A special performance by the Mountain Voices Community Chorus will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, at the First United Methodist Church in Franklin.

Titled “Songs of Peace & Light,” the showcase will feature showtunes, pop, gospel and patriotic selections. MVCC is a 45-voice mixed community chorus with members from Western North Carolina and North Georgia.

To the Editor:

We all awakened Easter Sunday morning to receive the below message from the President of the United States, who proclaims he is a practicing person of faith: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F——— Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.” 

Next week, award-winning graphic novelist Andrew Aydin will return to Haywood County to help kick off an ambitious new creative endeavor — one that aims not only to elevate overlooked Appalachian voices but also to preserve the stories of Hurricane Helene’s survivors in a way that’s never been done before.