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Few support N.C. tax reform plan
May 21RALEIGH, NC – Only 10 percent of North Carolina voters surveyed support a tax plan before the North Carolina Senate according to a Public Policy ...
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Canton to open new farmers market Thursday
By DeeAnna Haney - May 21Starting tomorrow, FOCUS on Canton, a local nonprofit, will unveil the town’s new and improved farmers market. From vegetables to beef to candles, ...
May 22 is 'Pesticide Disposal Collection Day' in Haywood
May 20North Carolina Cooperative Extension and North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services will co-sponsor a Pesticide Collection Day ...
Open house is Thursday
May 20Cook's Abbey Carpet and Flooring, located at 168 So. Main St., in Waynesville, will be holding an open house at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 23. Cook's...
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Dems hold district convention
May 20Sybil Mann, of Waynesville, is the new first vice-chair of the Democratic Party organization in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District. She ...
Pesticide Collection Day offers safe way to dispose of hazardous waste
By Caroline Klapper - May 20Most homeowners and gardeners find themselves purchasing pesticides at some point to help keep nuisance insects, weeds and fungi at bay, but ...
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2013 Region A Nursing Consortium Pinning Ceremony Held
By Haywood Community College - May 20The 2013 Region A Nursing Consortium Pinning Ceremony was held recently on the campus of Tri-County Community College. Haywood Community College ...
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HCC offers boating safety course
By Haywood Community College - May 20Haywood Community College’s Natural Resources Division and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a Boating Safety course ...
Short Story Winners
By Blue Ridge Books - May 17Mountain Writers will reveal and honor winners of this year's Short Story Contest on Saturday, May 18, at 3PM in Blue Ridge Books Event Room. ...
Haywood County Schools Students Awarded Career and College Promise Certificates by HCC
By Haywood Community College - May 16At Haywood Community College’s graduation ceremonies on May 9th and 10th, over forty Haywood County Schools Juniors and Seniors were awarded a ...
Silent Auction at the Haywood Habitat ReStore
By Haywood Habitat For ... - May 16The Haywood Habitat ReStore is now presenting a collection of extra special items in an on-going Silent Auction. From now through Saturday, June ...
Cat Spay/Neuter Specials!
By Haywood Spay/Neuter - May 15Haywood Spay/Neuter wants you to know that we are here to help you fix your cats! When the weather warms up in WNC, the kittens start coming. Cats ...
Lifestyles
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4-H partners with Tractor Supply this weekend
May 17The National 4-H Council is holding the 4-H Paper Clover Campaign in partnership with Tractor Supply Company (TSC) through May 19. As part of TSC ...
Friends of the Haywood County Library elect leaders
May 17At its recent annual meeting, the Haywood County Friends of the Library elected officers for the coming year. They include, back row, from left, ...
Ring of Fire tickets for May 23 benefit REACH
May 16REACH of Haywood has tickets available at their Waynesville office, 1085 N. Main St., and at Within REACH Resale Store, 456 Hazelwood Ave. for the ...
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Cancer Prevention Study in Haywood discussed May 21
May 17HOPEful Living: Women's Cancer Support Group welcomes all interested women to its meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, at MedWest-Haywood ...
Haywood Early College students get hooked on Haywood’s waterways
May 17Shrieks of excitement filled the air as Haywood Early College students discovered different types of “critters” in Jones Cove Creek along the ...
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Cornhole tourney to Benefit Tye Blanton Foundation is June 1 at Los Amigos
May 16There will be a cornhole tournament to benefit the Tye Blanton Foundation Saturday, June 1, at the Los Amigos Restaurante, 366 Russ Ave., in ...
Member Stories
Angie’s Dance Academy presents Recitals to celebrate their 22nd Year
By Angie's Dance Academy - May 16For 22 years, children and adults alike have been entertained by the talented young people enrolled at Angie’s Dance Academy and this year is no ...
Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Honors Volunteers During National Volunteer Week
By Brenda Silvers - May 13Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation honored our volunteers with a brunch on April 26. We are fortunate to have so many volunteers who do so ...
Columns and Opinions
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Take the chance to dispose of chemicals safely
May 20Once every several years, there’s a collection point where local residents can safely dispose of harmful chemicals that could contaminate the ...
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For politicians, lots of blame, little control over jobs
By Scott Mooneyham - May 20RALEIGH -- There may be no subject that politicians talk more about and have so little control over as jobs. There is good reason for it. No ...
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N.C. activists need teachable Tuesdays
By John Hood - May 20RALEIGH — The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is spearheading a weekly series of protests at the state legislature called “Moral Mondays” ...
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When ideas excite our competitors, we're in trouble
May 17The wholesale change in state government policy when it comes to creating jobs has some in the economic development realm “giddy” with excitement. ...
Blogs
Spain: My last days and what I know now
By Kristian Buckner - May 20The last few days in Spain involved Cordoba, where we stopped by to see the mosque, and then Madrid again, where we ended our stay. We shopped, ...
