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Former NYPD detective provides crisis training for cops
Det. Sgt. Ron Martin often uses a popular Star Trek anecdote to make a point about making difficult changes when…
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Gov. Cooper eases some COVID restrictions
Trends in several key coronavirus metrics are stabilizing or declining, leading North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to let up on…
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First coronavirus cluster found at WCU
A COVID-19 cluster including 17 residents of Harrill Hall has been identified at Western Carolina University.
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Despite pandemic, WCU sets new enrollment record
For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Western Carolina University is starting the year with a record high…
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WCU expands historic Swain photo collection
Western Carolina University has obtained a rare photographic glimpse of Bryson City and Swain County in the early 1900s, thanks…
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Haywood COVID cases on downward trend
Haywood County Public Health received notice of 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the last week. As of 5 p.m.…
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Remote learning resumes Monday in Haywood
Haywood County Schools is scheduled to reopen for remote instruction on Monday, Aug. 31 after a significant cyber attack last…
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Snow pleads guilty to killing mother and sister
Paul Snow pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Macon County courtroom to the Nov. 6, 2016, shooting deaths of his mother…
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Cawthorn mingles with far-right fringe
By Sally Kestin, Tom Fiedler and Peter H. Lewis | AVL Watchdog | Conservative congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn, scheduled to speak Wednesday at…
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Macon man charged with harboring a fugitive
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said a key figure in Operation Jawbreaker, a sweep two years ago of suspected local…
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WCU students start semester amid pandemic
The second week of classes at Western Carolina University is now underway, and while the COVID-19 Pandemic means that it’s…
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Meet the new principal at Tuscola High
RUMBLE: You are the first female to be lead principal at Tuscola High School. Is this meaningful to you?
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SHARE Project commemorates International Overdose Awareness Day
The faces of more than 2,000 overdose victims – many from North Carolina, and some from Haywood County – will…
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College classes look different during COVID-19
College students around the nation adjust to a new normal amidst COVID-19.
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Navigating this new normal as a mom and a teacher
By Laurie Bass Years from now, when we look back on the fiasco that is 2020, I wonder how we…
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Smokies cyclist dies following accident
A cyclist passed away in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week following an accident on a downhill section…
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Erosion issues ongoing at Millennial Campus
Despite multiple outstanding environmental violations, a new student housing complex located on Western Carolina University’s Millennial Campus off Killian Road…
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GSMA publishes children’s chapter book
A new fictional chapter book for young readers is now available from the Great Smoky Mountains Association.
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Drive through Winter Lights
The annual Winter Lights event at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville will be offered as a drive-thru experience this year…
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Jefferson’s education, books, reading and gifts
For five years, just after we were married, my wife and I were house parents for a sorority at the…
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If you stay home, just keep quiet
If you don’t vote, then just shut up. You don’t even really deserve the right to be heard. Especially when…
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Craving a president who smiles with his eyes
A while back I noticed President Trump does not smile with his entire face. It struck me one day when…
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What should we publicly honor?
To the Editor: In my opinion all plaques, markers, statues and monuments honoring those who served the Confederacy should be…
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Democracy is not a spectator sport
To the Editor: Would you be able to vote if you had to pass a literacy test? Can you count…
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Persistence in the fight for voting rights: Honoring N.C.’s first female legislator
Lillian Exum Clement was a native of Black Mountain and the first female legislator in the Southeast. She was the…
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The lady legislator: Jackson County gave N.C. its first female senator
Now 75, Cashiers resident Ann Austin was just 3 years old when her grandmother died following a sudden cardiac episode.
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In-person instruction suspended at Macon schools
After students and staff were exposed to positive cases of COVID-19, Macon County Board of Education decided to suspend face-to-face…
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President Trump thanks Mills River business
President Donald Trump made an appearance in Mills River on Monday, touting a food program designed to reduce food insecurity…
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Heath Shuler steps off the political sidelines
Even Hollywood screenwriters would be hard-pressed to craft a more quintessentially American story.
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Student videos with racist language spark anger at WCU
A pair of videos that appeared on social media over the weekend elicited strong reaction from many in the Western…
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This must be the place: But long as there are stars above you, you never need to doubt it
Pulling onto Lake Street last Saturday afternoon, an odd sense of self flowed through my veins while cruising through Rouses…
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Maggie Valley Band release new EP, return to stage
With its latest EP, “Something New: Vol 1,” the Maggie Valley Band is breaking new ground, whether it be sonically…
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Haywood schools close due to ransomware attack
By Boyd Allsbrook • Contributing writer | Internet technology has become the backbone of schools in the time of COVID-19.…
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Sylva man faces assault, child abuse charges
The Sylva Police Department arrested Michael Bruce Huffman of Sylva on Aug. 20. Huffman wascharged with misdemeanor assault on a…
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Back to school results in more COVID-19 cases
Even before Macon County students resumed classes Aug. 17, administration was already seeing the results of teachers returning to school.
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Haywood reports 6 more deaths at Silver Bluff
Haywood County Health and Human Services are reporting six more deaths as confirmed by death certificates received within the past week.…
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WCU launches coronavirus dashboard
A new COVID-19 dashboard for Western Carolina University is now available online at www.wcu.edu/coronavirus/reporting.aspx.
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Commissioners table billboard vote
Jackson County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 18, to table a vote terminating its lease agreements with Allison Outdoor Advertising…
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Q&A with Rachel Clay
Rachel Clay is a voting rights activist. She works as the Southeast Regional Coordinator for the Campus Vote Project, a…
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Meet the Rumble Team
Our goal is to offer readers a beautifully curated email each week that will inspire and motivate women to live…
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Cawthorn’s claims about Davis are ridiculous
Keep electing people who are ideologically too far left or right to reach across the aisle, and we’ll have the…
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Pondering fences and their removal
By Rich Byers • Guest Columnist | Robert Frost said that “fences make good neighbors.” I get that. I am…
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DeVos takes money from public schools
To the Editor: One provision of the CARES Act passed by Congress in March, as it is being administered by…
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Haywood Health Board supports vaccines
To the Editor: The Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency Board unequivocally supports the immunization program of the Haywood…
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FOX not on list of reliable news sources
To the Editor: Forbes magazine caters to the millionaires, billionaires, and Wall Street types whose fortunes depend on accurate information.…
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Road closed for logging operations
Courthouse Creek Road, located on the Pisgah Ranger District near Pisgah Forest, is closed to motorized use through Dec. 31.
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Cataloguing biodiversity: WCU lands grant for biological collections
A collection of 47,000 plants and animals currently tucked away in various rooms of Western Carolina University’s Stillwell building will…
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With 900-mile challenge, hikers hope to raise $60K
A pair of experienced Smokies hikers will soon embark on a 900-mile challenge in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park…
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Smokies resource education chief named
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash has named Stephanie F. Kyriazis as the park’s new Deputy Chief of…
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