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Uncertainty about university schedules, childcare and other variables prevented some prospective students from enrolling in college classes this sprin...

The ninth annual Plunge Benefit-t-t-ting Kids in the Creek and Environmental Education will be held in Canton on Saturday, Feb. 27, giving participant...

Jail spending doesn’t solve problems To the Editor: Budgets, it has been said, are moral documents. This is because how a community chooses to spend and invest its money demonstrates the priorities of that community and, ultimately, our values. More than just a dry process of bureaucracy, budgets shape our future and impact who we, together, will become. Building a $16.5 million dollar jail in Haywood County is a moral failure, as well as a strategic one. During the worst economic crisis that many of our local residents will ever live through, this egregious expenditure feels like...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the past year’s likely been topsy-turvy in all kinds of unexpected ways. With the anniversary of the COVID-19...

Weather prompts changes for Lake Junaluska cleanup Due to the forecast for windy, cold weather, the Annual Lake Cleanup at Lake Junaluska, originally scheduled to take place on four days, will not hold a cleanup event on Friday, Feb. 19, and will move the time for the clean-up on Saturday, Feb. 20, to noon to 4 p.m.  Volunteers currently registered to assist on Friday, Feb 19, will automatically be moved to Saturday, Feb. 20. If unable to assist on Saturday, volunteers are asked to call Jim Pearson, cleanup coordinator, at 502-419-3035 to enable him to update cleanup plans accordin...