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Drug sting wraps up in Macon County

Drug sting wraps up in Macon County
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said a Macon County woman who was arrested as part of a multiple-person drug sting will serve at least 120 months in prison.
Pamela Nicole “Nikki” Wykle, 44, of Franklin, pleaded guilty Feb. 2 to two counts sell/deliver methamphetamine and trafficking methamphetamine.
In addition to active prison time, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Bill Coward ordered her to pay a $50,000 fine. Wykle’s plea marks the successful conclusion to officials’ efforts to curb a large-scale methamphetamine operation that served as a drug pipeline from Atlanta, Georgia into Western North Carolina.

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Groups praise reversal of Trump administration conservation funding policy

Groups praise reversal of Trump administration conservation funding policy
Conservation groups are applauding a Feb. 11 order from Acting Secretary of the Interior Scott de la Vega that rescinds and revokes a previous order from the Trump Administration’s Interior Secretary David Bernhardt regarding implementation of the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act.
Considered a landmark victory for conservation, the GAOA uses royalties from offshore oil and natural gas to permanently and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million a year to invest in conservation and recreation opportunities across the nation. It also dedicates up to $9.5 billion over five years to address the high-priority repair needs on public lands.

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More land conserved in Hickory Nut Gap

More land conserved in Hickory Nut Gap
The property includes a heritage apple orchard. SAHC photo
A recently completed conservation project in Hickory Nut Gap connects to an existing 1,500 acres of conserved land in southwestern Buncombe County.
The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy project protects a heritage apple orchard, open pasture and forested hillsides around Sherrill’s Inn, a designated Historic American Building. While the easement area will not be open to the public, it is prominent in the view from the Drover’s Road Scenic Byway, a state-designated scenic route from Fairview to Bat Cave. Many of the views from that road have already been protected by the SAHC.

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Media gives lies too much power

To the Editor: America has failed to punish Trump, the ex-president who has done so much harm to our country. There would have been no insurrection wi...

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Night Work Redirecting Traffic Exiting U.S. 74

CLYDE – A late-night operation at the interchange of U.S. 74 West and U.S. 19 South in Haywood County requires drivers to a detour from 9 p.m. through...

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NSW latest Covid-19 update as at 20 February

NSW recorded no new locally acquired and one new overseas-acquired case of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of cases...

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Jail spending doesn't solve problems

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 a slap in the face to local working folks. The jail is one of the biggest lines in our county’s current budget proposal, stealing funds from public hospitals, schools, social services, roads and other essential services that all of us badly need.

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Changes, upgrades coming to Maggie festival grounds

Changes, upgrades coming to Maggie festival grounds
The Town of Maggie Valley recently decided on several upgrades and changes to the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds this month. The town purchased property that will be used for additional parking, purchased a gate to be installed along the western side of the grounds and changed the amplified music noise ordinance.
At a special called meeting Feb. 15, the Maggie Valley Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to purchase the 1.05-acre parcel located at 3399 Soco Road. The town will pay $185,000 to the Hobby Family Liquidating Trust and the tax value of the land is $214,500. The trust will pay property taxes for 2019 and 2020 and the town will pay title insurance and surveying costs.

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Take the Plunge

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...

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'Enroll Anytime' now available at SCC

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

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