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Book Review: Music of Ghosts by Sallie Bissell
By Haywood County Library - May 20Reviewed by Keneitha Bryson, Library Assistant at the Canton Branch Library Sallie Bissell received a typewriter as a Christmas present from her ...
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Book Review: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
By Haywood County Library - May 13Reviewed by Librarian Donna Surles For 40 years, the humans and dragons of the Kingdom of Goredd have lived in an uneasy peace. Since the dragons ...
Comments
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Re: Community Foundation funds early childhood development projects
By Diane Stanton - May 20We greatly appreciate the Community Foundation for this funding. Their grant will help Region A Partnership for Children to do the very important ...
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Re: GOP leaders unite to explore Medicaid reform
By Bruce and Carole Larivee - May 18Reference in this article to "North Carolina's broken Medicaid system" is contradicted by an article published last month in your newspaper ...
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Re: Long live Camp Hope
By Jena K Sowers - May 18Thats all fine and good but the law suit was not brought against Canton for not allowing visitor's from other areas using the property. It was ...
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Re: Maggie Valley Memorial Day service is May 27
By Beverly Slone - May 18It should read "Attendees may bring
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Re: May 15 reader letters
By Allen Alsbrooks - May 16J. Bourke. While some of the buildings within the town limits of Maggie Valley could use some freshening up please keep in mind a lot of what you ...
Sports
NCHSAA Class 2-A West Softball Tournament
Diamond Bears beat ER Cavaliers, roll into fourth round
By Rhonda Byrd - May 19Sophomores Nadia Hudson and Callie Kuykendall did their part to lead the Pisgah varsity softball team past visiting East Rutherford, 1-0, in a ...
College Baseball
Stubbs a semifinalist for ‘Howser’
By Staff Reports - May 19The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced the 40 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy Thursday and a very ...
C.E. Weatherby Awards
Westhusing, Tricoli named 2013 Weatherby Award recipients
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 19Former Tuscola High Coach Carleton E. Weatherby’s lifestyle was one where the worth of the individual was of primary importance. The legendary ...
NCHSAA Class 2-A Track & Field Championships
Pisgah girls’ 4x800 wins bronze medal at state
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 19The Pisgah girls 4x800 relay team set a new school record when they finished third and also brought home a bronze medal from this past weekend’s ...
Business
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Maggie Valley Club & Resort hosts open house at Master’s Landing May 22
May 20Maggie Valley Club announced the completion of the first of its luxury townhome project, Masters Landing and has begun breaking ground on new ...
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Edward Jones Breaks into the Fortune 500
May 17Fortune magazine's annual listing ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. Edward Jones debuts on this year's list at No. 491, with more than ...
Get fit at Maggie Mountain Fitness
May 17Maggie Mountain Fitness has opened at 2761 Soco Road, in Maggie Valley. The center offers spinning, yoga, Pilates, bones and balance, boot camp, ...
Autumn Care promotes health, growth
May 15Autumn Care, at 360 Old Balsam Road, in Waynesville, is dedicated to the promotion of health and growth for all residents, the staff, personnel ...
A & E
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Celebrate BearWaters' first anniversary May 25
May 20Bearwaters Brewery, 130 Frazier St, Waynesville, celebrates the first year Saturday, May 25, with an all day music event at the brewery. Caribbean ...
Canton shows Relay spirit
May 20Relay for Life in Canton Friday evening was full of food, fun and fantastic Relay spirit. So far the event has raised more than $56,000 for the ...
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AKC All Breed Dog Show runs June 15, 16
May 20The Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association, an area AKC Kennel Club, will host an AKC all breed dog show Saturday and Sunday, June 15 to 16 at ...
Block party returns to downtown
May 19Get ready for another Rockin’ Block Party to kick start the summer season. Main Street in the center of downtown will close at 5 p.m. May 25 for ...
Obituaries
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Frances W. Blackwell
May 201929 — 2013 SANDPOINT, IDAHO — Frances Weaver Cuthrell Blackwell, 79, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Graveside services ...
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Althea Jean Horne Hendry
May 19CULLOWHEE — Althea Jean Horne Hendry, 102, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at her home in Cullowhee. The daughter of the late John C. and Julia ...
Bernard Clark Sanders
May 191930-2013 Bernard Clark Sanders, 83, of Maggie Valley, passed away, Saturday, May 18, 2013, at MedWest Hospital. He was born in Oramel, New York, ...
Joanne Boone Byrd
May 191928 — 2013 BUNNLEVEL — Haywood native Joanne Boone Byrd, 84, of Bunnlevel, passed away peacefully in her home on May 17, 2013. She was preceded ...
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Brenda L. Sundberg
May 191967-2013 WAYNESVILLE — Brenda Lorraine Sundberg, 46, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at her home. A native of Orlando, Florida, she was the ...
Mrs. Faye Marlene Moody
May 19'A Loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother' Faye Marlene Moody, a joyful resident of both Waynesville and Vero Beach, Florida, was called to receive ...
