After Dark events is coming to downtown from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday,…
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Maggie Club hosts Chocolate for charity
The 12th annual Taste of Chocolate competition will run from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 at the…
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Needtobreathe stops in Franklin
Needtobreathe will play at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in…
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Troupe brings live comedy, animal tricks
Animal lovers and those in the mood for a laugh will find plenty of entertainment when Popovich Comedy Pet Theater…
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Music & beer: Maggie Valley festival features a winning combination
If there’s one thing Western North Carolina is rooted in, it’s music. The rolling Appalachians were the birthplace of bluegrass,…
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New GSMNP visitor center is worth a trip
This past Friday (April 15) I attended the dedication ceremony for the new Oconaluftee Visitor Center on the North Carolina…
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Great Smoky Mountains Audubon Society gets official welcome
The Great Smoky Mountains chapter of the Audubon Society, based in Maggie Valley and Waynesville, has been officially recognized and…
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Dust off those pesticides and get rid of them
A pesticide disposal collection day has been scheduled in Haywood County from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 18,…
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Get wet and help monitor area streams
Help protect the creeks in the Tuckasegee River Watershed by learning to collect and identify aquatic insects, considered key indicators…
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Summer camps equal big bucks for local economy
Western North Carolina has one of the highest concentrations of summer camps in America, and an economic-impact study completed in…
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Families meet the outdoors during adventure day
Families can discover how the great outdoors exists in their own backyards during “Outdoor Adventure Day,” from 10 a.m. until…
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Plant sales in full force this spring
Several plant sales are coming up for gardeners and flower lovers. • Haywood Community College will hold a Spring Plant…
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Celebrate new bike trails at Jackrabbit
The grand opening of a 14.5-mile trail system near Hayesville in Clay County is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, April…
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Grove Park Inn makes way for onsite NOC adventure outpost
Nantahala Outdoor Center and The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa have unveiled plans for NOC’s Basecamp Asheville, solidifying a…
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Great Garlic Mustard challenge on the Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is seeking volunteers to help remove the invasive weed garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) from the trail’s…
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Look up Friday night and marvel the night sky
A meteor shower with up to 20 meteors per hour will happen Friday night, April 22. The most meteors are…
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Want to take photos this good?
Wildflowers, Waterfalls and Vistas will be featured in an upcoming Field Photo Program by Bob Grytten beginning May 17 to…
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Sixty-one years young!
Pilgrims from across the country and around the globe are on the move. They are headed to the Mecca of…
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From classroom to creekside, students study water quality by raising and releasing fish
Richland Creek is now teaming with new inhabitants raised by Haywood County students in classroom fish tanks. After feeding and…
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Little fish in a big picture: Fixing ecosystems one species at a time
Ed Williams lugged a giant plastic bag teaming with silvery blue fish down a creek bank in Waynesville where they…
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Poet to read from new prose collection
Asheville writer and poet Holly Iglesias will read from her new collection, Angles of Approach, at 7 p.m. on Friday,…
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Franklin headlines book club meet in Sylva
Cyrano’s Book Club will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, in the Senior Citizen’s Center in Sylva. The…
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Holman’s novel dubbed compelling, tantalizing
When I was a teenager, I became addicted to a late-night horror movie host named Bestoink Dooley. Based in Atlanta,…
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GOP Medicare plan is totally off-base
To the Editor: The Republican design on Medicare comes straight from that dubious chapter of the Vietnam War in which…
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Macon County needs to clean up litter
To the Editor: Circumstances have prevented the organization of the annual county-wide litter pick-up/recycling event to celebrate Earth Day here…
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Accepting federal rail money a bad idea
To the Editor: In the April 6-12 issue of The Smoky Mountain News, Carole Larivee wrote a letter to the…
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Will McCoy Bridge become a memory?
Once more the Department of Transpor-tation will come to Macon County, in the name of listening to community input, when…
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Recession makes McCoy Bridge rehab an even better idea
Governments at all levels and all across the nation are broke. At every county courthouse and state house, money taken…
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A busy person’s guide to growing great salads
Tonight’s menu calls for salad from the garden, which reminded me to jot down a method for growing lettuce that,…
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Ghost Town bankruptcy hits dead end
Ghost Town in the Sky has no hope of pulling itself out of bankruptcy, according to a federal bankruptcy administrator.…
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Who exactly will pay for all that electricity?
With Jackson County set to take possession next month of the renovated historic courthouse and new library, commissioners agreed it’s…
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Jackson educators expecting deep state dollar cuts
Jackson County Schools isn’t asking for extra money this year from county commissioners despite an expected 10 percent or more…
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Haywood commissioners caught in backlash over new property values
An angry crowd accused Haywood County commissioners this week of unfairly slapping some property owners with higher values while letting…
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Learn how social media can boost your business
The Small Business Center of Haywood Community College will offer a free seminar entitled, “Business Owner’s Guide to Facebook and…
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Jackson dropout rates decline in 2009-10
Jackson County is one of four counties in North Carolina that has decreased its dropout rate the most, according to…
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Hearing planned for McCoy Bridge project
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 25, regarding…
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With construction down, Haywood Home Builder’s struggle to stay viable
While the construction industry, the Haywood Home Builders’ Association is giving itself a makeover, one it hopes can keep them…
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Musical chairs between Franklin, Macon government posts
Mike Decker is retracing the steps he made 11 years ago when he left county government for a job across…
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Regional food forum to look at WNC needs
With the latest increase in gas and grocery prices, the already long lines at soup kitchens and food pantries across…
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Swain, Macon commissioners try to rein in DOT plans for Needmore Road
Swain and Macon commissioners believe a state plan to widen and pave a 3.3-mile gravel road along a remote stretch…
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Chamber trash pick-up planned
A trash pick-up of Veterans’ Boulevard and U.S. 19 is being organized by the Swain County Chamber of Commerce beginning…
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Canary Coalition lobbies for bill that rewards conservation
A presentation on a state bill to overhaul energy consumption will be given by the Canary Coalition at 6:30 p.m.…
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