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Belcher receives Long Leaf honor
It’s been quite a week for Western Carolina University Chancellor Dr. David Belcher.
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Governor, Haywood leaders meet on opioid crisis
As the opioid crisis continues to rage across the nation and the state, legislators, law enforcement and medical professionals are…
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Cherokee lands bill moves forward in Congress
Following a 383-2 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation transferring the property to the tribe, the…
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Law gives Council chairman authority over chambers
The Cherokee Tribal Council voted unanimously to formalize rules governing who has final authority over procedures in the council house,…
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Renovation plans progress for Jackson health department
Plans are moving forward for an extensive renovation of the Jackson County Health Department building, with County Manager Don Adams…
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Meet the Macon County commissioner candidates
The Smoky Mountain News and The Macon County News will jointly host a meet and greet and candidate forum from…
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Jackson will hire new director to oversee consolidated department
After January’s split vote to merge the social services and health departments into one consolidated department, the Jackson County commissioners…
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Newspapers to host candidate forum in Franklin
The Macon County News is teaming up with The Smoky Mountain News to host candidate forums and meet and greets…
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2018 Summer Camp Guide
While there are plenty of summer camp opportunities for youth in WNC, parents have to begin planning far in advance…
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Out of school and into the pool
Since 2001 the Smoky Mountain Aquatic Club has been geared toward having a nationally recognized aquatics program that develops and…
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Learn to paddle at NOC youth camp
For 15 years Nantahala Outdoor Center instructors have been teaching kids and teens how to maneuver the waters of Western…
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Summer youth events at Lake Junaluska
Church youth groups of all sizes are invited to Lake Junaluska for five Summer Youth Events June 17 to July…
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Jackson launches outdoors camp
With a whole world of mountain beauty to explore, summer leaves no time to waste indoors.
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Waynesville’s Base Camp now offered on the go
In the four years since they first launched, Waynesville’s Base Camp summer programs — day camps packed full of outdoor…
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Camp Watia offers affordable fun for local youth
A YMCA camp in Swain County specifically caters to youth in Western North Carolina by offering an affordable weeklong outdoor…
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Summer camps help kids stay sharp
When the last bell rings and the doors fly open loosing schoolchildren across the nation out into the sunny summer…
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Wildflower spotting: New book guides search for April blooms
The combination of a stress-filled week and the dawn of a perfect, sunny and 70-something degree day worked like a…
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Hanging Dog Campground closed
Hanging Dog Campground, located in the Nantahala National Forest near Murphy, will not re-open following a decision from the U.S.…
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Trail work resumes on Rainbow Falls Trail
The second phase of a two-year trail rehabilitation project in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will begin Monday, April…
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‘Death Race’ raises money for students
In a 68-mile fundraising run through the mountains of Northern Georgia, Matt Kirby conquered the terrain in 20 hours and…
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Team up for the planet
In a month-long celebration of Earth Day, the #WNCforthePlanet initiative invites businesses, civic groups and community organizations to take part…
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The sacred animal that walks like a man
Editor’s note: This column first appeared in an April 2003 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. Bears have always held…
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Sage advice from a clutter of books
Spring cleaning. When we hear those words, we think of washing windows and dusting neglected baseboards, de-cluttering closets, going through…
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Make the most of every day
When I was a student at Appalachian State University, I could have made the walk from Anne Belk Library to…
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Ingraham is like a temple Pharisee
To the Editor: Trump TV, aka Fox News, has scored another low mark thanks to its sneering cross-bearer, Laura Ingraham.…
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Our Christian USA is slowly disappearing
To the Editor: I have read many good articles from Smoky Mountain News Editor Scott McLeod, but the editorial on…
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It’s OK to tie instead of winning
To the Editor: I don’t understand how we are supposed to be human in modern life. We want social change…
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Waynesville needs to do some paving
To the Editor: I am pretty sure I am not alone in wondering every time I drive around in Waynesville,…
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Trump era should end
To the Editor: Is it possible that the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency has begun? That, in…
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Illegals pay into benefit programs
To the Editor: I am responding to the reader who wrote regarding Fox News and illegal immigrants. I have no…
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Six candidates compete in Swain commissioner primary
Six candidates for Swain County commissioner — three Republicans and three Democrats — will appear on the May 8 Primary Election ballot.
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Primary will decide Jackson clerk race
For the two Democrats running to serve as Jackson County’s next clerk of Superior Court, the results of the May…
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Jackson commissioner candidates to face off in primary
During the May 8 Primary Election in Jackson County, two Republican candidates for county commissioner will race for the right…
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Haywood Commission primary could be first step to GOP majority
Three Democratic seats on the Haywood County Board of Commissioners are up for election this year, but only two of…
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Brunch Bill fails in Jackson
In a 3-2 vote that followed hours of public comment spread over three different meetings, a measure that would have…
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Tribe added to council of governments
For the first time in the Southwestern Commission’s 53-year history, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has a seat at…
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Cherokee councilmember receives North Carolina’s highest honor
Longtime Cherokee Councilmember Tommye Saunooke, of Painttown, became the latest recipient of North Carolina’s highest honor when she was presented…
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Bogged down: Jonathan Creek project getting messy
Problems with moist soil are mucking up what seemed at the time to be a quick, cheap and easy accouterment…
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Overlapping leases complicate Frog Level parking
A legal snafu has halted work on the Frog Level parking lot paving project as well as delayed action on…
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Former Waynesville priest indicted by grand jury
Howard “Howdy” White Jr., a former episcopal priest who served in Waynesville until 2006, was indicted last week by a…
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A hard life makes a good song: Jeremy Garrett of The Infamous Stringdusters
Hopping up on my truck tailgate one recent afternoon, fiddler/singer Jeremy Garrett gazed around the Spirit of the Suwannee Music…
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Roads that we abandon, and others that we take
A slight breeze awoke me from my slumber this past Saturday morning. Swaying in the hammock, I looked upward while…
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WCU marching band invited to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will be enjoying one of the best things about Thanksgiving Day…
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Brunch Bill is about better business, not religion
It’s one of those issues that garner headlines and controversy but really shouldn’t. I’m talking about the Brunch Bill, the…
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An unexpected triathlon journey
When life turns upside down, we have options. We can sink into the darkness and find comfort in substances and…
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Missed chance for civics lesson
To the Editor: I am a product of Haywood County Schools and have two now-grown daughters who were educated in…
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Vote Phillip Price into Congress
To the Editor: We, as North Carolinians, have entered an era of restrictive practices centered around limiting our ability to…
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Civic engagement should be encouraged
To the Editor: On March 12, 2018, at the Haywood County School Board meeting, Dr. Bill Nolte, interim superintendent, spoke…
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