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WEBSmoky Mountain News. Macon County officials held a press conference last week to address illegal political signs and get ahead of some misinformation that has been circulating about absentee voting in the county. He fought to get on the ballot, and then fought to get off the ballot. Now, after a favorable ruling from North Carolina’s highly ...
As long as water runs downhill: The story of Popcorn Sutton
WEBApr 21, 2021 · P eople have been making moonshine almost since the day water started running downhill, and it seems like people have been talking about enigmatic Appalachian moonshiner Popcorn Sutton for just as long. But now, for the very first time, a full-length biography attempts to explore the conflicted life and legacy of …
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WEBSep 26, 2024 · General Assembly approve private school vouchers. Last week the North Carolina General Assembly passed a conference report, also referred to as a mini budget that includes $463 million to clear the waitlist of families that have applied for the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Program and provide voucher money for those attending private schools.
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WEBWritten by Scott McLeod. Wednesday, September 11, 2024. The looming 1980 presidential election was all over the news, the unpopular incumbent Jimmy Carter facing the charismatic former actor and California Gov. Ronald Reagan. A college junior in Boone walked into the Watauga County Board of Elections sometime in September and registered to …
NPS recruiting trail crew volunteers, campground hosts and …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Volunteers will need to wear long pants and sturdy, close-toed footwear and bring a day pack with food, water, rainwear and personal gear for the day. Volunteers must register in advance. Contact Trails and Facilities Volunteer Coordinator by email ( ) or phone 828.497.1949 to sign up.
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WEBSep 4, 2024 · Drought expands in WNC. Written by Admin. Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Over the last couple of weeks, the drought has expanded in Western North Carolina, and it now covers all of Haywood, Swain, Jackson and Macon counties. There was widespread rain over the last week, but it remains to be seen whether that precipitation cut into the drought.
What’s left behind: Canton mill closure leaves complex …
WEBJun 28, 2023 · Like the mill in Maryland, the Canton mill has left behind some messes. Currently, there are two active cleanups onsite resulting from issues with above-ground storage tanks. The first , discovered in February 2021, was a release of gasoline from an underground pump supply line from a tank. A 1-foot-thick layer was …
Panther sightings persist in the Smokies - Smoky Mountain News
WEBApr 15, 2020 · According to Donald W. Linzey’s notes in Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1995), the last mountain lion killed in the Great Smokies was back in the early winter of 1920: “Tom Sparks was said to have been attacked by a panther while herding sheep on Spence Field. He managed to inflict a deep wound in its left shoulder.
‘Cowboy’ Coward, Deliverance actor and local legend, killed in wreck
WEBThursday, January 25, 2024. Herbert "Cowboy" Coward disciplines his unruly pet squirrel, named Angel, at his home near Clyde in 2019. Cory Vaillancourt photo. Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, a Haywood County native who shot to stardom after his hair-raising performance as a villain in the 1972 Burt Reynolds film Deliverance, was killed in a ...
Creation of the park was marked by triumph and tragedy
WEBWednesday, June 03, 2009. The creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75 years ago was nothing short of a miracle. The pitfalls were enormous and often narrowly skirted. The battle for a park came close to defeat many times, yet park boosters fought and clawed their way to the finish line. It seemed they had fate on their side ...