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Cherokee stands together to cope with loss of fallen trooper
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Charlotte Littlejohn has spent much of her morning in a bustling kitchen preparing traditional frybread. Next to her, Donavon Crowe is stirring an enormous pot of chili. Crowe says he’s probably made six gallons of it already.
Littlejohn and Crowe are surrounded by a dozen others, some jotting down orders, others rushing out for delivery. All are donating their time for a cause that is both atypical and close to their hearts.
Money raised from the Indian tacos, chili, frybread…
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A busy summer on the Nantahala River
Nantahala Outdoor Center raft guides can finally relax after working the busiest season the outfitter has seen in…
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Overrun by demand, Community Table needs help with move to bigger building
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The blue-plate special fundraiser is a tradition in Sylva. On the last Wednesday of each month, Jackson County…
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New policy at Tuscola touches off student dissent
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In the 1970s, blue jeans and boys with shaggy hair were as scandalous in Western North Carolina schools…
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Wong trial testimony to follow jury selection
Court testimony could start this week in the case of a Florida man who gunned down state Trooper…
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North Shore memorial in Swain needs input
Public input is being sought for a memorial dedicated to the North Shore families in Swain County who…
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WNC PUBLIC OPINION POLL:
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Local government doesn’t fare well in poll
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Majority supports alcohol sales, and its many benefits
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Conservative Democrats, endangered species and Rep. Heath Shuler
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TEA Party catches on, but impact on election still hard to gauge
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WCU poll is first attempt of its caliber to measure political opinions on solely local scale
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Jackson County Poll Results
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Poll shows little confidence in government
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Strong on momentum, but shy of real power, TEA Party’s political weight remains to be seen
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Poll shows majority in Jackson tired of trekking to town for beer
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Poll shows Shuler curries support from right as well as left
BACK THEN with George Ellison
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A coyote in the yard
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Monday morning … 9:15 or so … suddenly the coyote was there … as if from out of nowhere … a shadow moving in the pasture across the creek.
I had glanced out of my workroom window moments before and nothing was there. The next time I looked up he (or she) had probably come out of dense tangle of rhododendron, laurel, and grapevine that cloaks the mountainside bordering the far side of the pasture. The animal was 35…
