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‘Any Other Place’ provides lessons in living
Literature at its best is a fast-track course in human nature. From Shakespeare we can, if we are attentive, learn…
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We stand by our brand of journalism
It’s rare when one newspaper questions the integrity of another paper and the intentions of a hard-working journalist whose entire…
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Finding inspiration in Haywood Early College wolfpack
Leaving Watami Sushi & Noodles on Main Street in Waynesville, I smiled at the hostess, a girl named Hannah. She…
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We are the problem, and we must change
To the Editor: It has been a long time sense I have written to an Editor, but the opinion in…
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All we have left is our vote
To the Editor: The only constant left in this country is our laws. We are only a great people if…
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We have a societal problem
To the Editor: The most recent despicable, senseless and tragic “mass shootings” (California, Texas and Ohio) and “mass stabbings” (California)…
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Don’t fall for Trump’s talk
To the Editor: Trump’s been talking about reducing payroll taxes. Beware everyone! Don’t fall for his shell game. Payroll taxes…
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Right from the source: Smoky Mountain Folk Festival celebrates 50 years
Atop a hill on the western edge of downtown Waynesville, just past the invisible line where the delicious smell of…
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In their own words: Smoky Mountain Folk Festival
The 50th annual Smoky Mountain Folk Festival will be held on Aug. 30-31 at the Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat…
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Communities celebrate new future of Nikwasi
As Cherokee children joined hands with Macon County residents and led them in a traditional friendship dance in the shadow…
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Shining Rock faces charter renewal decision
The next few months could prove fateful for Haywood County’s only public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy, as a…
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House bill could be helping hand for broadband
There’s probably no bigger economic development issue in rural America than access to dependable high-speed internet service. “One hundred percent,”…
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Housing trust fund plan under development in Jackson
Housing is an issue across Western North Carolina, and Jackson County is no exception. Since June 2018, a newly created…
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Jackson buys land for recycling center
After a closed session discussion during its Aug. 20 meeting, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to buy…
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Homeless services provider receives nonprofit status
The organization tasked with managing homeless services in Jackson County for the year ahead received official status as a federal…
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Heavy rains cause four slides in Nantahala Gorge
A severe deluge dropped 3.5 inches of rain in the Nantahala Gorge in Swain County on Saturday and triggered slides…
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WNC to lose $9 million in mental health funding
The North Carolina General Assembly has proposed cutting millions of dollars in mental health funding in the recommended 2019-20 budget…
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Funds earmarked for Haywood drug court
A drug court could be established in Haywood County over the next couple of years if the North Carolina General…
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Tribe to vote on FY2020 budget
Tribal Council is slated to vote on a budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 on Thursday, Sept. 12,…
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Gov. Cooper visits SCC
This past summer, Andrew Allen had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get clinical experience at one of the state’s top teaching…
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Region gathers to find recovery solutions
More than 150 leaders from Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties in North Carolina gathered Aug. 16…
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This must be the place: Let it wander on my mind. Goodbye, Neal.
Heartbroken and stunned. That’s about all I can say or feel at this moment with the tragic passing of singer-songwriter…
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NCDOT clearing four slides in Nantahala Gorge
BRYSON CITY – N.C. Department of Transportation crews are working around the clock on U.S. 19/74 until the highway is…
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Slides close Nantahala Gorge
BRYSON CITY – A heavy rainstorm Saturday evening and four subsequent mudslides have closed U.S. 19/74 in the Nantahala Gorge…
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The untold story: Smokies seeks to showcase history of African-Americans in the park
Many plotlines weave through the story of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but if the park were a book,…
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Haywood inmate dies in apparent suicide
An inmate at the Haywood County Detention Center, Zachary Nathaniel Lambright, 20, was pronounced deceased at Haywood Regional Medical Center…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Could the environment be, once again, a game changer?
I ran into a fellow at Ingles just the other day. Regrettably, I don’t remember his name, but I run…
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Book has important lessons, links to bygone era
In Ancient Rome, the Senate awarded a general who had won a great victory with a triumph, a parade that…
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Where the soul never dies: Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys
It’s one of the most recognizable voices in all of American music. When Richard Sterban famously coined the “oom-pa-pa-oom-pa-pa-mow-mow” bass…
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This must be the place: And we got to get ourselves back to the garden
It was 50 years ago this past weekend that Max Yasgur, a 49-year-old conservative Upstate New York farmer, stood onstage…
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Our daughter’s gone, unleashed on the world
I can hear her up there in her room moving those enormous, orange storage bins around. They make a scraping…
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Gun control legislation now
To the Editor: All of us are heartbroken with the recent reports of mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.…
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Opioid coverage great, but beware suboxone
To the Editor: As a nurse practitioner who treats opioid addiction, I am appreciative of The Smoky Mountain News’ coverage…
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Newspapers have beat up Shining Rock
To the Editor: Regularly, for four years, both the Mountaineer and The Smoky Mountain News have published articles lambasting the…
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Trump’s bigotry can’t be denied
To the Editor: Lindsay Graham had it right. In 2015, he described Donald Trump as “a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.”…
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Cherokee students attend Judaculla Camp
Fifteen high school students from across the region who are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians had an…
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HCC program ranked in Top 10
According to Medicalassistantadvice.com, Haywood Community College’s Medical Assisting program has been ranked number 10 in North Carolina for the year…
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Leading Catamount Nation: WCU’s new chancellor discusses her path to Cullowhee and vision for the university
Western Carolina University’s newest chancellor is fairly certain that, of the teachers and students she knew years ago while pursuing…
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Jackson County welcomes new chancellor
More than 300 people crowded Innovation Station in Dillsboro on Monday, Aug. 19, to sip a beer and shake hands…
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Cullowhee Dam removal decision could take years
It’s been two years since discussions began about the possibility of removing the Cullowhee Dam, and it could take years…
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Shining Rock suspends board operations pending training session
Shining Rock Classical Academy has a history of transparency problems, but after an Aug. 19 meeting with representatives of local…
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Rankins honored with Chief Junaluska Award
Lake Junaluska residents Pat and Don Rankin are the 2019 recipients of the Chief Junaluska Award, an honor bestowed annually…
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NC Justice Center honors Haywood’s Jane Hipps
The N.C. Justice Center posthumously bestowed a Champion of Justice Award on former board member and community advocate Jane Hipps…
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Haywood Schools consolidation plan moves forward
A proposal to consolidate several aging Haywood County Schools administrative buildings into a single multi-million dollar state-of-the-art facility first discussed…
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Tribal Council candidates speak on the issues
When Election Day arrives in Cherokee Sept. 5, all 12 Tribal Council seats will be up for grabs, as well…
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Canton explores wastewater treatment options
For years, the town of Canton’s municipal wastewater has been treated, free of charge, by the various operators of the…
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Working the watershed: Forest Stewards lays out plans for Waynesville watershed’s future
Nearly four decades ago, vast swathes of the 8,600-acre Waynesville watershed were laid bare, the trees timbered for profit and…
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Man dies following cardiac event in park
A man died in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week following a cardiac event near the Greenbrier Ranger…
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Cradle Association gets new director
The Cradle of Forestry in America Interpretive Association has a new executive director in Natalie Britt.
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Work will soon begin on I-26
Widening work will begin on Interstate 26 in Buncombe County this fall, a project that will include replacing the Blue…
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