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Protect and serve: Sylva Police Department pilots social work program
Published: 2022-01-12 15:14:31On May 25, 2020, the world watched as 46-year-old George Floyd died slowly beneath the knee of a Minnesota police officer — and it continued to watch as an aftermath erupted spanning the gamut from full-on riots to thoughtful discussions about how to m...
Read MoreIncarcerated at Christmas: Swain inmates thankful for family visitations
Published: 2021-12-22 14:47:59Swain County Detention Center became a place of reunions and redemption during the last few weeks as inmates had their first chance in over two years to see their family members face to face. . A grandmother was reunited with her daughter and her three g...
Read MoreMovement to memorialize lynching victim in Franklin gains momentum
Published: 2021-11-12 15:07:36E xactly 123 years to the day after a Black man was dragged from his cell in Franklin and hung from a bridge at the edge of town, a group of activists took the first step in attempting to reckon with Macon County’s most infamous lynching. . “We are h...
Read More‘We are the medicine’: Nonprofit uses community connection to combat addiction
Published: 2021-10-27 13:59:08A new nonprofit expanding its services into Haywood County is challenging the status quo when it comes to overcoming addiction. . Seek Healing began in Asheville three years ago, but recent grant support has allowed the organization to open an office in ...
Read MoreDown Home N.C. fire local organizers
Published: 2021-08-18 14:10:10Over the past few years, political action group Down Home North Carolina has made a name for itself in Western North Carolina by championing issues important to working families, but a recent spate of staff firings in the midst of a unionization drive by...
Read MoreLet’s talk about all the visitors
Published: 2021-07-14 14:54:53In the middle of the tourism season, is there any way to politely state the obvious: this region is being overrun by visitors. . The National Forest Service’s new restrictions on the popular Max Patch area — no camping, no fires, no drones, no groups...
Read MoreMarina Taught Me How to Feel, Now Other Music Has No Appeal
Published: 2021-06-16 17:18:18By Daley Hooten • Rumble Contributor | On June 11, Welsh pop singer Marina released her latest album, “ Ancient Dreams In a Modern Land,” and announced her upcoming tour in 2022. I had been signed up to receive newsletters from her, so as soon as I...
Read MoreMisleading claim by Down Home North Carolina isn’t their first
Published: 2021-06-16 14:08:30Perhaps the only true statement in a June 7 Down Home North Carolina email is that the fight against jail expansion in Haywood County is far from over, but given the rest of the email’s misleading content, it’s no longer clear if the nonprofit activi...
Read MoreCampaign against new Haywood jail continues
Published: 2021-05-19 13:48:03C iting limited drug rehabilitation options, a lack of mental health treatment facilities, an inefficient justice system and overwhelming public opposition, a number of residents have again asked the Haywood County Board of Commissioners to rethink the c...
Read MoreJail spending doesn’t solve problems
Published: 2021-02-17 15:34:59To the Editor: Budgets, it has been said, are moral documents. This is because how a community chooses to spend and invest its money demonstrates the priorities of that community and, ultimately, our values. More than just a dry process of bureaucracy, b...
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