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Explore history with a guided hike in the Smokies
Join Friends of the Smokies for a guided hike along Kephart Prong Trail, followed by a visit to the Oconaluftee…
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The bear is back
The iconic bear specialty license plate that raises dollars for Friends of the Smokies is being sold again, with an…
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Smokies volunteers needed at Oconaluftee and Clingmans Dome
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting for a variety of volunteer opportunities at Oconaluftee and Clingmans Dome for…
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Monitoring to root out erosion sources in Haywood
A $500 grant was awarded to Haywood Waterways Association by the Haywood County Community Foundation to expand Haywood Waterways’ sediment…
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Program to discuss mercury fall-out
A program on mercury pollution in mountain waters will be held by the Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River at…
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Mountain fly-fishing team lands line-up of top notch coaches
The N.C. Fly Fishing Team, who count the region’s best fishermen among their ranks, has now hooked one of the…
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HCC Wildlife Club to host wild game dinner
The sixth-annual Wild Game Dinner is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. …
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Environmental group wants to duke it out with energy company
Greenpeace activists, in what promises to be a long, high-profile campaign against Duke Energy for perceived environmental wrongs, launched the…
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Greenhouse space available in Waynesville
If you are short on greenhouse space but want to grow your own plants, consider using the Old Armory Recreation…
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Counting at Kituwah
This year was the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, a citizen-science project created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and…
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Battle of the Plug: WCU raises the stakes on a national energy conservation competition
Things have gotten slightly darker at Western Carolina University. The Cullowhee-based college is battling Boone’s Appalachian State University in the…
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Pileated woodpeckers a mainstay in the mountains
The tapping of pileateds ... means attachment to a nest site and attachment of the members of a pair to…
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The secret life of Quintin Ellison
In a time-wasting exercise, I was giving thought recently about my earliest memory, which is of getting my knee stuck…
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Taxpayers deserve easier access to voting
To the Editor: My name is John Herrin and I am a registered voter in Swain County, and I wrote…
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Swain needs to keep one-stop voting site
To the Editor: Ms. Sallie Smith Bradley will celebrate her 98th birthday on Saturday, March 3, at her residence in…
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My go-to source for a shot of inspiration
Do you have a muse? At different times in my life that role has been filled by different entities. As…
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Jackson poised to give economic commission another shot
Jackson County has been down this road before, but that isn’t stopping leaders from taking another look at forming a…
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Sylva radio station waiting for final pieces to fall into place
It will be several more weeks at best before Sylva AM radio station WRGC gets back on the air, pending…
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County election roundup
Here’s who has filed lately for the upcoming local election. Filing continues through Feb. 29. Haywood County: Another Republican has…
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Tourism forum to focus on regional partnerships
Hoteliers, innkeepers, outfitters and other tourism-related businesses can attend the Tourism Partnership Forum, a free event that will be held…
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TDA looks to tax collector to crack down on delinquent tourism taxpayers
Delinquent payers of the tourism room tax in Haywood County will soon have the tax collector knocking on their door.…
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Applications available for scholarships
Haywood County Farm Bureau awards four scholarships each year — two for $1,000 and two for $500. The $1000 scholarships…
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Youth SURGE into Missions this summer
Ministries with Young People at Lake Junaluska is preparing for its summer programming, SURGE into Missions. During the SURGE into…
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Skate park dream revived with pledge from town
Waynesville leaders have committed to foot the bill for the long-held dream of a skateboard park — and it will…
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Macon County turns out to debate planning board’s future
Macon County’s planning board lived to plan another day. Proposed retroactive term limits, which some considered punitive because they seemed…
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Another Macon subdivision, more unhappy lot owners
Not long ago Kristina and Bruce Oliver invited a local couple they’d met in nearby Franklin to come play cards…
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DSS building sits empty after senior housing project falters
Hopes of turning the abandoned Haywood County social services building into low-income senior apartments have been dashed, leaving the county…
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Canton town board hopes to move away from perpetual election cycle
Canton’s elected leaders could find their two-year terms of office doubling if voters support a proposed change to give the…
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Findings paint dire picture of REACH’s finances
An audit of REACH of Jackson County’s finances received by the nonprofit’s board last month show the money situation had…
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County holds up approval of MedWest collateral
A $10 million line of County credit intended to bridge short-term cash flow problems at MedWest-Haywood hospital has hit a…
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Peer-to-peer recovery education program
A 10-week free educational class will be held next month in Franklin on recovery and wellness for anyone experiencing a…
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Macon Republicans to host candidate forum
The Macon County Republican Party will hold a forum for candidates running for the 11th Congressional District seat on March…
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Learn about foster care
Those interested in being a foster parent can learn what it takes from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. the fourth…
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Clergy offered slate of resources
Community Resource Connections of Haywood Community Connections is sponsoring a third session of “Building Bridges in Haywood County.” This program…
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National speaker to talk about school bullying
Jim Williams, a nationally renowned speaker from Nashville, is coming to Swain County Feb. 27 to speak to parents, teachers…
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Sponsor a painted cat
Harold Sims, aka The Catman, is looking for sponsors, artists and other people participate in a painted cat project. Similar…
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Students launch voter education, participation effort in Jackson
Western Carolina University students will kick off the Cullowhee Voter Initiative, a nonpartisan effort to improve voter education and participation…
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Chefs will tee up their best for the Masters
Like most great tales, it began like any other day. Sous Chef Alex Tinsley, 24, was working his usual day…
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Principles aside, Waynesville looks to tap a piece of sweepstakes action through hefty fees
If you can’t beat ‘em, then you can at least benefit from ‘em. Waynesville officials are considering joining the growing…
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Eichenbaum bows out of GOP congressional race
The crowded Republican field vying for Heath Shuler’s former seat in Congress thinned out by one this week. Dan Eichenbaum,…
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Silents Out Loud takes a bizarre, mischievous turn
The Moolah Temple Men’s Auxiliary will accompany a screening of the 1920 silent movie classic, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari,…
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WCU alumna cast for ‘Amazing Race’
Rachel Reilly, a 2007 graduate of Western Carolina University, has been named as part of the cast for “The Amazing…
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Daddy-Daughter dance planned in Sylva
The downtown association and First United Methodist Church in Sylva are sponsoring a Father-Daughter semi-formal dance from 6:30 until 8:30…
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56th Annual Pancake Day is Feb. 28
The 56th Annual Pancake Day will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 at First United…
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Woodworking demo at Sylva public library
Woodworker Chris Behre of Tuckasegee will demonstrate how to make Shaker boxes at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, at…
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The Bascom to hold kid-friendly activities
The Bascom in Highlands is hosting several upcoming classes for children • Creation Station is open to children ages 5 to…
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Shelburn to demonstrate watercolor techniques
Contemporary artist and instructor Billie W. Shelburn will demonstrate creative watercolor techniques for Art League of the Smokies at 6:15…
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Sylva library sponsors contest to name sculpture
The Jackson County Public Library is sponsoring a statue-naming contest for a marble sculpture recently donated to its youth service…
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Catch the second ‘Liars Bench’ benefit performance Feb. 23
The second of two benefit performances of “The Liars Bench” Southern Appalachian variety show will be held at 7 p.m.…
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WNC Cheese Trail up for discussion
An exploratory meeting has been set up to examine the possibility of forming the Western North Carolina Cheese Trail. The…
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