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Let’s stop the hypocrisy
Published: 2013-06-05 19:13:34Thank goodness for Don Imus. After 25 years of gutteral lyrics in the name of entertainment, none of which was protested, banned, boycotted or demonstrated against by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, the Imus faux pas has finally brought trash...
Read MoreSocial worker charged in cover-up agrees to talk as part of plea bargain
Published: 2013-04-17 13:04:58A Swain County social worker pleaded guilty in court this week to doctoring and fabricating records two years ago following the death of a 15-month-old baby. . Candace Lassiter was charged with covering up the missteps and failures of the Swain Departmen...
Read MoreFrom the jail to the library, Haywood commissioners field wish lists for extra employees
Published: 2013-04-03 19:29:49A parade of Haywood County department leaders went before county commissioners during a budget work session Monday, each pleading their case for why their department needs an additional employee or two next fiscal year. . Seven county agencies took turns...
Read MoreHaywood sheriff to step down early
Published: 2012-12-23 18:13:33Haywood County Sheriff Bobby Suttles announced last week he will retire in February, stepping down early despite another two years to go until his term is technically up.. Picking a new sheriff to serve out those last two years will be up to the Haywood ...
Read MoreBryson City federal court site could be on the chopping block
Published: 2012-10-10 14:46:54Although it has been spared for now, federal belt tightening could eventually lead the government to close its federal court site in Bryson City, which serves as the only one west of Asheville.. Bryson City is among numerous divisions that have been targ...
Read MoreCourthouse – again – slated as possible library site
Published: 2012-10-05 18:48:22The hilltop above Sylva that’s home to the iconic historic courthouse is back on as a potential site for a new Jackson County library. The location has been in the running on and off over the past several years during a heated community debate over whe...
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Published: 2012-07-20 19:00:12It marked the end of an era for North Shore Road supporters and Blue Ridge Paper Products, and ushered a new wave of progressives into office. Counties tackled tough development questions, voters said no to taxes that would have funded schools, and whisp...
Read MoreDid Jackson sheriff’s office cross the line? Differences in traffic checkpoints are subtle rather than glaring
Published: 2012-07-18 12:36:27A debate over whether the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office racially profiled Latinos and used a traffic checkpoint as an excuse to ensnare illegal immigrants is not over yet. . An analysis of traffic checkpoints conducted in Jackson County during the pa...
Read MoreWith a nose for trouble, K9s are put on trial
Published: 2012-06-12 18:38:35By Paul Clark • Contributor • Norris Bunch called his dog Maxo to attention. Maxo, alert and ready, waited for his release. Barbara Holt, a judge for the U.S. Police Canine Association, gave the go-ahead, and Bunch, a K9 handler at the nuclear Savann...
Read MoreOne night, two murders, three years ago: the untold story
Published: 2012-03-20 20:48:18When a two-day partying and gambling binge left five Atlantans broke and out of drugs, a mission to replenish their stash and an off-kilter moral compass triggered a deadly and chaotic sequence of events — one that culminated in a home invasion and the...
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