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Volunteers are wanted to help the Great Smoky Mountains National Park monitor visitor use patterns in some of the park’s most popular locations. ...

Panthertown marked milestones in 2020 As 2020 shifts to the rearview, Friends of Panthertown is celebrating a slew of accomplishments earned despite an ongoing pandemic.  Creation of a Trail Stewardship position in 2019 to address maintenance and conservation needs in the area created a springboard for Friends, and once the U.S. Forest Service lifted volunteer restrictions on May 15, work began in earnest.  In 2020, Friends of Panthertown held 26 public trail workdays involving 153 ...

A recreational racing program will offer skiers and snowboarders of all abilities the chance to push their speed with weekly competitions on non-holid...

To the Editor: Who is going to make a difference? Who’s going to clean up the mess this GOP administration has left us? December 22, 2020: 323,000 dea...

A ray of hope for me and others To the Editor: A ray of hope has appeared in a strange but clear way over the past number of months. It has manifested itself since the presidential election and most clearly since the January 6 insurrection at our nation’s capital. I have been wearing my royal blue “Make America Think Again” hat around the county for the last year. In the run-up to the election, I was cautioned about potentially causing confrontations by wearing it, yet few mat...

Counties should loosen pursestrings To the Editor: It is totally baffling. At a time when the pandemic is pretty much out of control, vaccines are rolling out in larger numbers daily, our local officials seem oblivious to the urgency to develop a solution needed to save the lives of our local population and their constituents. Not addressing the issue will not make it go away. Macon County has amassed a contingency fund of over $23 million for a “rainy day.” Well, it could not be ...

Singer-songwriter Anna Victoria will perform from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at Lazy Hiker Brewing in Franklin.  The performance is free and op...

Let a court decide Cawthorn’s accusations To the Editor: In your article, “Words matter: Rhetoric became rage in D.C. insurrection,” Rep. Madison Cawthorn admits that he cannot prove fraud in the presidential election, but is quoted as saying “...what I can prove is that the Constitution was definitely subverted and circumvented.” He does not share his proof so we, his constituents, can evaluate his position, but there is a larger question. For over 200 years, the courts —...

Help clean up the Tuckasegee River with Trout Unlimited at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30.  The group will meet at the church parking lot near the Webs...

Rathbone hired for state ag role Waynesville resident Kaleb Rathbone is now serving as an assistant commissioner to N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, overseeing Western N.C. agricultural programs and small farms.  Rathbone most recently served as director of the Research Stations Division, leading the state’s 18 research stations scattered from the mountains to the coasts. Prior to that he was superintendent of the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville for nearly eigh...