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My resolve is strengthened by Trump
By Martin Dyckman • Guest Columnist This is a letter my wife and I sent to President Donald Trump: I…
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Our representatives doing WNC harm
To the Editor: The League of Conservation Voters keeps a “scoreboard” that rates our congressional representatives and senators on their…
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SMN should rethink use of cuss words
To the Editor: I always enjoy reading your fine publication with its in-depth articles about local news. Today, Dec. 30,…
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SMN’s Scott Mcleod and his hypocrisy
To the Editor: “You can’t debate with someone who repeatedly traffics in blatant lies and counterfeit bluster,” wrote Smoky Mountain…
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Adventure through 2018: WNC offers excursions for every month of the year
When people praise the Smokies, it’s often the area’s status as a four-season bonanza of beauty that spurs the discussion.…
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Bank supports education at Tremont
A $7,500 donation from SmartBank will help underserved kids experience the beauty of the Smokies through the Great Smoky Mountains…
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Preschool sports program open for registration
A program designed to help preschoolers have fun while developing sports skills is now open for registration at the Waynesville…
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The Naturalist's Corner: Swimming with mermaids
Christopher Columbus had a lot of misconceptions about where he wound up in 1492 and what he saw. Mermaids were…
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Mountain in the clouds: a new year’s resolution
There it stood on a sale table, all 11 volumes lined up tight and orderly as cadets on parade, Will…
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The end of silence: A conversation with Henry Rollins
He is a welcomed voice of reason in a planet seemingly gone mad. For the last four decades, Henry Rollins…
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This must be the place: ‘Should auld acquaintance be forgot…’
Nobody ever seems to know. New Year’s Eve is the same day every go around, and yet, why is it…
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HGTV features Cataloochee Ranch
Cataloochee Ranch, the well-known Haywood County vacation destination on top of Fie Mountain, will make its national debut on HGTV…
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Following in the footfalls: Canton’s new mayor takes the reins
One of Zeb Smathers’ earliest memories is sitting in the cereal aisle of his grandfather’s downtown Canton grocery store, which…
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Losing everything to find yourself: Waynesville native shares her story of addiction
Every recovering addict can recall a moment in their life when they hit their lowest point. For Jenny Green of…
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Breaking the cycle: Restricting opioid access won’t solve the epidemic
Limiting the number of prescriptions written for addictive painkillers like Percocet and Oxycontin is definitely a good start, but addiction…
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Vaya Health honored for efforts to reduce overdoses
Vaya Health has received statewide honors for its work to prevent fatal opioid drug overdoses throughout western North Carolina.
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Buncombe County joins lawsuit against drug manufacturers
Buncombe County is taking a crucial step toward holding accountable the companies responsible for dumping millions of dollars’ worth of…
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Jackson seeks no wake zone on Lake Glenville
Increased recreation on Lake Glenville has caused concerns about safety for swimmers sharing the lake with boaters, and despite an…
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Haywood TDA to host funding workshops
With the arrival of 2018, the time to submit applications for 1% partnership funding for July 1, 2018, through June…
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Haywood Regional welcomes first baby of 2018
Haywood Regional is ringing in 2018 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 7 pounds and 12 ounces and…
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Scene shift in Sylva: Businesses come and go downtown
Downtown Sylva looks quite a bit different these days than this time last year.
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Cherokee moves on alcohol referendum
Cherokee inched closer to holding a referendum vote asking how widely available alcohol should be on tribal land with a…
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Mission, Macon partner to get new ambulance
Collaboration between Mission Health and Macon County leadership, with support from the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Foundation, Mission Health Department of Philanthropy…
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Waynesville native’s research published
The summer before Christopher Lile graduated from Gardner-Webb University, he spent five weeks studying small mammals on the Broad River…
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WCU gets federal grants to help students
Western Carolina University faculty members Kelly Kelley and David Westling have learned a lot about assisting individuals with intellectual disabilities…
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Waynesville police investigating suspicious death
Waynesville Police Department is looking for any information from the public that might help them with a recent suspicious death…
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If this is the new normal, God help us
As the new year dawns and I take account of everything that’s happened in the past 12 months, it’s Donald…
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This is my family, and yours
Except for the year our daughter, Kayden, got the flu and we had to make the best of spending Christmas…
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Politicians throw children to the wolves
To the Editor: After 29 years as a pediatrician in Western North Carolina, with over 120,000 patient visits under my…
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Thank God and Democrats for Medicaid
To the Editor: How can anyone call themselves a Christian and support President Trump and his Republican cronies in Congress…
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Whom should we admire the most?
To the Editor: My daddy served in the U.S. Army. My oldest brother retired from the U.S. Air Force. One…
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Resurrecting the truffle: Researchers look to learn about cultivation potential in N.C.
An Old World delicacy tied to myths of the supernatural, the truffle is often construed as a rare exotic, likely…
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Volleyball offered in Waynesville
Winter volleyball is starting up in Waynesville, with options available for pickup and team play alike.
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Bill aims to reauthorize Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
A bill to extend authorization of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area by four years has been filed in the…
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Appalachian Farm School returns
An eight-week training course for anyone interested in operating an agriculture-based business will kick off Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Southwestern…
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Cabbage patch kid
Third-grader Emily Prince, of Fletcher, won the North Carolina contest in the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program when she grew…
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Hike the MST in nine minutes
A nine-minute tour of the 1,175-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail is now available from the comfort of any couch within reach of…
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District Ranger leaves Murphy
Angela Gee, district ranger on the Cheoah and Tusquitee Ranger Districts of the Nantahala National Forest, has left the position…
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Fitzgerald biography looks at his vision of America
“That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot…
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German utopian wanted a community in Cherokee
Note: This is the second of a two-part series about Christian Priber, an utopian socialist whose beliefs — including free…
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Sheriff investigates Fines Creek deaths
Haywood County Sheriff’s Office detectives continue to investigate two deaths that occurred in the Fines Creek area last week.
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Haywood County woman wins $200,000 lottery
The search for a ceramic Christmas tree led Sharon Frizzell of Canton to a $200,000 lottery win.
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ABC Chairman visit Cherokee Nation
North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission Chairman Zander Guy met with Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed and other representatives of…
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Committee to lead search for WCU chancellor
Western Carolina University announced the appointment of a 21-member search committee that will recommend a successor to Chancellor David O.…
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Landslide closes N.C. 28 through February
A plan is in place to re-open N.C. 28 in Graham County by the end of February.
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Fake news freakout! All of this really happened in 2017*
Last year it was still just a quaint, silly little term — fake news.
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2017: Year in review
Before we ring in the New Year, The Smoky Mountain News likes to look back and reflect on the last…
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House of my soul: A conversation with Langhorne Slim
The sound echoes a tone of inclusion and timelessness. When you listen to Langhorne Slim, you’re hearing something oddly familiar,…
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This must be the place: ‘Keep on rolling, my old buddy…’
Once the roads became sketchy, I became familiar with the territory.
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