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Report: minorities, poor in N.C. blame Trump, Congress
Published: 2018-04-11 13:32:14A recent report published by nonprofit advocacy group Down Home North Carolina says that changing demographics and their accompanying shifts in political allegiance have forever altered the ideological character of rural North Carolina, and the subsequen...
Read MoreJackson sheriff candidates vie for win in Republican primary
Published: 2018-04-03 20:43:28Jackson County Sheriff Chip Hall may be running unopposed in the upcoming Democratic primary, but two Republican candidates are competing for the chance to challenge him in November. Doug Farmer, currently a detective for the Sylva Police Department, and...
Read MoreLegislators respond to mental health shortfalls
Published: 2018-02-21 15:05:08As The Smoky Mountain News wraps up an ongoing series on the state of mental health in North Carolina, state lawmakers were asked to weigh in on funding cuts and their thoughts on what the General Assembly can do to improve the flailing system. . Two fre...
Read MoreLosing everything to find yourself: Waynesville native shares her story of addiction
Published: 2018-01-03 14:50:12Every recovering addict can recall a moment in their life when they hit their lowest point. For Jenny Green of Waynesville, that low point was December 2014. She was incarcerated in the Swannanoa Women’s Correctional Facility, suffering from excruciati...
Read MoreSpread of opioids puts strain on sheriff resources
Published: 2017-12-13 14:45:05On any given day, the Haywood County Detention Center is full of people suffering from substance abuse and/or mental illness — to the point where Sheriff Greg Christopher said it sometimes feels like his staff is running a mental health facility as opp...
Read MoreHomeless in Haywood for the holidays
Published: 2017-12-06 14:50:25I don’t really want to go into the domestic circumstances that led up to it, but even though I had no car, no money, no work and now, nowhere to live, I walked down our darkened driveway in the middle of the cold starry night with little more than the ...
Read MoreReaching out for help: Local services available for adults with mental illness
Published: 2017-11-29 15:07:26Asking for help is often the hardest step in the recovery process. Even after realizing you need help, it can be difficult to identify the problem and navigate your way through the mental health system. . Luckily there are a number of providers available...
Read MoreThrill of the dig: Gem mining alive and well in Macon County
Published: 2017-05-10 14:45:53Susan Boyette and her mother Martha Drew drove down from Tennessee early Friday morning to Rose Creek Mine outside of Franklin in search of rare treasures. They spent hours digging through 12 buckets of native dirt and sifting through unknown rocks not k...
Read MoreGatekeeper to the Smokies: Longtime Western Carolina University Head of Special Collections retires
Published: 2016-06-15 14:32:49I was five minutes late. Trying to track down a parking spot outside the Hunter Library at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee last week, the task proved difficult, even with the students gone for the summer. Having never stepped foot in the library...
Read MoreCherokee implements full-circle rehabilitation for drug recovery
Published: 2016-03-23 14:56:10It’s been a while since the old Mountain Credit Union building in Cherokee saw foot traffic from people looking to deposit checks or get financial advice, but its doors still swing open and closed with regularity — though for a much different purpose...
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