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Next Phase of Work on Newfound Gap Road Gets Underway
May 21Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that a project to repave 6.1 miles of Newfound Gap Road will begin in May. This work is ...
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Few support N.C. tax reform plan
May 21PPP's monthly North Carolina poll finds that voters don't like the tax reform plans that have been presented by either the House or Senate over ...
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Golf in the dark with home builders
May 21Look for something akin to a meteor shower over Maggie Valley Country Club Friday evening, June 21. That’s when the Haywood Home Builders Associati...
Haywood County law enforcement attends leadership seminar at HCC
May 21Haywood County Law Enforcement agencies attended a two-day leadership seminar, Developing Performance Leadership, led by retired Raleigh Police ...
Two local veterans featured in Memorial Day documentaries
May 21This Memorial Day, two World War II veterans from Canton will be featured in documentaries airing on UNC-TV, North Carolina’s public television ...
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'Tips for Caregivers' talk is June 4
May 21Dr. Lisa Verges of MemoryCare will make a presentation to caregivers from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at the Senior Resource Center, 81 ...
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New Book by Khaled Hosseini
By Blue Ridge Books - May 21Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns has written a new book that was released today. The new book, And The ...
HCC and ASU Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Honors College
By Haywood Community College - May 21Haywood Community College and Appalachian State University recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow HCC students with honors ...
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 ...
Lifestyles
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Phone Assurance program offered
May 21Senior Resource Center, 81 Elmwood Way, in Waynesville offers the Phone Assurance program. Volunteers will make a daily phone call to check on ...
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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, ...
CCC opens litter pick-up season with a cleaner Waynesville
By JoAnna Swanson - May 21The Commission for a Clean County (CCC), along with welcome volunteers, opened the “Litter Pick-up” season May 18 in West Waynesville. All four ...
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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 ...
Member Stories
Bringing back the mighty American Chestnuts after 100 years
By Sally Jones - May 21Last Tuesday, members of the Tuscola Garden Club visited the Chestnut Restoration Orchard at Cataloochee Ranch to learn about the process of ...
'Give 5 Read 5' held at Hazelwood Elementary
By Hazelwood Elementary - May 15"Summer slide" sounds fun and carefree, but Hazelwood Elementary is working to make sure its students avoid a summer slide. Why would teachers ...
Columns and Opinions
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Reader letters May 22
May 21Abortionist plea for life is a disgrace To the editor: How hypocritical that Dr. Gosnell, the infamous abortionist in Philadelphia, would strike a ...
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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” ...
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
American Legion Baseball
Canton Lions Club teams up with Dragoons
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21Everyday in North Carolina, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the beautiful Outer Banks, more than 10,000 Lions work diligently to improve their ...
American Legion Baseball
McConnell tabs lefty as Post 47’s Opening Night starter
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21It’s been a long 61 years since American Legion baseball has been played in Haywood County. It will be a special night for baseball fans and ...
American Legion Baseball
Former Major League manager to throw out first pitch
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21The invitations were just the beginning. The moment will be very special. The participants even know how meaningful the event will be. The few ...
American Legion Baseball
It’s Opening Night for the Dragoons
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21Opening Day of any baseball season is very special to all fans of all ages. But tonight at 7:05 p.m. when the first pitch is delivered from a ...
Business
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WNC Livestock report, May 21
May 21Raleigh, NC Tue May 21, 2013 USDA-NC Dept of Ag Market News WNC Regional Livestock Center, Canton, NC Report for Monday May 20, 2013 Cattle ...
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, ...
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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 ...
A & E
Help farmers shear their alpacas
May 21Alpacas of Riverside Farm is owned and operated by Lyle and Sue Baskin. This small farm in northern Haywood County near the Pigeon river, will ...
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Ole Smoky Spring Farmfest to be May 31, June 1
May 21The annual Spring Farmfest will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m, May 31 and June 1 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. There will be displays of ...
HART salutes music of Johnny Cash
May 21You don’t have to be a fan of country music to love Johnny Cash. The iconic singer/song writer left a mark on popular culture that crossed ...
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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 ...
Obituaries
Donald A. Merrell
May 21Beloved Father, Grandfather, Friend CANTON — Donald Allen Merrell, 65, of 479 Burnette Cove Road, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at The ...
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Doris B. Duncan
May 21WAYNESVILLE — Doris Blanton Duncan, 71, of 1785 Hyatt Creek Road, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013. Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of ...
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 ...
Harold Leatherwood
May 21Loving Husband, Father MAGGIE VALLEY — Harold Linton Leatherwood, 89, formerly of Johnson Branch, has gone to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 21, ...
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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 ...
