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Quintin Ellison

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Back-to-school date lands Macon in court

Scattered county offices could find new home in old lumber yard in Jackson

WCU students have mixed emotions about countywide alcohol vote

Meth lab cleanup costs sloughed onto counties

Old growth’s last stand: Joyce Kilmer Forest marks 75th anniversary

A few notes on habits and change

Diagonal parking in Sylva: an exercise in blind faith

Bottoms up? Alcohol vote on next year’s ballot in Jackson County

Community colleges in the crosshairs: Merging colleges could save money, but erode meaning for county

New WCU chancellor steps out from the ivory tower

Twenty years and counting: Tracking the health of the Little Tennessee

Sometimes a little wildness is a good thing

Sylva police department to find new home on Main Street

Post-storm clean-up needed in Caney Fork

Laid off by state cuts, workers likely to join the underemployed

GOP redistricting leaves Davis vulnerable to Democrats

Better late than never, Franklin jumps on board the motorcycle tourist scene

MANNA FoodBank to close Franklin distribution center

DSA in search of new director

Late-night bands could be silenced by tougher Sylva noise ordinance

Duke Energy rate hike: out of necessity or greed?

Democrats: GOP blatantly gerrymandered WNC’s seat in Congress

Support local farmers, local good-deeds conservation group through popular gala

It’s time to get going with planting a fall garden

Program marries old skills with new needs

‘Tang-ing’ to the flight of the honey bee

Macon’s steep slope debate mired in details

Travel app coming soon to steer tourists through western counties

River rats test homespun engineering in the Tuck Derby

Popularity has its pitfalls

Perry’s Water Garden nurtures love of water plants

Everyone up for election in Franklin pledges to run again

Hotel a tombstone for WNC’s once booming real estate industry

Sylva police packed in like sardines

Sylva’s appointed aldermen must run for real this fall

Bad air days common so far this summer

Life lessons from the world of beekeeping

Macon steep-slope ordinance inches forward

Strange at best, tacky at worst — library plaque to bear two boards’ names

Jackson commissioner keeps on DOT warpath

New town of Fontana Dam springs up in the middle of nowhere

Despite my neglect, summer greens are coming on strong

Jackson County’s library celebrated at grand opening

Domestic violence agency pulls through financial crisis

Dustup over proposed SCC entrance road kicks up again

Webster commissioner resigns

New database puts criminal files at law enforcement fingertips

Teacher training center fighting for survival

Rooster 1, Farmer 1 – a first-round draw

Building named after Bardo

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