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Distillery reform bill could soon advance
A regulatory reform bill intended to bring parity for North Carolina’s distillers with its craft brewers continues to make its…
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State budget coming down to the wire
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has a budget. The N.C. House of Representatives has a budget. The N.C. Senate has…
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Hemp Farm expands operations in Macon
An industrial hemp farm will be expanding its operations into the Macon County Business Development Center after commissioners approved a…
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Recovery community looks for new meeting space
Many have probably passed by the Triangle Club on Miller Street in Waynesville without realizing what it was, but those…
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N.C. Senator, Cherokee chief spar in opposing op-eds
In his first public statement on a bill he cosponsored in March, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., wrote an op-ed published…
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DA declines to prosecute SRCA interim director
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical…
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Shining Rock projects lower enrollment for 2019-20
Shining Rock Classical Academy’s 2019-20 budget, passed by the board on June 19, will shrink slightly, due to lower projected…
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Oconaluftee Job Corps saved from closure
The nine Job Corps CCC centers slated for closure this September, including the Oconaluftee center in Cherokee, will remain open…
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Cherokee constitution resolution withdrawn
An effort to get a proposed constitution on the Cherokee ballot as a referendum question this September will not come…
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Closer now and you will see what I mean: Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits
The history of rock-n-roll music is as wide and deep as an ocean, each drop of water a band, song…
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This must be the place: Scribbled notebooks and wild typewritten pages for your own joy
Sliding into the booth at Waffle House, I cracked open Larry McMurtry’s novel All My Friends Are Going to Be…
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Still no hire for Shining Rock school director position
Six weeks after a set of grievances were filed against a Shining Rock Classical Academy administrator who appeared to be…
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Let’s encourage young adults to engage
Many readers know or suspect that Hannah McLeod, who has been publishing columns semi-regularly in The Smoky Mountain News since…
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Potential life lessons of burlesque dancing
Burlesque dancing may be in my future. Some of us gals at The Smoky Mountain News have been invited to…
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‘Reasons’ for war?
To the Editor: In the summer of 1964, I was a 20 year old boiler-man aboard the U.S.S. Preston (DD-795),…
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OWM built the nation
To the Editor: In a recent issue of The Smoky Mountain News, Ms. Hannah McLeod expressed her disdain for evangelical…
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Baseball for autistic youth planned in WNC
The fresh cut grass, the din of the crowd, the white chalk lines on the dusty dirt infield — every…
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Tennis courts get makeover at Lake Junaluska
Renovated tennis courts will greet Lake Junaluska visitors this summer season.
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Better access to Bartram Trail
A relatively new trailhead now has a brand new parking lot that’s sure to make accessing the Bartram Trail in…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Birding daze
The six weeks from May 1 to June 15 are always a busy time for me. That is the window…
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Which way is the wilderness?
The theme of Brent Martin’s new book of essays — The Changing Blue Ridge Mountains — is “It’s a good…
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Books helps us understand our own history
“We need to know what kind of firm ground other men, belonging to generations before us, have found to stand…
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Global market for recyclables is down in the dumps
Local governments try to do their best in keeping recyclables out of local landfills, in part because it extends the…
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Local waste management resources expensive, finite
Most people don’t give a lot of thought to what happens when they throw something away, but the ecological and…
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Market is down, but Macon County recycling continues
While the global market for recyclable materials can fluctuate month to month, Macon County residents are encouraged to continue utilizing…
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Single stream increases recycling in Swain
Swain County has had a recycling program in place since the 1990s, but a recent change over to a single-stream…
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‘Zero Waste’ group forms in Haywood
Recycling is great but there is more people can do if they want to keep trash out of the landfill…
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WOW donates $10,000 to Sharin Care
Women of Waynesville recently donated $10,000 to Sharin Care, a fund designated to help relieve the financial burdens associated with…
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Rep. Queen invites labor secretary to Oconaluftee
In an effort to save the Oconaluftee Job Corps Center from being shut down, N.C. Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville,…
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Major expansion set to open at Pathways
As homelessness continues to rise in Western North Carolina, Haywood County’s innovative and effective adult shelter is about to cut…
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Haywood takes precaution amid measles outbreak
As public health officials continue to monitor the measles outbreak across the nation, Haywood County Schools will be taking more…
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Shining Rock holds illegal meeting to dismiss parent grievances
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy,…
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Canton alderman resigns
Just 18 months after winning the second of two open alderman seats in the town of Canton, James Markey told…
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Franklin cuts nonprofit funding from budget
The town of Franklin’s adopted 2019-20 budget will not include funding for local nonprofit organizations as it has in the…
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Macon County raises taxes to fund public education
The property tax rate in Macon County will be increasing by half a cent after commissioners approved a 2019-20 budget…
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Carry me back to the days I knew then: Rock Hall of Famer Denny Laine rolls through WNC
Simply put, singer/guitarist Denny Laine is one of those mystical characters you cross paths with almost serendipitously. He’s an old…
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This must be the place: In a minute I’ll be free and we’ll be splashing in the sea
On Monday morning, as I woke up, packed and said goodbye to Bonnaroo for this year, I can say —…
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Waynesville man arrested for solicitation, stalking
Leonard “LJ” Green, of Waynesville, was arrestedby June 11 by the Waynesville Police Department for Solicitation for Prostitution and two…
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A rare look into Swain County's past
Editor’s note: This column first appeared in a June 2005 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. Several weeks ago I…
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Bears active in Panthertown
Recent reports of increased bear encounters in Panthertown Valley have prompted a call for caution among visitors.
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A vision for the Tuck: New WATR director looks to make strides in water quality improvement
The Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River has a new leader. Two years after former executive director Roger Clapp retired…
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Jackson County to vote on budget
Jackson County Commissioners held a special-called meeting Tuesday, June 11, to vote on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-2020,…
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NAACP mulls lynching monument in Haywood County
Last month, members of the Haywood Branch of the NAACP took a trip to Montgomery, Alabama to visit a museum…
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McCoy, Sneed will be General Election principal chief candidates
Voters made their choices during last week’s Primary Elections in Cherokee, with Teresa McCoy coming in as the top vote-getter…
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Haywood County to welcome Revolutionary War monument
Earl Lanning was just a little boy in Haywood County during the 1930s, he developed three ambitions. “I used to…
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No tax increase in Waynesville budget
It's starting to sound like a broken record in Haywood County as North Carolina’s municipal budget season comes to a…
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Hemp processing operation coming to Canton
Haywood County’s latest economic development victory — a state-of-the-art, $12 million hemp processing facility — means that Canton will become…
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Records show Catawba casino developer donated to bill sponsors
Federal campaign finance records show that Wallace Cheves, developer for a proposed Catawba Indian Nation casino in Kings Mountain, donated…
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Opposing abortion because of the victim
To the Editor: In the June 5 issue of The Smoky Mountain News, Hannah McLeod imputes the motives of those…
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Thanks for speaking out so forcefully
To the Editor: I commend Hannah McLeod for speaking so forthrightly and forcefully about the new extreme abortion laws.
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