- Family first: As Shuler steps down to spend time with family, finding a Shuler-esque candidate to fill the void has Democrats scrambling.
When Coach Boyce Dietz got a call from his former standout quarterback Heath Shuler asking him to meet for breakfast at Clyde’s Restaurant one morning several years ago, Dietz dutifully got in the car and headed toward Waynesville to hear what was on the mind of his old Swain County High football player gone-pro. “I always told my players if you ever need to talk about anything through the years, no matter how much time has passed, to just give…
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- I-40 cleared of rock-slide debris and open to motoristsInterstate 40 near the Tennessee line in Haywood County reopened early Sunday morning following two rockslides in as…
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Western Carolina University has launched a pay study to determine whether male employees are paid more than their… - Cherokee alcohol vote tailored to give communities more say soCherokee tribal council last week decided to change the format for an upcoming vote on alcohol sales, a…
- How much is a cell tower worth? Counties could be getting short end of the stickHaywood County might not be getting a fair shake from cell tower companies on their property taxes. County…
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- Geronimo’s brush with Western North Carolina
The names Geronimo and Gen. George Cook are interwoven in the lore of northern Mexico, southeastern Arizona, western New Mexico and the Indian territories in Oklahoma. An association with the Smokies region and the remnant Eastern Band of Cherokees in Western North Carolina is less well known. An essay I included in Mountain Passages: Natural and Cultural History of Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains (Charleston SC: History Press, 2005) described Geronimo’s role in that episode. This time…
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