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, 25 January 2012 20:29
Sales tax hike for education faces uphill battle
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 09:21
Swain ponders room tax increase
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:40
Housing market prompts revaluation scrutiny
Wednesday, 18 May 2011 14:31
Haywood schools may be cut as sales tax collection drops
Wednesday, 04 May 2011 14:29
No tax increase projected for Jackson
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 14:51
Haywood may look to property tax hike to offset still sagging sales tax revenue
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:07
Counties push back against state threat to shift its budget burdens
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 13:52
Merchants fear higher rent in fallout from rising commercial property values
Wednesday, 06 April 2011 10:24
Tutorial: How much is your neighbor’s home worth?
Wednesday, 06 April 2011 13:58
Real estate roller coaster throws Jackson, Macon property revals off track
Wednesday, 06 April 2011 13:54
New values based on hyperlocal formula
Wednesday, 16 February 2011 15:19
Pegging property values in Haywood gets down to brass tacks
Monday, 14 February 2011 16:46
County appraisers work hard to get values right
Wednesday, 02 February 2011 14:56
New real estate values due out soon in Haywood
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:43
Group, angry with government, descends on Franklin
Wednesday, 15 April 2009 11:21
Swain’s tax base just got even smaller
Wednesday, 17 June 2009 14:26
Haywood passes budget that includes tax hike
Wednesday, 03 June 2009 13:36
Haywood residents protest property tax hike during bad economy
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 10:49
New and improved appraisal method aims to better calibrate property values
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 09:48
Macon tax hike in store to pay for new elementary school
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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… - 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…
- 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… - 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…
- 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… - 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Move to Amend activists on the stump locally, but Jackson commissioners are not buyingJackson County commissioners butted heads with local activists at a meeting this week, refusing to lend their philosophical…
NEWS BRIEFS:
- MedWest discontinuing in-home personal care
- Fun in Sun Summer Camp in Waynesville
- Celebrate EMS Week with open house
- Healthy eating program offered at Sylva library
- Bike ride to benefit Open Door Ministries
- Veterans urged to register for Memorial Day parade
- BizWorks to close two regional offices
- Free sports physicals for Haywood youth
- Recalling Fontana: Appalachia sacrifices to generate power for the war effort
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