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Waynesville comes up short in property tax rate cut
During a rare special-called meeting on the morning of June 16, aldermen shaved another 1.5 cents off the proposed ad…
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Bear euthanized following unprovoked attack
A bear has been euthanized and a backcountry site closed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after a 16-year-old…
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Bear activity prompts continued camping restrictions
A temporary ban on tents and soft-sided campers at Mount Pisgah Campground on the Blue Ridge Parkway has been extended…
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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 through the…
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Sylva, Jackson pass budgets
The boards governing Sylva and Jackson County both passed budget ordinances this month that feature a change in tax rate,…
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Memories and Lessons Learned
“Memory is never a precise duplicate of the original… It is a continuing act of creation.” - Rosalind Cartwright
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Thankful for Dad this Father's Day
Trying to speak honestly about the relationship I have with my dad can feel icky. It’s complicated — and I’m…
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Grateful for Dear ol' Dad
Some people are so unique no adjective seems worthy. They are such distinct individuals that a written description eludes me.…
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Dine With Divas
Celebrate summer with an evening of entertainment that includes a delicious dinner and fabulous production. Dine With Divas drag dinner cabaret is…
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Ways To Celebrate Father’s Day in WNC
If your dad is like mine, finding a good gift can be difficult, but really what your dad wants is…
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Marina Taught Me How to Feel, Now Other Music Has No Appeal
By Daley Hooten • Rumble Contributor | On June 11, Welsh pop singer Marina released her latest album, “Ancient Dreams In…
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Fund established to support the MST
Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail received its largest individual gift ever when an anonymous donor gave $100,000 to…
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Forest service seeks to re-engage regarding Macon County projects
The Nantahala Ranger District is resuming work on two projects in Macon County whose timelines were affected by position turnover…
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Summer reading program celebrates animal life
The 2021 Summer Learning Program at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will celebrate all things related to books and…
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Smokies car crash results in fatality
A teenager is dead and two other people injured following a car crash on Monday, June 7, in the Great…
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Cashiers StoryWalk to make its debut
The first book of the new StoryWalk at the Cashiers Village Green, Cashiers, Come Play With Me!, will soon be…
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Smokies, Parkway spared drop in park visitor spending
Visitor spending in national park communities during 2020 was just over two-thirds the amount spent in 2019, but parks in…
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Black Mountain Trail section closed for maintenance
A portion of the Black Mountain Trail on the Pisgah Ranger District will be closed through approximately Aug. 15 for…
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Friends of DuPont asks users to share the trails
Friends of DuPont Forest’s new Share the Trails Campaign aims to help visitors share and care for the forest’s 80-plus…
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Scripting the flip: A conversation with Jon Stickley
A blend of jazz-fusion, bluegrass and avant-garde folk music, the Jon Stickley Trio is at the core of the current…
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This must be the place: Somethin’ keeps him driftin’, miles and miles away, searchin’ for the songs to play
I was already 10 minutes late to my niece’s seventh birthday party some 20 minutes away last Sunday afternoon.
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Dulcimer group ‘Pic’ & Play’
The Pic’ & Play Mountain Dulcimer Players will be resuming in-person jam sessions at the St. John’s Episcopal Church basement…
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Neanderthals were smarter than we thought
Toward the end of 2020, I reviewed a book here titled The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron. This was fiction…
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Schools need funds to grow creative thinkers
By Sandra Hayes • Guest Columnist | I volunteer with QuickDraw of WNC, an art auction where artists step up…
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Juggling the five balls
I recently went on a girls’ beach trip to Hilton Head Island. It’d been a while since I enjoyed surf…
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Community colleges deserve support
To the Editor: As North Carolina faces an economic crisis amidst a pandemic, our community colleges will be key to…
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Tillis should explain his vote
To the Editor: The following is a letter I wrote to Senator Thom Tillis, R-N.C.
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Living in bearadise: Encounters highlight need for human responsibility in bear country
After flying into town and renting a car for their Memorial Day Weekend visit to the Great Smoky Mountains National…
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Curatory creates space for contemporary art, community
Ashten McKinney is the new kid on the block, but already she’s making friends with her neighbors and offering a…
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‘Why do we have to normalize what’s already normal?’
During the pandemic, Asheville-based artist Pearl Renken wrestled with the pain, isolation and racial reckoning happening in the United States. Her…
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Cherokee joins three-tribe hotel partnership
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will partner with two other Native American tribes and a developer to build a…
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‘As normal as possible’: WCU outlines plans for Fall 2021
As the pandemic continues to recede, Western Carolina University is planning for a fall semester that “will look more like…
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Revenue-neutral revolt: Local government budgets under scrutiny
A countywide property reappraisal earlier this year generated substantial increases in property value for many homeowners, who will now have…
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Maggie Valley passes budget, lowers taxes
Maggie Valley Town Board of Alderman passed the proposed 2021-22 budget on June 8.
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Aldermen put the brakes on DWA contract renewal
What should have been a simple contract renewal process has turned into an all-out fiasco for the Downtown Waynesville Association,…
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Misleading claim by Down Home North Carolina isn’t their first
Perhaps the only true statement in a June 7 Down Home North Carolina email is that the fight against jail…
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Super PAC formed to oppose Cawthorn
Retired Air Force Col. Moe Davis may have lost to Madison Cawthorn in last year’s General Election, but that doesn’t…
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Former linebacker Gash looks to sack Cawthorn
Right now, life seems to be about full-circle moments for Henderson County native Eric Gash, who describes himself as “a…
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Contractor offers to help Franklin build skatepark
JE Dunn Construction was hired by HCA Healthcare to build the new Angel Medical Center in Franklin, but Superintendent Steve…
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Macon commissioners narrowly approve budget
Macon County commissioners approved the 2021-22 fiscal budget, but two Republican commissioners opposed its passage because they disagreed with increasing…
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Jackson passes resolution to uphold the U.S. Constitution
By unanimous vote during their Tuesday, June 1, meeting, Jackson County commissioners passed a resolution that “calls upon the North…
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Bear activity causes A.T. camping closure
A portion of the Appalachian Trail in the Pisgah National Forest is closed to camping due to bear activity.
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Ask Eliza: What are some health benefits of herbs and spices?
One of the spices I love most is cayenne pepper which has capsaicin in it. Capsaicin is shown to help…
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5 Tips for Traveling with Kids & Teens
Traveling with a gaggle of kids and teens can be exciting but only if you’re emotionally prepared and well equipped…
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Soul of Place: Images Inspired by the Places We Love
The Asheville Gallery of Art welcomes June with the show “Soul of Place: Images Inspired by the Places We Love,”…
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Staycation Ideas For The Summer Season
While everyone with families takes advantage of the summer months off from school by getting out of town for a…
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Social media is not the public square
Think Facebook’s ban of Donald Trump is justified? It’s a fascinating issue, one that gets to the heart of the…
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