Gail Mull News Today

The Town of Canton’s governing board has been through a lot in the last four years — with the 2021 flood and the 2023 closure of the town’s largest em...

Homemade floats traveled through downtown Canton. The iconic parade started in 1906, making this year the first since the paper mill closure.

After closing its paper mill in Canton early last month, Pactiv Evergreen is reportedly now engaged in discussions with potential purchasers or develo...

The 14-day candidate filing period for the November municipal General Elections began today at noon, and within the core coverage area of The Smoky Mo...

Nearly three months ago, Pactiv Evergreen unceremoniously announced that after more than a century in operation, the paper mill at the heart of Canton...

Workers gathered outside Pactiv Evergreen’s Canton paper mill last week to hear one final blast from the steam whistle. After more than 115 years, the mill in the small Western North Carolina mountain town is shutting down.

No one living can remember a time when there wasn’t a paper mill at the heart of Canton. Now, after 115 years in operation, it all comes down to three...

Canton town manager resigns Friday, May 14, 2021 Jason Burrell, an integral part of the town of Canton’s administration for the past 12 years and town manager for the past four, has resigned. “The board has voted unanimously tonight at our board meeting to accept the letter of resignation from Jason Burrell,” said Mayor Pro Temp Gail Mull after a meeting of the Canton Board of Aldermen/women on May 13. “Speaking for the board and in my position as mayor pro temp,...

All signs point to Canton’s continuing renewal New street signs will soon come to Canton, courtesy of the Cruso Endowment. Town of Canton photos Another aesthetic improvement to Canton’s emerging downtown business district — rundown and dilapidated for years, until recently — will soon welcome residents and visitors alike with a sense of style befitting the mountain mill town’s historic character.  “There’s a lot of things we’d love to do in Canton, but we are on a...

  Sen. Kevin Corbin Violence and looting by anyone, for any political cause, is wrong and illegal.  The riot yesterday as well as the riots that have taken place over the past few months have been well documented by television stations as well as dozens of cell phone recordings. These people should be easily identified and held accountable for damages and charges like breaking and entering.  The time has long passed for the microphone to be passed to those who want civility and honest conver...