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Dixie dog transport saves lives
With the euthanasia rate at area shelters fluctuating between 50 and 70 percent, animal rescue advocates are literally going the…
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Waynesville on target with sidewalk construction
Waynesville is a leader when it comes walkable communities, according to a consultant hired to develop a long-range pedestrian plan…
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Maggie Valley to compel Ghost Town to stabilize lingering slide threat
Ghost Town is far from off the hook for repairing the latest landslide in Maggie Valley. The Rich Cove slide…
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‘Robinson Kephart,’ editor of adventure books
My weekly deadline is looming. I’m not sure how this is going to turn out. But I’ve been thinking about…
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Sylva board blesses Community Table move
Community Table, Sylva’s nonprofit community kitchen, has outgrown its existing facility and is targeting a move to the town’s now-vacant…
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Double your money and land on the Wall of Fame
In today’s economy, people want to stretch their dollars to the max. What if you could actually double your money?…
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Tract with road side views of Cowee Mound conserved
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee has saved a key tract from development along the Little Tennessee River near…
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Fighting hunger, one bowl at a time
Fill a bowl, feed a soul, and help fight hunger with a warm heart and a full stomach. The second…
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The Naturalist's Corner
White Nose Syndrome just miles from WNC The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) announced in mid-February that two bats from…
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Sylva pedestrian plan takes shape
The Town of Sylva finalized an agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation last week that clears the way for…
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No relief for crowded schools
Despite using every nook and cranny available, Swain County schools are still struggling to track down classroom space for its…
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Volunteers fight to save animals from euthanasia
Thousands of animals end up in the shelters of Western North Carolina each year, and a small group of volunteers,…
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Sylva woman shares experience of Chile earthquake
Sylva resident Susannah Patty thought her trip to Chile would be an adventure, but she didn’t count on living through…
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Haywood health board gets more than it bargains for
A proposed health board rule in Haywood County has reignited a debate about how far officials can go when it…
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Cullowhee school grows beyond expectations
Landmark Learning based in Jackson County offers 80 courses a year providing wilderness medical training to 2,000 people across all…
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Cherokee hospital uses art to build community
When the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians took over the Cherokee Indian Hospital from the Indian Health Service in 2002,…
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A requiem for Cataloochee
Requiem by Fire by Wayne Caldwell. Random House, 2009. 335 pages Dear readers, if you have some slight respect for…
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Elder abuse case shines light on larger issue
If you believe people usually get what they deserve, then the recent conviction of a Jackson County man on elder…
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Ghost Town faces June deadline to stave off foreclosure
Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park could be foreclosed on as early as June unless investors step forward with…
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A guidebook for raising boys
Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James and David Thomas. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2009. 368 pages.…
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HART brings edgy plays to WNC — and succeeds
Any actor or director at Haywood Arts Regional Theater will tell you there’s nothing wrong with “The Sound of Music.”…
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Presentation of Carden plays to benefit library fund
Two plays crafted by Sylva writer Gary Carden will be presented at Western Carolina University in March to benefit the…
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Macon Airport runway extension faces more questions
Macon County Airport Authority members are confident their application with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward, but…
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EPA takes aim at Canton paper mill
A water pollution permit for the Canton paper mill has come under fire by the Environmental Protection Agency. The pollution…
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The calm of a winter’s night
It’s Saturday night as I write this .... going on toward midnight. I read the thermometer mounted outside the kitchen…
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Rickman Store celebrates 85 years
A community-wide open house celebration featuring a full day of entertainment and cultural events will mark the 85th anniversary of…
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DOT plans ahead to stave off slides
Rather than continuing a reactive approach to rockslides on Interstate 40, the DOT is making a widespread effort to prevent…
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Evergreen’s fate is important to WNC
Mix a strong environmental ethos, economic realism and strong community pride all together in the same brain (mine, in this…
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Delays in rock slide cleanup push back I-40 opening
Harsh winter weather has delayed the reopening of Interstate 40 until late April, according to the North Carolina Department of…
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Family hopes elder abuse case will help future victims
The conviction of former Jackson County employee Marc Hawk on elder abuse charges last month closed the book on a…
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Tapping the power of the sun
Progress Energy customers can now claim a fraction of their power comes from the sun. A new solar farm is…
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Swain County moratorium could stop Duke substation
Swain County has entered the fight over Duke Energy’s proposed electrical substation that would mar views in a rural farming…
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Budget cuts put fairgrounds in a bind, forcing county back to the table
With a large loan payment looming and not enough money to pay it, the fairgrounds turned to Haywood commissioners this…
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Beating bugs the natural way
It all started with a stranger’s death. At the time, Carl Hughes was working as a construction supervisor for the…
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Sylva may be stuck with cell tower
The Sylva Town Board opposes the construction of a 195-foot-high cellular communications tower on the main commercial drag of N.C.…
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The Naturalist's Corner
ake J eagle Not a winter has passed in the last four years or so that a bald eagle —…
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Cherokee outfitter store to offer premium guide service
Cherokee’s trout streams have earned their reputation as the crown jewel of North Carolina’s trophy waters, and now the area…
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Vertigo Jazz Project celebrates second release
Vertigo Jazz Project will drop their second full-length studio album on March 12 at Emerald Lounge in Asheville. VJP’s new…
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Landowner dismayed N.C. 107 bridge widening will claim archaeology site
A Cherokee archaeological site spanning from at least 6,000 years ago to the 18th century stands in the way of…
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County reluctant to foot the bill for Maggie landslide clean up costs
Haywood County commissioners are reluctant to hand over taxpayer money to stabilize the latest landslide in Maggie Valley — even…
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Bringing home the brew
Zach Phillips and Mike Valente graduated from Western Carolina University just in time to enter the worst job market in…
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Jackson County schools hope for no more job cuts
On Monday evening, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners met with leaders from Jackson County Schools to talk about next…
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Grassroots effort aims to make Jackson County greenest
What if the driveway to the county’s administration building were lined with blueberries? It was January, and Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin and…
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HCC comes out on top in Recycle Mania
Haywood Community College shot to the top in a nationwide recycling competition by doing little more than what it already…
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Taking readers down a deep spiral
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Penguin Books, 2005. 487 pagesLet’s begin with a marvelous story —…
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I-40 opens at last
Interstate 40, closed since October due to a massive rockslide, reopened with little fanfare on Sunday evening. For the people…
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Haywood schools, HCC struggle to meet needs as revenues plummet
With Haywood County’s revenues down by 4 percent, schools are looking at another year of disappointing budget allocations at the…
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Enrollment audit a slow, uneasy process for Cherokee
In a 2002 referendum, the members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians voted to authorize an audit of the…
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Key candidates missing at Swain forum
Swain County citizens might have been more thrilled about a candidate forum that was held Thursday, April 22, than the…
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Admiration, maybe, but no love for the boar
Numerous non-native plants have been introduced into the southern mountains during the last century or so. Many are now classified…
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