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Southern Highlands Reserve honors volunteers
The Southern Highlands Reserve is honoring two mountain residents as its volunteers of the year.
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Help feed the hungry
Haywood Gleaners is looking for a co-field glean coordinator to assist in its efforts to feed the hungry with fresh…
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Donation opens visitor centers for holiday weekend
Despite the ongoing government shutdown, two visitor centers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were open over Martin Luther…
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‘Wild West’ agriculture: N.C. Extension tests out cannabis production
Jeanine Davis has spent more than two decades researching new and emerging crops in North Carolina, but she’s never experienced…
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When, not if: The case for and against cannabis in NC
With the recent actions of Michigan and Vermont, 72 million people in 10 U.S. states — 23 percent of the…
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Cannabis legalization under study in Cherokee
As states across the nation loosen restrictions on cannabis products, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is launching a study…
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From the ground up: Appalachian Growers digging into hemp industry
It may look like marijuana and it may smell like marijuana, but it’s not marijuana. Without the THC component, the…
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WCU chancellor search narrowed
The committee leading the national search for the next chancellor of Western Carolina University has narrowed the pool of candidates…
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Federal Shut-Down Food Drive
The Federal Shut-Down is, or soon will be, affecting federal workers, federal and local food assistance deliveries, food-insecure citizens, and…
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Jackson to re-examine health, DSS organization
With the one-year anniversary of Jackson County’s decision to consolidate its health and social services departments looming, commissioners are now…
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Entegra Bank merges with SmartFinancial
Entegra Bank, which has locations throughout Western North Carolina, will soon merge with SmartFinancial, Inc., the parent company of SmartBank…
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Qualla Housing ordinance tabled
An ordinance that would have codified a laboriously passed December resolution abolishing the Qualla Housing Authority was tabled during the…
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HRMC limits visitation due to flu cases
Haywood Regional Medical Center has begun limited visitation at the hospital due to the increased number of positive flu cases…
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Mission Health sale cleared by AG Josh Stein; Contract negotiated to address concerns
Those who were unhappy with the original terms of the proposed sale of Mission Health to a for-profit heathcare giant…
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What lies beyond the horizon: Porch 40 kicks off ‘Pour 40’ tour, new album
Coming into seven years together, the members of Porch 40 continue to hold steady and elevate each other’s craft, with…
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This must be the place: Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
It’s like getting hit in the face with a frying pan. Stepping out of my parents’ farmhouse in Upstate New…
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New monthly documentary program
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will be starting a monthly documentary series called “DocuWednesday.”
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Local officials weigh in on legal marijuana
On Jan. 15, The Smoky Mountain News contacted almost every elected official in Haywood County for whom an email address…
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Park visitor centers to reopen for MLK weekend
Friends of the Smokies announced Thursday that it will temporarily fund the reopening of Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tenn.,…
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Donation will open Smokies visitor centers for holiday weekend
Despite the ongoing government shutdown, two visitor centers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be open over Martin…
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Jackson inmate found unresponsive
A Jackson County Detention Center inmate is currently at Mission Hospital in Asheville after having been found unresponsive.
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The homeless issue is not going away
A genuine dilemma, or merely some people grousing? You tell me. We’ve been hearing complaints for months now that the…
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Far-reaching consequences of the shutdown
Last week my boys flew on an airplane for the first time without me. I was a nervous wreck to…
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Women empowerment is key to future
To the Editor: No living human will witness a return to a preindustrial global climate. Humanity’s best efforts in transitioning…
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Where are the pesos, Donald?
To the Editor: “I’m gonna build a big, beautiful wall and Mexico is gonna pay for it, I promise you.”
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Funding conservation: Federal program’s expiration impacts local land trusts
On Sept. 30, 2018, a program that’s been pouring money into land conservation for more than 50 years expired. And…
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Parkway nonprofit leaders earns award
The CEO of one of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s most important nonprofit partners recently received a prestigious national award.
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View the lunar eclipse
A total eclipse of the moon will occur Sunday, Jan. 20, with multiple opportunities to view this Super Blood Wolf…
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Grandfather Mountain has record wet year
Wet weather was the norm across Western North Carolina last year, and Grandfather Mountain was no exception — a record…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Live and die by Lake J
Jan. 4, 2019 was a dreary day. It was more than that; it was a dreary Balsam Christmas Bird Count…
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Waynesville steps up to address affordable housing crisis
Like the region’s opioid crisis, if Western North Carolina’s affordable housing crisis could have been solved by meetings, panel discussions…
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Pigeon Center seeks donations after fire
A small kitchen fire caused big problems at Waynesville’s Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center Jan. 8, prompting the organization to…
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WCU chancellor interview process begins
In a search that is now entering its second year, Western Carolina University’s Chancellor Search Committee is preparing to interview…
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Park to restore accessibility, visitor services
Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that recently closed areas of the park were once again accessible to visitors beginning…
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Semi-trucks still a hazard on Highlands Road
More signage and stricter law enforcement could be the solution to keeping tractor trailers off Highlands Road.
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Effort underway to make WNC counties ‘Blue Zone’ certified
On the Greek island of Ikaria, its population of 10,000 people live an average of 10 years longer than Americans,…
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Good Samaritan’s last good deed
For 20 years, Good Samaritan Clinic provided much needed health care services to people of Haywood County. Even though the…
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Scarcity, rising prices drive affordable housing crisis
A booming real estate market brings with it many benefits and is a sign of a thriving economy, but some…
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Town to take action on homeless encampment
A beef between the Town of Waynesville and local property owner Ron Muse over an ersatz dwelling on an otherwise…
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Tribe petitions Meadows to end shutdown
The ongoing federal government shutdown is having a negative effect on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and last week…
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Work begins on alternative N.C. 107 plan
More than 100 people filled the Jackson County Public Library’s Community Room Jan. 14 to help kick off the Asheville…
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Entegra Bank mergers with SmartFinancial
SmartFinancial, Inc., the parent company of SmartBank, and Entegra Financial Corp., the parent company of Entegra Bank, jointly announced Tuesday…
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Combining the culinary arts: Mad Anthony’s pairs craft beer, fine dining
Just off Main Street in Waynesville, tucked down the hill below Bogart’s, and across the street from American Legion Post…
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This must be the place: Ode to my best gal
She’s known as “Wild Kathy.” At least, that’s what she was nicknamed while joyously roaming Bourbon Street in New Orleans…
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WCU’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
Tying in with Western Carolina University’s 2018-19 campus learning theme “Defining America,” the keynote speaker for this year’s Martin Luther…
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Running toward her goals: Catamount student succeeds with Heart & Sole program
Born with cerebral palsy, Jaylyn Logan’s nana Marvellia Ross knew that her granddaughter’s life would have limitations. However, a new…
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Record turnout for First Day hikes
A record 3,859 people rang in the New Year at North Carolina State Parks by participating in one of the…
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Bear tests positive for rabies
A black bear found dead in Hyde County in Eastern North Carolina has tested positive for rabies, the first known…
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Winter Lights a success
Winter Lights at the N.C. Arboretum had a record-setting season, drawing nearly 40,000 guests over the course of its six-week…
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