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• Giant trucks on tiny street pose headaches for Waynesville neighborhood
  Earl Bradley watches from the parking lot of his auto repair shop as a tractor trailer struggles for…
• Sales tax hike for education faces uphill battle
  Gov. Beverly Perdue laid out a proposal last week to increase the state’s sales tax by three-quarters of…
• Battle to save historic truss bridge likely to end in compromise
  A compromise has emerged in a fight over the historic McCoy truss bridge, one that would keep the…
• WCU students stage drag show to get out the vote against gay marriage proposal
  A student club at Western Carolina University is defending its decision to pair a drag show featuring “kings”…
• Police beating in Bryson City leads to $22,500 settlement
  A mentally ill man got a $22,500 settlement in a lawsuit against a Bryson City police officer who…
• Occupy protesters rally in Bryson City
  Western North Carolina occupiers “took possession” last week of the Federal Building in Bryson City where federal court…