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State budget includes funding for WCU engineering program
The $20.6 billion biennial budget recently approved by the N.C. General Assembly includes more than $1.4 million for expansion of…
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WCU campus master planners to seek community input
Representatives from the firms assisting Western Carolina University in drafting a comprehensive master plan that will guide campus development and…
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Bryson City readies itself for kayaking worlds
Batten down the hatches, the 2013 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships are coming. “This event shows how this tiny town…
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Duke ready to officially turn Dillsboro Dam site over to local officials
A decade-long saga in deciding the fate of Duke Energy’s former dam near Dillsboro is drawing to a close as…
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Patrol car laptops should aid Jackson deputies
It’s not quite Robocop, but the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is getting a law enforcement boost thanks to technology.
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Donated clothes help kids fit in
Sylvia Russell remembers how crucial it was to wear the “right” clothes to school, how the “right” outfit could win…
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Waynesville VFW post reopens following alcohol, gambling charges
Following a nine-month undercover investigation, six people were charged with conducting illegal activities, including selling moonshine and gambling, at the…
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Jackson wants to do background checks on volunteers
To lend a helping hand in Jackson County, a willingness to volunteer may not be enough.
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Eagle Scout project leads to better future for forgotten cemeteries
Abandoned, dilapidated and sometimes forgotten burial places are likely to get better care now that Macon County commissioners have decided…
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Haywood residents can take part in research
To the Editor: When I was told I had cancer, I wondered what caused it. I had always been very…
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Waynesville Jake break laws good for in town
To the Editor: Referencing the article of two weeks ago about the Jake brakes in Waynesville and in reply to…
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Some things Macon citizens may not know
To the Editor: I’ve had several citiznes ask me why I voted against this or that. It’s time to clear the…
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It’s painful, but state is on the right path
To the Editor: On Monday this first week of August, a group of people showed up in Raleigh complaining about…
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Saving specialty license plates great for WNC
The General Assembly’s renewal of the specialty license plates for North Carolina drivers surprised many only because it seemed such…
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Porsche club to raise money for Sarge’s
The Carolinas Region, Mountain Area of the Porsche Club of America (PCA) is hosting the 5th annual People’s Choice Concours,…
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Mountain momma
Living within walking distance of the farmers market has lots of perks. For starters, it’s a great excuse when asked,…
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Tickets on sale for WCU performances
Tickets for the Western Carolina University Arts and Cultural Events Performance Series will go on sale Tuesday, Aug. 6.
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Celebrate wood crafts at the Folk Art Center
“Wood Day,” an annual celebration of wood crafts, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, in…
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Black brings country hits to Franklin
Country singer Clint Black will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing…
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Barbecue, classic cars roll into Franklin
The 5th annual Mountain High BBQ Festival and Car Show will be from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 9 and…
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Trace Adkins hits the stage at Harrah’s
Country singer Trace Adkins performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Harrah’s Cherokee.
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This must be the place
I was afraid of getting caught. As a teenager, I found myself sneaking into the back door of my grandfather’s…
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Cherokee musical focuses on life of Will Holland Thomas
About 30 people sat scattered around the 2,800-seat Mountainside Theater in Cherokee, watching the makings of something that has never…
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Cherokee goes green with new biodiesel pump
By Michael Beadle Cherokee now has a biodiesel gas pump at its filling station to fuel up Tribal transit and…
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Minimum wage battle in Congress marked by politics
When Congress proposed raising the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour this summer, the resulting vote epitomized the…
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What is your position on raising the minimum wage?
Charles Taylor: My opponent has made numerous allegations about my record on the federal minimum wage, but the fact is…
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Silent Segways lead to noisy debate
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Reviews on the on the Zerve.com Web site all rave about Mountain Glides’ Segway…
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Upping the ante on the values debate: Life’s struggles leave little time for voting for some
Richard Morrison wiled away the hours last Thursday in front of Pop’s Mini Mart in Clyde in hopes of hitching…
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Nuts about acorns
Acorns are elegant. They are one of our most beautiful fruits, sometimes produced in such numbers by the varied oak…
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Don’t call me Charlie, I’ll call you
By Margene Roper • Guest Columnist Around 7:30 this evening my telephone rang and I rushed into the house from…
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Let the at-risk kids compete
It probably shouldn’t have gotten to me. But it did, in a big way.
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New leadership could bode well for Smokies
Each time the president and Congress choose a new leader for the National Park Service, those of us in Western…
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The life of a hellbender
Most salamanders are born in the water as tadpoles. Later they grow legs and emerge onto land, albeit with a…
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The hunt for hellbenders
As a passel of high school interns tugged and squirmed their way into wetsuits along the edge of the Oconaluftee…
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Local racers score high in Tsali Triathlon
More than 300 competitors converged on Tsali Recreation Area earlier this month for the 14th annual Tsali Challenge Triathlon, a…
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What threatens the salamander
Illegal poaching of hellbenders, a gigantic prehistoric-looking salamander, has become so problematic scientists like Dr. Michael Freake are omitting data…
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Bare necessities: HART pushes the envelope with staging of ‘The Full Monty’
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer It’s late at night and Georgie is standing at the door waiting for Dave…
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Fine playing on a Kinky collaboration
By Chris Cooper I have to admit — I really don’t know much about Kinky Friedman. I mean, most of…
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HART: Thinking outside of the (ticket) box
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer In most rural small-town communities, local theater isn’t known for being particularly racy, daring,…
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Pickin’ and Tellin’ — Appalachian style ‘Smoky Mountain Gypsy’ Jerry Harmon plays Eaglenest Sept. 30
By Michael Beadle Appalachian storyteller and musician Jerry Harmon will perform at Eaglenest in Maggie Valley for one special performance…
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Recommended diversions
Los Lobos: The Town and the City Remembered by most as “that band that revived ‘La Bamba’,” this criminally under-appreciated…
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Truer and grittier
If you remember Charles Portis’ wonderful 1968 novel, True Grit (and the subsequent Kim Darby/John Wayne film), you are likely…
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One board seat up for grabs in Jackson
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer Jackson County commission candidate Mark Jones, a Democrat, will face Republican Geoff Higginbotham this…
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Bonfoey discusses shelter safety issues
Following the brutal shooting death of a Jackson County woman staying at a local shelter for battered women, District Attorney…
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When a book becomes an industry
By Michael Beadle “Where is Cold Mountain?” Nearly a decade after Charles Frazier’s debut novel became an international success, folks…
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The eighties uncovered
By Chris Cooper It’s all too easy to dismiss the ‘80s as an era of day-glow clothes, poofy hair and…
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New moon rising: Frazier’s long-awaited second novel is in bookstores now
By Michael Beadle It’s a gorgeous autumn afternoon in Asheville just a few days before author Charles Frazier begins an…
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Haywood Open Studios Tour features more than 30 artists
By Michael Beadle The world where artists create can often be a private place off limits to the general public.
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Recommended diversions
If you do a lot of surfing on the Internet, you probably know that astonishing changes are taking place there.…
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