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A rafting and tubing outfitter on the upper Tuckasegee River in Jackson County claims he is being slighted in a…
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Giving art to a community: Elementary, college students collaborate to create a mural for the Webster Family Resource Center
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer A warm mid-morning sun beats down on the back parking lot of the Family…
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Canvas stretchers
Yes, this is another of those pesky “music you may want to check out” articles. The “canvas stretcher” opening refers…
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Hope in a rude world
In the last 40 years, the living waters of American law and politics have flattened into a bog of faction…
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Land-use plan on the rocks: Big box stores angle for immunity
Developers of a proposed big box complex in Waynesville are seeking several exemptions from the town’s land-use plan. Waynesville has…
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How to get a ‘better-than-average’ Wal-Mart
Cedarwood Development is no stranger to big box developments like the one the company is proposing in Waynesville. The company…
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Recommended diversions
To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever, by Will Blythe For those who enjoy reading about the rise…
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Franklin voters cast ballots for on-premise alcohol sales
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Franklin voters cast their ballots Tuesday on a referendum on whether to allow malt…
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FERC ruling favors Duke’s proposals
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s final decision on Duke Power’s relicensing applications for its…
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EDC director confident project is of ‘high quality’
A proposed big box development featuring a Home Depot and Super Wal-Mart as anchor stores would bring a $45 million…
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Sylva proposal includes performance area, market space
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In an effort to heal wounded relationships in the downtown Sylva community, local residents…
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Tuckasegee residents join forces against proposed quarry
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer A group of Jackson County residents has banded together in protest of a proposed…
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Behind the scenes: The logistics of running an international folk festival
By Marian Larson • Contributing Writer So you’ve been to several of the performances, shopped for souvenirs, even hung out…
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Cooper wraps up first year as Folkmoot director
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer The 2006 Folkmoot USA international dance festival marks an important first for new executive…
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Dance festival has gathered a crowd of supporters over the years
By Marian Larson • Contributing Writer Not even a broken limb could keep one die-hard fan from missing a Folkmoot…
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Leading the way: Folkmoot guides are instrumental in making sure group’s visits run smoothly
By Marian Larson • Contributing Writer They are part camp counselor, part dorm parent, and part U.N. ambassador. As Folkmoot…
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A perfect time for a visit in the park
Now is the perfect time to plan a mountain getaway excursion in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. One of…
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I hear the mountains calling
Even though she’s an Indiana girl who had only seen the ocean once before we met, there is something about…
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Lottery’s proceeds unfairly flowing east
The effort to change the lottery funding formula so that counties in Western North Carolina get their fair share of…
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Franklin athlete chosen for US Team
Dave Linn, a triathlete from Franklin, has been chosen for the United States triathlon team going to the World Championships…
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The specter of litigation
A federal judge in Arkansas halted on Thursday, July 20, an ambitious Army Corps of Engineers plan to pump water…
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Watching for what’s in the water
By Michael Beadle It’s mid-morning at Cartoogechaye Creek just below the Macon County Recreation Park’s tennis courts in Franklin. Bill…
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Hot summer songsters
No, it’s not another reality TV series, and there’s no need to call in and vote for your favorite. But…
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My Chattooga?
Controversy over a paddling ban on the upper Chattooga River attracted more than 125 people to a public meeting in…
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USDA rabies vaccination targets raccoons
Tasty, fish flavored morsels will be dropped from overhead aircraft along the North Carolina-Tennessee line in Haywood and Swain counties…
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Canton’s historic Colonial Theatre opens once again
By Michael Beadle Phil Smathers still vividly recalls those Saturdays as a kid when 25 cents bought a hot dog,…
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A stripped-down, heartfelt message from Kate Campbell
By Chris Cooper Kate Campbell’s roots in southern storytelling and musical tradition run deep. Her earlier albums, specifically Songs From…
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Books by Larry Brown It’s probably a prejudice on my part, but it seems to me there are more good…
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150 show up to oppose Tuckasegee quarry
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Opposition to a proposed rock quarry near the intersection of N.C. 107 and N.C.…
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The birth of a Haywood County institution: Negotiations for the Champion Fibre Mill and Peter G. Thomson’s Labor Day Legacy
By Patrick Willis • Guest Writer Just more than 100 years ago, Canton welcomed a man from Ohio who would…
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Canton celebrates 100 years as a town that works
Labor Day festivities start early this year in Canton. In commemoration of its 100th Labor Day celebration — believed to…
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Election official concerned about voters being unduly influenced
The Swain County Board of Commissioners heard concerns from a county election board member last week over the adequacy of…
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Franklin OK’s alcohol sales
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer The Franklin Board of Elections went to work Tuesday morning (Aug. 1) to certify…
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Champion and Blue Ridge Paper timeline
1893 — The town of Pigeon River is reincorporated by the N.C. General Assembly as Canton, N.C.
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Neighbors surprised by Dayco development
Brenda Fowler’s customers usually keep her posted of the latest news and gossip when they stop in at her produce…
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Pathways gives awards to mark signing of ADA
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Pathways for the Future Center for Independent Living and the Jackson County Department on…
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The Smokies back then
Scott Weidensaul, who lives in the mountains of Pennsylvania, is one of my favorite nature writers. His Mountains of the…
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Developers haven’t earned a break from the rules
They didn’t show up. That alone signals, or maybe “symbolizes” is the proper word, a shift in citizen attitudes that…
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Alcohol vote reveals changing attitudes, new demographics
Ho-hum. Franklin voters approved the sale of mixed drinks and beer in a vote held last week. Few were surprised…
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Land trusts launch 50,000-acre conservation campaign
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina recently awarded $25,000 to a group of 13 land conservation organizations working collectively…
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Ebony, ivory and ... chocolate
When world-renowned pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski comes to the Performing Arts Center in Waynesville this weekend, audiences will get a good…
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Knight rolls with the punches
By Chris Cooper It’s pretty rough going for the characters in Chris Knight’s songwriting. There’s booze, violence and regret lurking…
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Recommended diversions
Hands on the wheel For less than $20, you can buy a decent hands-free earset for your cellular phone. I’m…
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Three dark gems
Almost a decade ago, I wrote an unabashed rave review of Howard Bahr’s The Black Flower (1997), a darkly beautiful…
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Appearance commission holds its own
“You can do better.” That was the message last week from Waynesville town leaders to developers of a Super Wal-Mart,…
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Haywood Extension receives Pigeon River Fund grant
The Haywood County center of the NC Cooperative Extension Service has received a $15,000 grant from the Pigeon River Fund.…
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Keeping downtown alive: Revitalization organizations debate how to best improve downtown communities, as Sylva refocuses following a major spending cut
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer With a quick trip on Main Street in downtown Sylva, it’s easy enough to…
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Maggie Valley Country Club’s transformation moves along
As part of its transformation to an upscale club and resort, the new Maggie Valley Club is in the midst…
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Sylva mulls over creating ETJ
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Residents from Jackson County’s Allen’s Branch community said they didn’t know exactly what Sylva…
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A legacy of lookers
From time to time, I like to reflect upon the plant hunters, botanists and horticulturalists that first entered these mountains…
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