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Swain will mandate masks in schools
Swain County Schools will start the year with a mask mandate, reversing a previous decision to make masks optional for…
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Businesses impacted by COVID-19 cases
A couple of Haywood County businesses have had to shut their doors temporarily after several employees were exposed to COVID-19.
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As hospitals mandate staff vaccines, Mission Health resists
By Peter H. Lewis • Asheville Watchdog | The largest health care providers in Western North Carolina, including Mission Hospital…
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Forest therapy trail approved for Sylva
Sylva may soon be home to the first certified forest therapy trail in North Carolina following the town board’s unanimous…
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Macon woman wielding machete video goes viral
A video showing two white men and one Black woman wielding a machete in the middle of Georgia Road in…
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Democrat Jay Carey brings perspective to NC11 field
With a father in the Navy and a mother from Poland, Jay Carey grew up in a middle-class family in…
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Cherokee elections around the corner
On Thursday, Sept. 2, Cherokee voters will select the next Tribal Council, three School Board representatives and answers to three…
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After a brief pause, eviction moratorium returns
A Trump-era policy designed to protect renters impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic was allowed to expire on the last day…
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Axe & Awl honors past with modern twist
By Diana Conard • Contributing writer | Courtney and Spencer Tetrault established Axe & Awl Leatherworks six years ago as…
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Good times around the bend: Keith Moseley of The String Cheese Incident
A potent blend of rock, bluegrass, folk and electronica, The String Cheese Incident remains an innovative, intriguing force of nature…
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I’m floating in the blimp a lot, I feel the feeling I forgot
I knew it was going to happen. But, I just didn’t know when it would.
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As COVID rages, Canton Labor Day events debated
After the Canton Board of Aldermen/women spent nearly three hours on Aug. 9 going back and forth with Haywood County…
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COVID-19 Outbreak at Haywood nursing home
The Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency has identified a COVID-19 outbreak at Maggie Nursing & Rehabilitation in Maggie…
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Highway dedicated in honor of Beloved Cherokee man
Jerry Wolfe’s voice crackled across the speakers telling one more story.
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Sylva man found guilty of ransacking ambulance
With admissions last week of stealing and breaking into motor vehicles, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said, a Sylva man…
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New CEO hired at Angel Medical Center
Mission Health has hired Clint Kendall to serve as the new Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing Officer at Angel…
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Cherokee legalizes medical marijuana
The Cherokee Tribal Council today approved a 42-page ordinance that will establish a system to support legalized medical marijuana on…
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Cherokee to consider same-sex marriage law in September
After twice refusing to grant the legislation a perfunctory first reading, during its Aug. 5 meeting the Cherokee Tribal Council…
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Highlands Road Safety Project Underway
FRANKLIN – A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation recently started a safety project along a stretch of Highlands Road…
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COVID-19 cluster found at Canton PD
Haywood County Health and Human Services have identified a COVID-19 cluster connected to the Canton Police Department. Six employees, at…
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Waynesville homeless task force meeting cancelled over COVID concerns
A meeting designed to gather public input on draft recommendations made by the Waynesville Task Force on Homelessness scheduled for…
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UPDATED: Report reveals Cawthorn gun gaffe
Congressman Madison Cawthorn attempted to bring a firearm though airport security this past February, but the freshman Western North Carolina…
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There’s Still Time for Summer Adventure
People keep talking about summer coming to an end, and I’m not ready for that yet! I know kids are…
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Masks back at WCU
With case numbers surging, Western Carolina University has announced that it will ask members of the campus community to report…
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Healing Through Cannabis & Cooking
Like many of the most resilient and creative people on this earth, the river of Marissa Schneider’s life has meandered…
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Clay couple donates land for conservation
A Clay County couple has conserved their 50-plus-acre property and will donate it as a life estate to Mainspring Conservation…
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Crashes cause deaths in the Smokies, Parkway
A trio of collisions in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway over the past week have…
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‘Let’s protect it’: For retiring Mountain Wildlife Days director, wildlife outreach is a calling
With his 90th birthday now approaching, John Edwards is retiring from his two-decade-long role organizing one of the region’s largest…
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Swain students win softball title
Two Swain Middle School eighth graders helped their softball team win a tournament title during the Native American Youth Organization…
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Join the Bucket Brigade
The Bucket Brigade is looking for people who are tired of passing by the same trash each day and want…
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Imagining Bob Dylan’s fictional youth
As a reader, I tend to get on jags with authors whom I admire. Recently, I’ve discovered the work of…
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The ‘new normal’ just isn’t acceptable
“It’s the new normal.” It was the husband who had spoken. The couple we had encountered were lean, fit and…
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Sometimes the plan is to not have a plan
There is the dream my wife has every so often that haunts her. She’s on vacation and it’s the last…
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Cawthorn too inept to be in Congress
To the Editor: Every time Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks, I am reminded of the movie “Billy Madison” and the line:…
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Giveaways get votes
To the Editor: Lately we hear praise of Democrats and Joe Biden for spending trillions of dollars in aid to…
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HIGHTS receives United Way grant
HIGHTS (Helping Inspire Gifts of Hope, Trust, and Service) works with the community’s most vulnerable youth to provide essential clinical…
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Housing Foundation awards $13,500
Through the work of Canopy Housing Foundation, Haywood County area Realtors are dedicated to grassroots support of area nonprofit organizations…
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Haywood Healthcare Foundation grants
The Haywood Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees recently awarded $281,431 in grants to 14 agencies for healthcare needs in Haywood…
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Dog beds needed
The Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is in urgent need of new Kuranda beds in the CHHS Canine Adoption Center.
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Delta blues
The number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are once again on the rise due to the delta variant, which…
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Tourism businesses engage in legal battle
Two of Swain County’s largest tourism brands — Nantahala Outdoor Center and Great Smoky Mountains Railroad — are engaged in a…
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A Match Made In Heaven
Sabrina Matheny • Rumble Contributor | We all grow and change in life and that often results in moving or renovating…
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School boards make different decisions on masks
Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and transmission rates following the spread of the Delta variant, the Centers for…
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Delta variant rolls back pandemic progress
Like much of the U.S., North Carolina’s efforts to recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic are backsliding as the Delta Variant…
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Delta surge comes to Harris
Dr. Ben Guiney wasn’t sure what he’d find when he showed up for his weekend shifts at Harris Regional Hospital…
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When town hall is empty: Boards debate merits of in-person, remote meetings
After a mass migration from boardrooms to cyberspace last spring, one by one Western North Carolina’s public bodies have transitioned…
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Jackson jails, senior center to get new food vendor
For the first time in six years, Jackson County will have a new vendor providing meals at its jail and…
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Audit finds Waynesville electric bills were accurate
The results from an independent audit of the Town of Waynesville’s electric billing process are in and despite speculation to…
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Leibfarth falls short of Olympic medal
Bryson City Olympian Evy Leibfarth will leave Tokyo without a medal, but the 17-year-old is already setting her sights on…
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