Archived (29788)
Children categories
Tunnel greenhouses fend off winter’s grip
A workshop on how to build a simple greenhouse will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 30, as part…
Read More
Toole explores boxing from inside the ring
Pound for Pound by F.X. Toole. HarperCollins, 2007. 416 pages. Million Dollar Baby by F.X. Toole. Harper Perennial 2005. 256…
Read More
Thoroughly modern millipedes
By Jim Janke Every summer one or two people bring samples of ugly little insects into the plant clinic and…
Read More
Investor in Jonathan Creek project claims he was wronged
A Tennessee man claims he was defrauded of $328,000 by the players behind Cataloochee Wilderness Resorts, a planned mega development…
Read More
Townhomes one of few additions to Sylva housing in a decade
When Art Pohl moved to Jackson County from Florida 10 years ago, he imagined a golden retirement filled with lazy…
Read More
A fine flower to start with
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received in regard to learning wildflowers was to “concentrate on one…
Read More
Graham proposes takeover of Swain land
Swain and Graham counties are at odds over who should provide rescue service to the isolated Deals Gap territory, a…
Read More
Hard-to-get taxonomists could make or break ATBI’s future
As the inventory of every living species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park trudges into its tenth year, it…
Read More
Wildflowers peaking right now
Interesting wildflowers appear throughout Western North Carolina from late February into early November. Most wildflower identification and observation takes place…
Read More
Region to get assisted living campus
A groundbreaking was held last Thursday (July 16) at the site of a new assisted living complex being built in…
Read More
Europe’s unrest lead to creation of Wellco
When Heinz Rollman left behind the unrest of Europe and struck out for America in 1939, the fate of his…
Read More
Ghost Town still honing bankruptcy comeback plan
Ghost Town in the Sky wants more time to prepare its bankruptcy reorganization plan and is seeking an extension. The…
Read More
Hard work takes place off Folkmoot stages
By Andre A. Rodriguez Each morning of the Folkmoot festival, the members of Shalom Israel Ashdod spend at least one…
Read More
New Swain jail fails to rake in overflow inmates
When Swain County opened a new $10 million jail last fall with 109 beds — four times bigger than necessary…
Read More
Veterans touch down in Washington for memorial visit
Two groups of Jackson County’s World War II veterans visited Washington, D.C.’s war memorial this year thanks to a project…
Read More
Cataloochee Resort developer says retail component viable
Jimmy and Keith Leatherwood were always glad to see the developers of Cataloochee Wilderness Resorts walk in to their local…
Read More
Waynesville’s South Main presents a vexing problem
Sounds like Waynesville’s leaders heard just what they expected last week regarding South Main Street — many people feel many…
Read More
Empty jail beds fuel feud between Swain sheriff, county
The new Swain jail costs the county $610,000 a year more than the old jail: $450,000 in debt payments and…
Read More
Life in the richest place on earth
When Jim Lowe strikes out on his twice-monthly foray to check insect traps in the Smokies, he never knows just…
Read More
Don West’s affinity for Appalachia
A Hard Journey by James J. Lorence. University of Illinois Press, 2009. 344 pages. Once on a warm, summer afternoon…
Read More
Loss of Hazelwood manufacturer marks the end of an era
When Mary Ann Enloe was growing up in the blue-collar hub of Hazelwood, she didn’t know anyone with an alarm…
Read More
HVO to purchase Wellco site
Although Wellco shoe plant in Waynesville is closing, the community will be spared the blight of another vacant industrial site.…
Read More
Heliker & Lahotan Foundation’s WNC connection keeps the creative vision alive
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Gaily colored petals of long-stemmed Cosmos flowers lilt along on the sea-swept winds that…
Read More
Folkmoot experience shared across generations of performers
By Andre A. Rodriguez Twenty-five years after their father represented the Netherlands at the first Folkmoot festival, a second generation…
Read More
Volunteers keep the Smokies ticking
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts more volunteers than nearly any other park. Last year, 2,780 volunteers logged a…
Read More
The Naturalist's Corner
Up in the air Western North Carolina senators Joe Sam Queen, Martin Nesbitt and John Snow might be wishing they…
Read More
Can Duke supporters sleep at night?
By Carl Iobst • Guest Columnist Over the past few weeks several individuals and one media outlet have provided Jackson…
Read More
Change of signage overdue, according to brand’s owner
A regular guest at the Dillsboro Holiday Inn Express upset by phone and Internet outages at the hotel discovered it…
Read More
NC residents state concerns at hearing on Rabun sewage permit
Macon County residents fearful that a proposed sewage treatment plant in Georgia will harm the Little Tennessee River turned out…
Read More
‘Skeleton’ of a plan
Derek Roland’s presentation about the effort to create a comprehensive planning document for Macon County suggested that a progressive document…
Read More
Jackson Paper proud of its successes
By Tim Campbell • Guest Columnist Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company has been a proud part of Sylva and Jackson County…
Read More
Macon to create broad plan — again
At a forum on Macon County’s move to begin working on a comprehensive plan to address future growth, the presenter…
Read More
A door opens and the light shines for Irene
Irene has been in this country for only four years. When she came, she could not speak a word of…
Read More
Pawpaw is unique among fruits
(Editors Note: George Ellison is on leave this week. But he says that his pawpaw trees have even more fruit…
Read More
The Naturalist's Corner
PETA - Cherokee bears part deaux I have been watching the story in Smoky Mountain News regarding PETA and the…
Read More
Big developer in foreclosure as lenders call their loans
A mega developer in Jackson County has landed in foreclosure due to sluggish lot sales in the down real estate…
Read More
New medical office building coming to Harris Regional
Construction will soon begin on a medical office building on the Harris Regional Hospital campus in Sylva. The new 45,000-square-foot,…
Read More
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino builds the future
The Cherokee Nation and Harrah’s pulled out all the stops to mark start of construction on a third hotel tower…
Read More
Threats on all fronts
Only the most farsighted and intuitive of those who labored for the creation of the Smokies could have foreseen the…
Read More
Developer’s plight mixed blessing for community
Legasus developers have been attracting attention from Jackson County residents for almost two years. When news of the plans got…
Read More
Chick-lit at its finest
Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo. Guideposts, 2009. 288 pages Art and literary whodunits are so plentiful these…
Read More
Folkmoot expands into three new counties
Last year Cindy Gilbert took her Polk County band students to China to perform. This year she is bringing the…
Read More
Director says community values festival
By Melanie Threlkeld McConnell Forget Europe. Haywood County is where the action is for Karen Babcock this summer, and she…
Read More
Public split on South Main’s future
In the heyday of curbside service, Jim Caldwell had a special talent for dressing hot dogs. He could balance 10…
Read More
Public art showcases Folkmoot USA
Folkmoot will be the subject of a public art piece commissioned by the Waynesville Public Art Commission (WPAC).Artist Wayne Trapp…
Read More
Cherokee youth re-enact ancient fishing practice
As 10-year-old Dayini Lossie stood on the shore eyeing the wide shallow waters of the Tuckasegee River last week listening…
Read More
South Main redesign could ‘raze’ the bar
South Main Street in Waynesville is headed for a major roadway redesign, one that could take out rows of long-time…
Read More
The Naturalist's Corner
A note of interest The US Fish & Wildlife Service has extended the public comment period on its John H.…
Read More
Heritage, naturally
By Joann B. Poindexter • Special to The Smoky Mountain News The Franklin Folk Festival will celebrate the region’s cultural…
Read More
From the chaos come ‘uktena’
The natural history of a region consists of the plants, animals, and landscapes we can see and explore any given…
Read More
