Few surprises on first day of candidate filing

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Friday, 05/07/2019

Incumbents wasted little time in declaring their intentions to defend their seats after municipal candidate filing opened at noon today, but there are already two incumbents hoping to move up in the ranks, if their campaigns are successful.

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Haywood Healthcare Foundation will help fund proposed HCC facility

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Tuesday, 07/05/2019

Last month, Haywood Community College President Dr. Barbara Parker told Haywood commissioners that HCC wanted a new $7.2 million facility that would augment the school’s ability to train and produce badly-needed medical professionals.

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