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U.S. youth need unifying experience
To the Editor: Historical injustices, real and perceived, create seeds of terrorism. Today’s policies create a fertile environment for the…
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Hunters and their dogs don’t deserve special protections
By Bill Lea • Guest Columnist In the article about the bear dogs attacking a camper’s dogs (www.smokymountainnews.com/outdoors/item/14952), Wallace Messer (a…
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Surely there is a solution for noise dispute
Here’s hoping No Name Sports Pub and the town of Sylva can work out their differences on noise so that…
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Schools establish criminal justice articulation agreement
Southwestern Community College students who earn an associate’s degree in criminal justice technology have a new transfer option thanks to…
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CCC honors groups, individuals for community work
The Commission for a Clean County (CCC) has announced the 2014 winners of its annual Community Pride Awards program. This…
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Broadband survey needs more rural responses
Haywood County leaders are still in the process of collecting data on broadband Internet service, but they need help from…
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Cherokee navigate the business side of Internet for all
It’s been more than eight years since the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians made its first move toward creating a…
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Judge tells Jackson County to get moving with courthouse security
The exploration of inadequacies at the Jackson County Justice Center has been years in the making, but it’s looking like…
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Sylva pub launches petition to amend town noise ordinance
A pair of dueling petitions dealing with the question of noise at No Name Sports Pub will likely spar at…
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Swain schools crack the code
“When will I ever use this in real life?” is often the question students have when faced with difficult subjects…
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Faircloth’s lead finding lands him state award
Harold Faircloth was recently named Environmental Specialist of the Year in North Carolina after uncovering widespread lead contamination in private…
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Ghost Town not for sale
Ghost Town owner Alaska Presley was willing to sacrifice a piece of the theme park property to generate some cash…
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To snag a cyberstalker
For most Americans, the Internet has moved from novelty to normal, but translating that shift in norms into law has…
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Haywood GOP insider charged with cyberstalking party volunteer
Editor's note: The cyberstalking allegations against Monroe Miller were dismissed by a judge following court testimony on March 24, 2015. Monroe…
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Haywood GOP members draw the line over inflammatory emails
Monroe Miller is no stranger to the inbox. Hundreds of emails from Miller have peppered the email accounts of people…
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NC commissioners set legislative priorities
After wading through more than 300 legislative goals presented by more than 500 commissioners throughout the state, the North Carolina…
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Maggie Valley: ‘It’s been a good year’
Maggie Valley officials are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel after experiencing several tumultuous years.…
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The uncommon common goldeneye
The best way I know of to get a rare bird to fly the coop is to write about it.…
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Hike the Dirty Dozen
Looking for a new way to explore the wilderness? Check out the Dirty Dozen Wilderness Hike Challenge.
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The A.T. just got a little longer
The Appalachian Trail has a new official length. It increased by 3.9 miles from last year to 2,189.2 miles due…
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Venus flytrap poachers caught
Four men, ages 22 to 49, were arrested with 970 Venus flytraps in their possession earlier this month at the…
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Access on Lake Emory gets better
A new canoe portage around the Lake Emory dam is expected to open in Franklin sometime in late spring.
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Couple conserves private tract in Jackson
A new conservation agreement finalized by the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee will protect 104 acres in Cullowhee from…
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Smokies visitation tops 10 million
For the first time in more than a decade, Great Smoky Mountains National Park saw more than 10 million visitors…
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Sylva man reflects on televised Alaskan survival experience, the adventure lifestyle
Scott McCleskey didn’t really know what he was saying yes to when he boarded the plane to Alaska, pack of…
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Painted Horses is one for the ages
When people ask me what I’ve been doing this fall, I tell them I’ve been on a reading jag —…
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A perspective of a retired ob-gyn on today’s situation
By Gwang S. Han • Guest Columnist Obstetrics is the branch of medicine dealing with parturition, including care before and after…
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Sounds preachy, but it’s right: be true to yourself
One of the pure joys of my job — teaching English on the college level — is getting to spend…
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School boards need to fight the good fight
The Haywood County School Board narrowly voted (5 to 4, with Chairman Chuck Francis breaking a tie) to contribute money…
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What you really want to know when new property values arrive in the mail
Mailboxes across Macon County were blanketed with new property value notices this week, the first countywide appraisal since 2007. As…
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Meet Richard Lightner, the eagle eye of Macon’s reval
Richard Lightner isn’t one for nostalgia. For nearly 30 years, he’s been running the property reval show in Macon County.…
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Macon’s reval: unplugged and uncensored
The time of reckoning is finally here. Macon County’s first countywide assessment of real estate values since the bust came…
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The quest for the perfect comp
Some weeks Tommey Allen spends more time behind the wheel than a long-haul trucker. It’s not all driving time though.…
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Back from rock bottom: Macon Realtors reflect on the past, present and future
June Tassillo loves real estate, but she never knew how exciting it could be until she worked her first all-or-nothing,…
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Walmart Awards $1,500 to The Arc of Haywood County
Jerry Pressley, Walmart manager, presented $1,500 to The Arc of Haywood County for holiday presents and clothes to the individuals…
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Wheel locks now legal in Sylva
Sylva’s parking rules now have a stronger set of teeth with the passage of an ordinance allowing officers to put…
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Jackson County gets new tourism board members
The Jackson County Tourism Development Authority will have some new faces around the table this year after the county commissioners…
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Franklin plant shutting down
Macon County was hit with some tough news last week when Caterpillar Inc. announced that it would be shutting down…
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Welch adjusts to life as a district attorney
After just a couple of weeks, Ashley Welch is quickly learning what it means to be the District Attorney of…
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Macon, Jackson negotiate payment for services
Macon County is asking Jackson County for money to pay for providing services to its residents in Highlands, but Jackson…
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Western plans replacement for burned-out building
Western Carolina University’s slated to get a brand new building on Centennial Drive in place of the one destroyed by…
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Maggie moves forward with recreation plan
Maggie Valley resident June Johnson wants the town’s recreation plan to go far beyond fixing up an old playground behind…
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Caesar’s bankruptcy won’t affect Harrah’s
Caesar’s Entertainment Operating Company, a subsidiary of the same company that manages Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort, announced Jan. 15…
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Cullowhee zoning heads to commissioners
It’s been one-and-a-half years since the Jackson County Commissioners first OK’d a committee to look into doing some zoning in…
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Sylva pub cancels music acts following noise conflict with neighbors
No Name Sports Pub is no longer a music joint, at least not until a dispute between the bar and…
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EPA looks to end 30 years of contamination at old Benfield site
It’s been 32 years since Benfield Industries in Hazelwood burned to the ground, 25 since the Environmental Protection Agency designated…
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‘World’s best young Elvis’ to play WCU
Travis LeDoyt, acclaimed by critics as “the world’s best young Elvis,” will bring his tribute to the “King of Rock-N-Roll”…
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Balsam Range to appear on David Holt program
Acclaimed Haywood County bluegrass group Balsam Range will be one of many acts featured in the premier of ‘David Holt’s…
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‘Tracking Time’ exhibit, artist discussion at WCU
“Tracking Time,” an exhibition of paintings by Anna Jensen and Karen Ann Myers, will open with an artist discussion and…
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This must be the place
The temperature was 20 degrees below zero with a howling wind. As I listened to the online stream of my…
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