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Pleased to be here: Gary Carden Returns to The Liar’s Bench
When the snakes around here want to go somewhere they put their tails in their mouths and contort themselves into…
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Pisgah Legal opens Waynesville office, offers program to help working families
As Pisgah Legal Services continues to grow and better serve its clientele, a key challenge has simply been getting word…
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Special project grants awarded by Haywood TDA
Although the indirect benefits of the unprecedented tourism boom that’s enveloped Haywood County over the past few years are readily…
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State budget goes to Gov. Cooper
Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly approved the state’s $28 billion fiscal year 2022-23 budget last week, but…
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Tribal Council to consider supporting Clingmans Dome name change
During its July 14 meeting, the Cherokee Tribal Council will consider a resolution that calls for Clingmans Dome, the highest…
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Vecinos spearheads services uninsured and low-income residents
Vecinos, a free and charitable clinic providing bilingual primary and behavioral health care in Western North Carolina, is leading a…
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Man dies in jail: SBI investigates Jackson’s fourth jail death since 2014
For the fourth time in eight years, a person has died while incarcerated at the Jackson County Detention Center.
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Cherokee tribes voice joint opposition to recognition for Lumbee, other tribes
During their annual Tri-Council session held Thursday, June 23, the three Cherokee tribes agreed unanimously to a resolution opposing state…
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United Christian Ministries dedicates newest pantry addition
United Christian Ministries of Jackson County held an open house on Wednesday, June 15, to formally dedicate the pantry addition…
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Distillery foreclosure auction heats up
The foreclosure auction for Maggie Valley’s beloved Elevated Mountain Distillery kicked off on May 24, and although it could have…
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Over the hills and far away: Jackson County author wins French literary award
For someone who rarely comes down from his mountaintop cabin in the backwoods of Western North Carolina, writer David Joy…
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This must be the place: Distance makes the heart grow stranger when the stars go out of view
Tucked in the corner booth at a dive bar in Maggie Valley on Monday afternoon, I slid across the vinyl…
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Mountain Credit Union Partners with MANNA Food Bank
Earlier this month, Mountain Credit Union partnered with MANNA Food Bank to provide meals that will help end food insecurity…
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Blood and platelet donors needed around Fourth of July
As summer officially begins and people gather for holiday celebrations, the American Red Cross reminds communities that patients are counting…
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Notes from a Plant Nerd: How a love for plants took root
Hi, my name is Adam Bigelow, and I am a Plant Nerd.
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New EV charging ports coming to WNC
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has awarded funds for 59 new Level 2 electric vehicle charging points across 23…
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Counting cars: Smokies updates decades-old visitation estimator
Anybody who’s been to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the last few years has seen it — overflowing…
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Godfrey hired as Outdoor Gear Builders director
Outdoor Gear Builders, an outdoor industry association in Western North Carolina with more than 75 members, has hired Matt Godfrey…
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Spend an evening in the garden
ArborEvenings is back at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville, offering opportunity to spend Thursday and Friday evenings strolling the gardens…
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Off to the beach with “Shrimp Highway”
Too much time has passed since I last visited the coast.
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Making a mark: Haywood potter bridges nature, art and memories
While studying English at the University of Mary Washington, Christina Bendo decided to, by chance, take an elective one semester…
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This must be the place: I’ve been running so long on the same old ground, gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
Sitting down at the old wooden kitchen table in the kitchen of my parents’ farmhouse in rural Upstate New York,…
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Wheels Through Time celebrates 20 years
Home to the world’s premier collection of rare American motorcycles and historically significant automobiles, Dale’s Wheels Through Time museum will…
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We can overcome WNC’s affordable housing crisis
I am old enough that my first 1,800-square-foot house cost just $31,000 and its purchase was easily financed on my…
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Medicaid expansion will save lives, benefit all
North Carolina has one of the highest rates of uninsured people in the country, but our elected officials can cut…
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Gun safety legislation
To the Editor: As a mother, aunt, pediatrician and neighbor to beloved children, I have long been deeply troubled by…
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Tuscola student attends UT engineering program
Eireann Marcus, a rising sophomore at Tuscola High School, was one out of only 32 students selected to attend Engineering…
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Mountain Heritage Day announces music headliners
Becky Buller Band and Mountain Heart will be the headline musical acts for this year’s Mountain Heritage Day, the popular…
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Silent no more: Native communities call for end to crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women
Maggie Calhoun Bowman’s family has spent the last 17 years making peace with the fact that they will never know…
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Catamount Cinemas to open in former site of Quin Theater
The Quin Theater shut its doors in April, but thanks to two veterans of the industry, it will find new…
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Mountain Projects takes steps forward in Jackson County
Mountain Projects had much to celebrate last week.
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Canton braces for development with comprehensive plan
In an effort to strike a balance between development pressures and a need for growth, the Town of Canton adopted…
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Vecinos spearheads services hub for uninsured and low-income WNC residents
Vecinos, a free and charitable clinic providing bilingual primary and behavioral health care in Western North Carolina, is leading a…
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As expected, Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
Almost 50 years after the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling was handed down by the United States Supreme Court,…
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Haywood County confirms first case of monkeypox
The Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency (HCHHSA) is reporting the first case of monkeypox virus infection in a…
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Two held without bond in alleged mass shooting threat
Two men are being held without bond in the Jackson County Detention Center after allegedly threatening a mass shooting in…
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Wild Vision: George Masa book pairs famed images with modern experiences
The 1900s were just a few years along when a young man named Masahara Iizuka stepped on American soil for…
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U.S. House passes ‘historic’ wildlife bill
Lauded as a “historic game-changer” for wildlife conservation in the United States, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act last week passed…
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Waynesville Waterpark reopens
The Waynesville Recreation Center Waterpark will reopen for the summer Friday, June 24.
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Ribbon-cutting planned for Old Fort trails
The first phase of the Old Fort Trails Project in the Pisgah National Forest will open on Sunday, June 26.
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Environmental program aims for community engagement
Western Carolina University has named its Environmental Health Program in the College of Health and Human Sciences as its first…
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Biological Foundation holds fundraising soiree
Festivities for the Highlands Biological Foundation’s annual summer soiree will commence at 6 p.m. Monday, July 18, on the historic…
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Smokies seeks info on old homesites
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is looking for help in identifying and documenting former homesites in the park.
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I don’t get it: A Review of ‘The Ballad of Laurel Springs’
Sometimes a book I’ve read, particularly a novel, will leave me mystified, which is not always a good thing.
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American pastoral: Brothers Gillespie release new album, plot summer tour
Within its upcoming sophomore album, “American Pastoral,” rising Haywood County-based Americana/rock act The Brothers Gillespie has cultivated a vast, vibrant…
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This must be the place: There’s no simple explanation, for anything important any of us do
With the Mason-Dixon Line in the rearview mirror, I pushed the accelerator down and proceeded to make my way up…
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Election integrity is fundamental to our freedoms
As I was re-reading last week’s issue of The Smoky Mountain News and about the Juneteenth celebrations in the mountains,…
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New and shiny isn’t always better
In my adult life I’ve noticed an emotional pattern when it comes to appliances. When I have an antiquated appliance, it…
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