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Profits up at HCA, ratings down at Mission BY PETER H. LEWIS, Asheville Watchdog HCA Healthcare, which owns and operates Mission Hospital in Asheville, reported this month that it made $1.4 billion in profits for the first three months of 2021, more than double the amount for the same period last year.  The new figures follow HCA’s report in February that annual profits rose to a record $3.8 billion in 2020, despite the pandemic, based on what the company called “solid cost mana...

Meet American raptors Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Luna the Barn Owl is one of Balsam Mountain Trust’s many animal residents. Tyler Murray photo A presentation featuring live birds of prey will come to the Jackson County Public Library at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1, as part of a weeklong celebration of migratory birds.  The one-hour program will give attendees a chance to get an up-close and in-person look at two North American raptor species, as well as two mystery anim...

Evy Leibfarth took first place in the canoe and kayak slalom events during last week’s Olympic Team Trials in Charlotte. Jean Folger photo Western North Carolina teenager Evy Leibfarth will represent the United States in the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo this year after placing first in two Olympic Team Trials competitions last week.  “Making the Olympic Team is a dream I’ve had since I was really young, and it’s so exciting that it’s becoming a reality,” said Leibfarth. “I’...

Karen Covington-Yow. After an opening weekend with sold out audiences, the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville continues to bring live theater back to Western North Carolina with “Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter.” Performance dates will be 7:30 p.m. April 22-24, 29-30 and May 1, and 2 p.m. April 25 and May 2. With socially distanced seating and CDC protocols in place, audiences can enjoy this incredible one-woman musical from the comfort of their party’s own seating ...

MFA thesis showcase at WCU The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition is currently on display at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.  Showcasing work in a variety of media and surveys a range of conceptual themes and creative approaches within contemporary art practice, the exhibition features four MFA candidates from the WCU School of Art and Design: Perry Houlditch, Mo Kessler, lydia see, and Lex Turnbull. The MFA program from the WCU School of Art & Design is an inter-discipl...

Franklin welcomes Booth Brothers The Booth Brothers. Renowned Southern Gospel act The Booth Brothers will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at the Smoky Mountain Center of the Performing Arts in Franklin.  Ronnie, Michael, and Paul, collectively known as The Booth Brothers, have been acknowledged as one of the finest in the business, receiving many awards over the years, including “Song of the Year,” “Album of the Year,” “Trio of the Year,” “Male Group of the Year,...

To the Editor: Calling Ken Burns! Calling Ken Burns! We need you to get busy on a new documentary. It should cover two current movements in America.  One: What is the prevalence of interracial families in America today? We dwell on events as though they are clearly black or white. But, the faces and skin we see on TV are seldom predominantly black. Most are light brown, tan or almost white. Show us what happens inside the families where one parent is black and one is white. Or other races. Wha...

Put an end to the filibuster To the Editor: I’m a citizen and voter from Sylva, and we all know it’s time to put an end to the filibuster, a Jim Crow relic that was created to undermine our voice as voters and slow progress on critical issues. Historically, it’s a loophole to block civil rights legislation and now means that 60 out of 100 senators have to vote for almost all legislation. There are senators who actually came to Washington to get things done for their constituents...

Organization Builds on its Veteran Programs FRANKLIN –  For the first time in its five-year history, the national veteran and Gold Star organization Special Liberty Project, which expanded here in September, completed an onsite Vitality Retreat on its own property.  This weekend’s event launched the organization’s new monthly healing, nature-centric program specifically designed for Gold Star Widows at its Farm and Retreat Center in Franklin.  Six attendees, whose husbands ga...

Cleveland County casino coverage great To the Editor: Although I am not a resident of your area, I am very grateful for your articles on the proposed Catawba Casino in Cleveland County. Contrary to the perception given by our local media, there are a number of people in our county opposed to this casino. Silence is sometimes said to be golden. In the case of a casino in Cleveland County, it is not.  The City of Kings Mountain is being assailed by private LLCs who are in large part un...