ELECTION COVERAGE:
- 12 votes separate Queen, Davis in race for N.C. House
- Meadows and Rogers emerge from crowded field of Washington hopefuls
- Bottoms up, Jackson: Voters approve countywide alcohol sales
- Greene wins Jackson commissioner seat
- N.C. voters say ‘yes’ to Amendment One
- Haywood Republicans must narrow their slate
- Jackson County Democratic primary features two experienced Democratic candidates
- Macon commissioner candidates share their views
- Will NC pass amendment banning same-sex marriages? Question decided May 8
- Voters swimming in a sea of U.S. Congressional candidates
- Republican voters must pick their man to take on long-time House legislator
- One seat with two contenders put Democrats in quandary over state House race
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 20:20
New regulations send planners back to the drawing board
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 20:11
South Main plan dredges up old parking debate
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:30
Eye of the storm: Macon’s Lewis Penland speaks out
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 16:38
Property owners push back against U.S. 441 development regs in Jackson County
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:52
Macon County turns out to debate planning board’s future
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:49
Another Macon subdivision, more unhappy lot owners
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:43
Planning brouhaha likely to dominate Macon commission election
Wednesday, 08 February 2012 16:03
Motives questioned in term limit proposal for Macon board
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 15:15
Waynesville leaders caught between salt factory and irked neighbors
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 15:03
Macon planning board on the chopping block?
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:08
Giant trucks on tiny street pose headaches for Waynesville neighborhood
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:01
Controversial planning board likely sentenced to backseat in Macon
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 08:58
One façade at a time: Cherokee makes over downtown appeal
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 09:10
A bold fix for South Main Street
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 09:06
Consultant takes bull by the horns in South Main master street plan
Wednesday, 04 January 2012 22:02
New Macon commissioner offers solution to planning stalemate
Wednesday, 07 December 2011 08:59
Commissioners bounce subdivision regs back to Jackson planning board
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 09:22
Bryson City needs standards, but public split on how far to go
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 08:35
Bryson weighs regulations to protect character
Wednesday, 02 November 2011 13:57
Land use plan ‘truthometer’: What really happened to all those new businesses that were coming to Waynesville?
Wednesday, 02 November 2011 13:57
Planning regs in Macon keep center stage
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 15:43
Too fancy or just right?
Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:42
South Main makeover: Let the brainstorming begin
Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:18
Macon planning board sends toned-down construction rules to commissioners….again
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 08:06
A look in the rearview at N.C. 107
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 08:05
The advent of the boulevard, the death of the five-lane
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 08:02
Waynesville primed for makeover of South Main
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 07:59
A tale of two streets
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 07:42
Steep-slope ordinance slides out of reach
Wednesday, 27 July 2011 08:57
Waynesville to put South Main on the drawing board
Wednesday, 25 May 2011 17:28
Fight over planning continues to boil in Macon
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 14:24
HandMade engages Bryson to create road map for a better town
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:30
Ingles continues growth trend
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:28
Residents weigh in on new Ingles
Wednesday, 26 January 2011 15:23
Dirt-bike track gets green flag
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 14:52
Less might mean more if developers respond to lot-size changes in Sylva
Wednesday, 22 December 2010 14:40
Missing maps provoke discussion at Macon steep-slope meeting
Wednesday, 15 December 2010 15:30
Macon planning board uproar subsides
Wednesday, 08 December 2010 15:26
Susan Ervin, long-time member of the Macon County Planning Board, to commissioners:
Wednesday, 08 December 2010 15:26
Lewis Penland, chairman of the Macon County Planning Board, to commissioners:
Wednesday, 08 December 2010 15:24
New Macon commission chair selected — Board debates planning changes
Wednesday, 08 December 2010 15:16
GOP shift spells trouble for planning advocates
Wednesday, 04 February 2009 11:15
Swain leaders indifferent to lack of building regulations
Wednesday, 15 April 2009 11:22
Waynesville could finally see long-awaited make-over of South Main Street
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 11:08
Spot land-use plan to mark first forray into zoning
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 10:58
Waynesville seeks input on pedestrian plan
Wednesday, 22 July 2009 13:54
Waynesville’s South Main presents a vexing problem
Wednesday, 20 October 2010 14:35
Franklin commercial corridors facing future controls
Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:03
‘Skeleton’ of a plan
Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:01
Macon to create broad plan — again
Wednesday, 15 July 2009 14:41
Public split on South Main’s future
Wednesday, 08 July 2009 14:36
South Main redesign could ‘raze’ the bar
Wednesday, 13 October 2010 15:15
Big lot mandate hampers housing growth in Sylva
Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:27
Landslide maps one component of steep slope planning
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:37
Macon wades gingerly toward transportation plan
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 12:37
Macon comprehensive plan stutters as work begins
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- Haywood extends financial olive branch to towns for trash haulingHaywood County will help ease the burden faced by towns as they start trucking their trash all the…
- Breaking bread: Macon County commissioners aren’t going hungry at meetingsWhen it comes to staying well fed, the Macon County commissioners are leading the pack. From finger food…
- Annexation and fracking and voter ID, oh my! A look at the General Assembly’s short session
While arguments over the state budget are likely to dominate everything in Raleigh as the General Assembly convenes… - Maggie Valley wants to know: what should its future hold?
Business owners needs to put aside their bickering and resentments for the good of Maggie Valley, Mayor Ron… - Fate of live dealers hinges on state HouseThe quest to bring live table games to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino faces a final political hurdle. Both the…
- Cherokee’s top coffee spot taken over after loan, lease defaultRegular coffee connoisseurs in Cherokee may have noticed a slight change in their popular downtown coffeehouse. The Sequoyah…
- Creative arts building back for more contingency fundsA feeling of déjà vu swept over the Haywood County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday as they reviewed…
- Model HCC childcare center to get model playground
It might be a day late, but it’s certainly not a dollar short. A $235,000 playground is coming… - The calling card of tourism pays off in the mountainsIn addition to the obvious benefits of tourism — jobs and revenue for the county — tourism dollars save…
- Jackson not eager to pony up new deputies in wake of alcohol voteA request by Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe for eight additional deputies now that the sale of alcoholic…
- Innocuous budget on the table in Jackson CountyJackson County looks set to approve a budget that keeps the tax rate the second lowest in the…
- Recount results in: Queen wins House race by a hairTwo weeks after the primary election, an official winner has finally been declared following a recount in an…
- Business community lends a hand with start-up grantsTwo businesses — Copper Pot and Wooden Spoon, and Belle on Main Salon and Spa — came out winners…
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