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It’s time for hog jowls and greens
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in a November 2003 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. When I was a boy,…
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A look at The Best Loved Poems of the American People
Two years ago in December, I vowed to read the 11-volume set of Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of…
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This must be the place: Roads that we abandon and others that we take
When I lace up my running shoes lately, I’ve found that I usually need to add a windbreaker on top…
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Don’t sweat the small stuff – just play: A conversation with Jimmy Herring
Longtime guitarist for legendary rock act Widespread Panic, Jimmy Herring’s sole focus as a musician is — and has always…
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Abundant Labs now operating in Canton
Abundant Labs CEO Chip Miller looked like a college chemistry professor as he started drawing diagrams and compound percentages on…
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Legislature to ban smokable hemp in N.C.
Hemp has only been legal in North Carolina for a couple of years, but already the plant is presenting an…
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N.C. Chief Justice Beasley speaks in Haywood
The small room of the Democratic headquarters for Haywood County was packed Oct. 31 for a speech by the Chief…
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Republican seeks N.C. Chief Justice seat
His name is Newby, but he’s far from new — Justice Paul Newby was first elected to the North Carolina…
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Animal shelter estimates within budget
It could cost less than originally anticipated to build a new 10,000-square-foot animal shelter facility in Jackson County, according to…
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Security upgrades underway at Jackson Schools
After 2018’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, county and school system officials in Jackson County put their heads together…
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Annual Council focuses on language preservation
In the wake of a June 27 joint resolution from the three Cherokee tribes that declared the native language to…
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Shining Rock demands illegal payment for public records
Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy,…
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Community searches for homelessness solutions
A wide-ranging forum held last week at Frog Level Brewing to discuss Haywood’s homeless population revealed deep divisions about how…
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It's Eveland in Maggie, both Wights win alderman seats
Alderman Mike Eveland will be Maggie Valley's next mayor, after a convincing 191-145 victory over Alderman and Mayor Pro Tem…
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Caldwell cruises, Dickson, Sutton join Waynesville board, Feichter, Freeman return
With all eight Waynesville precincts reporting, it appears as though there will be some major changes in the Town of…
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Scott wins Franklin mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor Bob Scott has won his fourth term in office against challenger Barbara McRae.
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Sylva board race ends in a tie
Sylva residents gave incumbent commissioners David Nestler and Greg McPherson a vote of confidence by granting them another four years…
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Early voting results released
Just after the polls close but before Election Day results are compiled, candidate totals from North Carolina’s early voting period…
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Waynesville vote totals suggest sluggish morning
It’s still early, but judging by Election Day vote totals at Waynesville’s four largest precincts, it’s going to be a…
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High winds cause Smokies road closures
High winds ahead of a cold front expected to move in later today have caused the Great Smoky Mountains National…
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Community searches for homelessness solutions
Frog Level Brewing Co. was packed to capacity Tuesday night as community members came together for some good old tavern…
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High stakes in municipal elections
Voters across Western North Carolina will be making important local decisions at the polls this election season, including choosing who…
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New Friends of the Parkway chapter to form in WNC
A new Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway chapter is forming in Western North Carolina, and everyone interested in learning…
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Ride on: Kids mountain biking park opens in Jackson
More than a year of planning, collaboration and plain old-fashioned hard work has resulted in a new kids bike park…
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Horace Kephart biography wins literary award
Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography has been named the winner of the 2019 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award,…
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The Naturalist's Corner: And then it happened
My wife, daughter Maddie, a friend of hers and I took a short hike out to Pickens Nose last Monday,…
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You don’t turn your back on friends
By Hannah McLeod • Guest Columnist The raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was…
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The drive-in brings back memories
I’m as nostalgic as the next guy. I mean, I don’t get choked up over the thought of bell bottoms…
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Thanks for offering diverse perspectives
To the Editor: Even though I do not agree with everything Franklin Graham said in the interview that appeared two…
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GOP grandstanding is an embarrassment
To the Editor: On Wednesday, Oct. 23 — the day after William Taylor gave damning testimony about the Trump Administration’s quid…
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Good Samaritans in Dillsboro
To the Editor: My husband and I were traveling through Jackson County headed home to Florida when we had a…
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Who wins from U.S. betrayal?
To the Editor: With the whirlwind of horrors in Syria, perhaps we should remind ourselves of basics: • The Kurds…
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Voter ID required in 2020 elections
To the Editor: North Carolina law now requires that everyone voting in 2020 must have an approved form of voter…
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A saint among us: a new Thomas Berry biography
I was one of the lucky ones. I met and befriended Thomas Berry on Earth Day in the late 1980s…
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The poetry of freedom
One of the most alluring and enduring qualities of the art of poetry is the vast spectrum of forms it…
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This must be the place: Drifting back down to earth at the peak of beauty
It was right around 3 p.m. when I knew I had to escape. Sitting in the Panacea Coffeehouse in the…
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HCAC Studio Tour, logo winner
The Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) is pleased to announce the winner of the Haywood County Open Studio Tour logo…
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WCU professor in Appalachian music, migration film
Musicians, not actors, propel a recently-released movie about hard times in Depression-era Appalachia that is gaining recognition and awards on…
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Cherokee to revisit election ordinance
With a new Tribal Council seated and a year of reprieve in place before the election cycle begins again, the…
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Dillsboro opposes recycling relocation
In August, Jackson County commissioners voted unanimously to buy 3.67 acres along Haywood Road in Dillsboro to use as the…
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Sylva to revisit food truck rules
With two years elapsed since Sylva passed its first-ever food truck ordinance in July 2017, the town board is circling…
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Second Dem hopes to oppose Meadows
The landscape of the 11th Congressional District is about to change literally and figuratively — a ruling in a gerrymandering…
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NC’s 2020 Congressional Districts thrown out
One month and one day after a lawsuit was filed alleging partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina’s congressional districts, a three-judge…
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McRae challenges Scott for Franklin mayor
After running unopposed for his last two terms in office, Franklin Mayor Bob Scott is being challenged for his seat…
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Next Maggie Valley mayor must manage growth
Maggie Valley may be a small town, but its economic impact on and importance to Haywood County can’t be understated. …
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Waynesville mayoral candidates speak on the issues
They’re both longtime board members — one’s a longtime mayor and the other a longtime mayor pro tem. One of…
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Wozniak no longer Pisgah District Ranger
After filling the position for nearly a year and a half without the ability to perform law enforcement duties, Greg…
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Kephart Prong Trail has a unique story
I like visiting those sites here in the Smokies region where there is what I think of as an “overlay.”…
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Federal, state agencies to collaborate on land management
North Carolina and federal agriculture agencies will be better able to collaborate on land management following establishment of a new…
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