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WCU Jazz Festival to feature innovative saxophonist, Slovakian drummer
The 2013 Jazz Festival will take place from April 27 and 29 at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, featuring jazz…
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Mélange puts culinary excellence on display
Haywood County Chamber of Commerce held their annual “Melange of the Mountains” culinary gala at Laurel Ridge Country Club on…
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The luck of the draw
All bets are on in Cherokee. The first major poker tournament held at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort has lured…
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Serviceberry is recurring harbinger of spring
I have two options when driving back and forth from home to town. One is along a river and the…
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Sylva climate change protest is lead up to Raleigh lobbying push
In the buildup to a large environmental demonstration in Raleigh, a climate change rally will be held at 11 a.m.…
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Arboretum to host Mountain Science Expo
When science meets the mountains you get: The Mountain Science Expo. The expo will take place from 10 a.m. to…
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News from the A.T.
Gotta love that A.T. A program on the importance of the Appalachian Trail and ways to promote and conserve it…
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Springtime cleanup opportunities
In an effort to clean up Scotts Creek in Jackson County, a coordinated workday will be launched by volunteers from…
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A.T. license plate money awarded to local trail workers
The Carolina Mountain Club has been awarded $2,200 through the North Carolina Appalachian Trail License Plate Grant Program to help…
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Big-time lumberjacks saw off in Haywood
Professional and collegiate lumberjacks from around the East will soon converge on Haywood County to compete in a top-notch woodsman…
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Love was in the air
Love may be a little anthropogenic for toads, but the eons old “urge to merge” was quite prevalent last Sunday…
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Help wanted: Engaged citizens with environmental ethos
Do you consider yourself an environmentalist or an environmental activist? Do you feel frustrated with the way issues dear to…
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Movies, book explore travails of Memphis Three
They were known as the West Memphis Three: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr., three teenagers who were accused…
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Serving up a taste of Appalachia
When Doug Weaver looks around Haywood County, he sees potential. “We’re on the fence, right in the middle of where…
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Recent charm offensive will influence Obama legacy
We have been hearing a lot lately about President Barack Obama’s charm offensive. He has been traveling a short distance…
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Prescription drug industry needs to be reined in
What’s deadlier than a crazed maniac in a kindergarten class with a loaded assault weapon? In the most horrifying massacre…
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Parsing out a majority in Haywood room tax debate proves murky
Without support from the Maggie Valley Lodging Association, a bill to increase the room tax in Haywood County could die…
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Stand and deliver Donald Davis weaned on mountain storytelling
It’s been said that people are more afraid of public speaking than they are of death, but for Donald Davis,…
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Sylva faces tough budget choices
Sylva town officials are staring down three unsightly options to balance the upcoming year’s budget: tax increases, budget cuts or…
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Merchants field queries over missing courthouse trees
Main Street merchants are used to answering tourists’ questions: how do you get to the parkway, what’s the best place…
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How the axe fell
Talk of cutting the historic courthouse maples in Waynesville has come and gone during the years. Reasons varied. It was…
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Jackson tourism board offers tepid yet symbolic support of scenic railroad venture
The Jackson County Tourism Development Authority is the latest voice to enter the fray as the county ponders a $700,000…
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Bills would reinforce optional student prayer
Religion and public schools have never been a black and white matter anywhere in the U.S., but the shades of…
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U.S. 441 work nears completion
Repairs to U.S. 441 are nearing completion. A football-field-sized portion of U.S. 441, which runs through the Great Smoky Mountains…
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Storied Judaculla Rock gets overdue recognition
Judaculla Rock, a prehistoric gem of the Cherokee and the most heavily inscribed petroglyph in the East, is putting Jackson…
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River-lust spurs building rebound on Nantahala: Tiny riverside lots pose sewage conundrum
Tom Anderson barely batted an eyelash when he plunked down $300,000 in cash for a tiny lot along the Nantahala…
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From greenways to ball fields, state cuts could sideline local recreation wish list
Statewide parks and recreation funding is clashing with fiscal austerity in the current state budget process, in a showdown that…
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WNC breweries to release collaboration beer ‘Ryeway 74’
All five Western North Carolina microbreweries west of Asheville collaborated on a craft beer that will be simultaneously released at…
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Taste of Chocolate fundraiser returns to Maggie Club
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate will be delight partakers in the 14th annual Taste of Chocolate from 6 to 9 p.m.…
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Folk, then jazz, at the Classic Wineseller
The Classic Wineseller in Waynesville will showcase live music from singer-songwriter Ben Wilson at 7 p.m. Friday, April 19, and…
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Songwriters series returns to Balsam
The popular Songwriters in the Round series will return to the Balsam Mountain Inn at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13,…
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Sarge’s hosts annual pet photo competition
Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation’s Annual Pet Photo Contest award ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at…
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The finer points of candlewicking unveiled
A candlewicking workshop will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, April 18, at the Jackson County Extension Office…
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Community meals in Cashiers feature pickin’ on the side
The Gathering Table is providing fresh, nutritious dinners from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday evening at the Cashiers Community…
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Their own way of fishing
I’m sometimes asked if the prehistoric Cherokees used any sort of poisons on their blowgun darts. These darts (slivers of…
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Cullowhee race brings back crowd for a second year
The Valley of the Lilies Half Marathon and 5K will race through the Western Carolina University campus and greater Cullowhee…
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The reporter that could
Ahhhh. That is what was my first thought when the rock slipped from under my foot.
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Coming soon to a flyway near you
This recent bumpy weather across the Eastern U.S. has resulted in some flight delays and changed itineraries for a bunch…
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Long-awaited whitewater runs to debut on the upper Tuckasegee
Paddlers are salivating over the first-ever whitewater releases offered on the west fork of the Tuckasegee from 10 a.m. to…
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Jackson towns tout new ‘trout city’ status
More than a third of the tourists who come knocking at the Jackson County visitor center these days have trout…
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To bee or not to be
With its title Colony Collapse Disorder taken from a recent mysterious collapse of honeybee populations in North America, Keith Flynn’s…
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Students push the limits of digital media and art
DigiX, a digital media and arts event, will bring technology demonstrations, exhibits, workshops and a competition showcasing digital masterpieces to…
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WCU dance students to honor the Rockettes
Western Carolina University students will perform “A Salute to Rockette History” on 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Niggli…
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Taste the culinary treats of Haywood
Once again gracing Western North Carolina with an array of culinary delights from chefs around Haywood County, Melange of the…
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Folklorist to discuss Cherokee heritage
A free program on Cherokee Indian heritage by folklorist Dr. Barbara Duncan will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April…
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Esteemed brass quintet to perform in Cullowhee
The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, the quintet-in-residence at Western Carolina University, will present its final concert of the spring semester…
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Musical with benefit auction on the side hits WCU stage
“The Drowsy Chaperone,” a playful take on classic musicals of Broadway, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. April 11-13, and…
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Gallery 86 to showcase ‘watermedia society’
Haywood County Arts Council will exhibit works by the Blue Ridge Watermedia Society from April 10 through April 27, at…
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In search of the right word: Literary icons to converge on WCU
Showcasing the finest in Southern Appalachian and national writing talent, the Western Carolina University Spring Literary Festival comes into its…
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It’s our home, keep it clean
To the Editor: Every time I drive to and from Bryson City, I become distressed by the volume of litter…
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