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District attorney race pits colleagues against each other
Published: 2014-10-01 14:25:29Jim Moore and Ashley Welch have been on the same team for years, working side-by-side in the district attorney’s office to put criminals behind bars, seek justice for victims and keep society safe in the seven western counties. . Both are at the top of...
Read MoreRacing towards the sheriff’s seat
Published: 2014-09-24 14:04:06The retirement of Jackson County’s current sheriff — and widespread dissatisfaction with the way Jimmy Ashe ran his office — brought out a field of primary election candidates nine deep. And with the general election just around the corner, change ...
Read MorePrison protest: Hazelwood residents voice concerns about prison conversion
Published: 2014-07-30 14:16:59With the lease drawn up and fundraising underway, most people attending the Haywood County Commissioner meeting last week figured that approving the lease for a trio of Christian groups to renovate the old Hazelwood prison would be a matter-of-fact agend...
Read MoreFuture for Macon gallery uncertain, help sought
Published: 2014-07-08 16:15:02All is not well at the Uptown Gallery in Franklin. “It’s pretty bad,” said Sue Weathers. “We’re losing money, and keeping the gallery open is getting pretty hard.” Co-director of the gallery and a member of the Macon County Art Association, w...
Read MoreMorgan runs to win: Swannanoa candidate says he’ll beat Shuler in Democratic primary
Published: 2014-06-18 20:22:17By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Michael Morgan sits at a table near the back of Malaprop’s Bookstore Café in Asheville eating from an unlabeled can of applesauce, his 6-foot plus lanky frame casually folded, one leg across the other. He’s dresse...
Read More‘Not guilty’: Michelle Gibson freed after jury rejects second-degree murder, manslaughter charges
Published: 2014-06-18 15:43:16Michelle Gibson, a single mother charged with second-degree murder in the death of her 8-year-old son, Devin, was found not guilty Monday (May 22) after a week-long jury trial. . Devin died from heat exposure after Gibson left him in her car while workin...
Read MoreAn outpouring of support
Published: 2014-06-18 15:40:48When Rose Smith read about the tragic death of an 8-year-old boy left in a car in the parking lot of Mountain Trace Nursing Home in Webster last May, her heart sank. . Michelle Gibson, a single mother who was homeless at the time, had no weekend childcar...
Read MoreZeitgeist of Germany, circa 2006
Published: 2014-06-18 15:15:56By Michael Beadle Editor’s note: Smoky Mountain News Writer Michael Beadle recently traveled to Europe. The following is the second of two stories about his experiences abroad. . Allzeit frohlich ist getährlich, allzeit traung ist beschwerlich, allzei...
Read MoreKudzu players to build theater
Published: 2014-06-11 15:30:12By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer On a conference table covered with blueprints perches a small paper model of a building. The paper model represents the future for the Kudzu Players, Jackson County’s community theater group. . It is a facility that ...
Read MoreSwain sheriff challenger wants a turn at the helm
Published: 2014-06-06 18:23:01When word of a shooting in Whittier roused Swain County Sheriff Bob Ogle from his house last Thursday night, he arrived at a complex crime scene. . A fight had broken out a local hotel between a woman and her boyfriend. The woman called her grandfather f...
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