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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,...

Three teenage girls have been charged following an alleged attempted carjacking in Cranbourne yesterday. The trio, all aged 15, were arrested following...

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...

Corbin should vote for Medicaid expansion To the Editor: I read the March 30 article “Senator Corbin again leads health care push.” The article makes clear that North Carolina needs elected officials to support actual Medicaid expansion that would provide health care insurance to people who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid but too little to qualify for a marketplace subsidy. That is about 600,000 North Carolinians. The N.C. General Assembly has voted multiple times agai...

Important Roan Mountain tract now in public ownership The Roan Mountain Gateway provides beautiful views of the iconic area. USFS/Dan Belanger photo A 91-acre area known as the Roan Mountain Gateway is now in U.S. Forest Service ownership after the Southern Appalachians Highlands Conservancy recently transferred it to public ownership.  The acreage was the last privately owned land on N.C. 261 before reaching the popular Carvers Gap area, where the Appalachian Trail crosses. The R...

Out there threatening to kill this guys dog, kidnap this guys dog. somebody who wants to pretend hes this cool operator, and inside is completely freaking out. >> and candace, thats not limited just to roger stone. thats the donald trump personality. thats the personality of pretty much all of the people he put in senior leadership on his campaign. look at michael flynn. a guy who served the united states in uniform yet it sitting along lyde vladimir putin at the height of the adversarial relati...