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NOC welcomes new president Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Nantahala Outdoor Center has named a new company president, welcoming former Grand Canyon Resort Corporation CEO Colin McBeath to the top job.  McBeath has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality and activity/recreation industry. A career hospitality executive, he has worked in the United States, Canada and Asia managing luxury properties, airlines, hotel chains and resorts, most recently for Grand Canyon in...

TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast May 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail _____ National Weather Service San Angelo TX 438 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021 TXZ127-092145- 438 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. North winds 10 to 20 mph. .TONIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .MONDAY...Cooler. Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 20 percent. .M...

Guidebook author to speak on WNC lookout tower hikes Peter Barr. Donated photo Hiking guide author Peter Barr will present his new book about North Carolina’s lookout towers at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6, in the picnic pavilion outside the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.  In the 1920s and 1930s, forestry organizations built dozens of lookout towers in Western North Carolina to serve as the backbone of the local firefighting system. Many still survive, and they represent...

Hike Panthertown Wednesday, May 05, 2021 Explore Panthertown Valley near Cashiers with a 5.6-mile guided hike offered at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 8.  Callie Moore and Kasydi Dunaway of MountainTrue will lead this excursion, looping via the Panthertown Valley, Little Green and Mac’s Gap trails. Rated as moderate in difficulty, the hike includes unique golden sandbed streams, long-range views, waterfalls and rock outcrops. Participants should bring their own food and wat...

Explore Cades Cove vehicle free Cyclists pedal past full roadside parking areas. NPS photo Vehicle-free Wednesdays at Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park begin this week, giving cyclists and pedestrians the chance to enjoy this popular area without battling cars and motorcycles.  No motorized vehicles will be allowed on Cades Cove Loop Road on Wednesdays through Sept. 1, and non-motorized users are encouraged to spread out use throughout the day by planning afte...

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...

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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 ...