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Ambitious proposal could be game-changer for affordable housing in Haywood
Haywood County was recently awarded another substantial grant to help address the affordable housing crisis, but the way the county…
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Threats force Waynesville to consider meeting security measures
The Town of Waynesville may soon start subjecting public meeting attendees to metal detectors in some form or fashion, Town…
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With county funding, AWAKE will complete building repairs
The Jackson County Commission allocated just over $60,000 of American Rescue Plan funds to AWAKE Children’s Advocacy Center for the…
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Cades Cove hosts Medal of Honor recipients
Nearly half of the 65 living Medal of Honor recipients and their families traveled to Knoxville last week for the…
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Among the apples: For Canton couple, farming is a retirement dream come true
A car rolls up the gravel driveway to the barn that serves as the main headquarters for KT’s Orchard and…
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Panthertown Map Association marks 25th anniversary with $10,000 donation
The publisher of Burt Kornegay’s “A Guide’s Guide to Panthertown” has marked the 25th anniversary of its first printing with…
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Up Moses Creek: Mr. Plume
I’d been sprayed once years earlier, so yesterday morning I knew what might happen when, standing on the ridge above…
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Stepping backwards through time via literature
In the past 10 days, whim, a desire for a breather from our breathless age, and heaven knows what else…
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Thoughts on hunting and being vegan
I know next to nothing about hunting, but a random man in the gas station got me thinking about the…
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Preserving WNC’s culture and natural beauty
Bluegrass and mountain music. American Indian culture. Unparalleled natural beauty. The most-visited national park in the United States. The tallest…
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Rep. Clampitt’s values aren’t mine
To the Editor: The current issue of The Smoky Mountain News (September 7) has a sticker affixed to the front…
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We can't normalize Trump’s criminality
To the Editor: Every American should be troubled, attentive and very concerned about the mishandling of classified documents by the…
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An illuminating panorama of Three Forks
A few months after a devastating Pigeon River flood in 2021, some friends of the Canton Area Historical Museum gathered…
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Payment Hours Changing at Franklin Town Hall
The Town of Franklin Town Hall payment hours are changing effective Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
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Make a plan during Fire Prevention Week
The Cullowhee Fire Department is teaming up with State Farm and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to promote this…
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No search, no problem: Putnam named superintendent
Just over a month after Superintendent Dr. Bill Nolte announced his impending retirement, the Haywood County School Board has chosen…
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Hearing date set for Lake Santeetlah voter fraud charges
Weeks after a hearing by the Graham County Board of Elections found probable cause to suspect that eight individuals had…
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Book reading, film screening to commemorate Popcorn Sutton
Filmed in one week in June, 2002, less than seven years before infamous moonshiner Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton committed suicide to…
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Macon commission candidates address issues facing county
Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that John Shearl ran unopposed in his party's primary, which is not…
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Sylva extends social district hours
When the Town of Sylva instituted its social district earlier this year, it planned to revisit the ordinance six months later…
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Free on bond, Moody will face federal charges after FBI arrest
A Haywood County woman who admitted to serving phony writs that offered bounties on public officials will face federal charges…
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WNC residents pave a ‘trail of truth’ to Washington for drug deaths
As a stark reminder of the toll that substance abuse has taken on families across the country and across Western…
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After removing sensitive objects, Cherokee museum fills empty cases with artistic responses
Navigating the darkened exhibit halls at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian is slow work on Wednesday evening, Sept. 7.…
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Council approves $732.5 million budget
On Oct. 1, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will start a new fiscal year with $732.5 million in the…
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WCU celebrates opening of its newest residence halls
When Western Carolina University officials held a ribbon-cutting event to officially open “The Rocks” freshman residence halls on Sept. 2,…
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Time don’t wait on nobody: A conversation with Marty Stuart
At age 63, singer-songwriter Marty Stuart is regarded as an American musical institution. With a core tone radiating the sounds…
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This must be the place: Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved
Monday afternoon. Plattsburgh, New York. Grabbing a few things for my intended hike up near Tupper Lake, in the depths…
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Macon County Board of Education vice chairman dead at 79
Tommy Cabe, Macon County resident and Board of Education vice chairman, died Thursday, Sept. 1, after undergoing heart surgery in…
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FBI makes arrest in phony writs case
A Haywood County woman who admitted to sending threatening letters that offered bounties on public officials will face felony federal…
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Grants awarded for WNC park projects
Western North Carolina will see $1.5 million of the more than $17 million in grants approved Aug. 26 through the…
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‘Know what you don’t know’ : New book aims to stop backcountry emergencies before they start
During his 30 years living and teaching in Western North Carolina, Maurice Phipps has heard countless tales of tragedy and…
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Notes from a plant nerd: Joe Pye Weed, The Queen of the Meadow
The stories of plants are what led me in to falling in love with wildflowers, just as much as their…
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Reporting just the facts is getting harder
“Alternative facts” was a phrase used by U.S. Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway, during a “Meet the Press” interview on January 22, 2017,…
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No semi-fascist here
To the Editor: I am not a semi-fascist. A ‘deplorable’, maybe. I am not a MAGA terrorist.
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Does the GOP support Fascism?
To the Editor: With the mewling and whining by Trumpian Republicans at having been accurately branded fascists by the president…
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Feeling a lot like ‘Animal Farm’
To the Editor: This election, remember our personal liberties and freedom to voice sentiments without fear. The risk to our…
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Should Jackson have sheriff’s debate?
To the Editor: With the current Jackson County sheriff not running for re-election, we will have a new sheriff to…
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WNC schools still recovering from Covid-era learning
New state testing results reveal that schools in Western North Carolina are in the process of a mixed recovery from…
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Pisgah Legal Services offers free help during September tax clinics
If you haven’t received your tax refund, it’s not too late. Families who make less than $58,000 per year can…
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September is National Preparedness Month
There’s no such thing as a calm season when it comes to natural disasters.
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More money for affordable housing flows into the region
A $542,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, matched by more than $200,000 from the Dogwood Health…
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Commissioners may seek to regulate syringe service programs in Haywood
Two weeks after rejecting misinformation from the public about Haywood County’s non-existent syringe exchange services, commissioners began their Sept. 6…
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Recovery court coming to Haywood County
Haywood County will administer state funds to establish an Adult Accountability and Recovery Court meant to help people experiencing substance…
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Sylva gets temporary skate park
Over the next month, the Town of Sylva will be constructing a temporary skatepark in the lot behind Motion Makers,…
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Council overrides golf course project veto
A $39 million hotel project at the Sequoyah National Golf Course in Cherokee will move forward after Tribal Council overrode…
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Experience on the ballot for Swain Commission chairman
The issues facing Swain County are similar to those in other Western North Carolina communities — an affordable housing shortage,…
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Man pleads guilty in chase leading to fatal car wreck
A Jackson County man pleaded guilty Thursday in Haywood County Superior Court to killing one person and injuring two others…
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Enrollment falls again at WCU, but freshman class size increases
For the second year straight , enrollment is down at Western Carolina University — but an uptick in freshman class size…
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Cherokee to expand prosecution authority
A unanimous vote from the Cherokee Tribal Council puts the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on track to start prosecuting…
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