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19 Jun ' 14:13
Charged with stealing, 15-year-old Charles Eason was sentenced to work on a prison chain gang.
It was 1882, and the teenager from Martin County soon found himself side-by-side with other convicts, many two and three times his age. Mostly from the eastern part of the state, the gang was sent to construct the railroad lines in Western North Carolina.
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19 Jun ' 07:59
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From more inmates to more foster kids, drug abuse hits Haywood in the wallet
Illegal drug abuse and its repercussions are costing Haywood County taxpayers.
An increase in drug use has led to more drug-related arrests. That means more inmates in the county jail, which it turn takes more jailers.
Francis mill receives recognition, holds open house
The Trantham Family will perform from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at an open house for the recently restored Francis Grist Mill in Waynesville.
At 14, we’re no longer a baby in the business
There’s just not much exciting about turning 14, but that’s what The Smoky Mountain News turned a couple of weeks ago. I can keep up with our age because of the volume number on t...
The power of books to change lives
Here are the true stories of some young people, all of them still under the age of 35. For the sake of anonymity, we will call the young people Lisa and Mike, Kevin and Laura, Pat...
Festival puts spotlight on Haywood-bred Plott hound
This year’s PlottFest will give hound enthusiasts from the region, across the country and around the globe a chance to celebrate their favorite breed of dog in its ancestral home....
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Elderberry gets me thinking with my stomachWritten on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 14:02
A plant that always gets me to thinking with my stomach is common elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), which is just now coming into bloom along roadsides in the lower elevations throughout Western North Carolina.
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Elderberry gets me thinking with my stomach
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18 Jun ' 13:36
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15 Jun ' 20:45
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14 Jun ' 16:30
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- NASA helps geologists try to understand WNC landslides
- Bridging the gap between young, old
- Long time street cleaner replaced by work crew
- Landslide forces family into unsettled lifestyle
- Even in tight times, libraries deserve priority funding
- Like a good neighbor
- Swain revaluation bumps values up 16.5 percent
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12 Jun ' 09:43
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Haywood soda company aims to change palettes
Haywood County just got a little sweeter.
Specializing in “handcrafted, locally produced, artisan beverages,” Waynesville Soda Jerks is a new business that has opened at the Waynesville Historic Farmer’s Market. At the center of it all are founders Megan Brown and Chris Allen.
Finding your roots in Appalachia
Ronan MacGregor didn’t know where he came from.
He knew he was of Scottish decent, but that was about it. It wasn’t until he moved to Macon County several years ago and wandered ...
Even in tight times, libraries deserve priority funding
By Doug Woodward • Guest Columnist
What entity in our community serves the needs of every one of our citizens, whether that person is 3 years old or has been around for 90 y...
Morgan conjures the past with a poet skill
Robert Morgan has a rare and cunning gift: he can sift through the detritus of the past, pluck objects and images from his memory (especially his childhood) and elevate them to th...
Bridging the gap between young, old
With each passing day, the first-person accounts of what life was like in the Smokies before Google, iTunes or even black-and-white television slip away. So, Beth Bramhall, a seas...
- News in brief
- On the street
- Smoky Mountain Living magazine seeks reader photos
- Events for readers and writers
- A&E roundup
- Stecoah arts center receives grant
- Appalachian storyteller to play Haywood library
- Predator birds come to Waynesville
- Learn to co-exist with mountain black bears
- Eat to support the Blue Ridge Parkway
- Outdoors roundup
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First of the Floppy Disc: Almond SchoolWritten on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:49
I wrote first by hand and then with a manual typewriter. Starting about 1990, I moved “up” to a Tandy writing machine generated by an IBM “Writing Assistant” program diskette that stored information on floppy discs. No hard drive. During the last decade of the 20th century (before I moved “up” again to a “real” computer), I generated a lot of floppy discs.
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05 Jun ' 14:37
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05 Jun ' 08:02
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Battle over degrees at WCU could heat up
Western Carolina University is grappling with whether to cut unpopular or obsolete majors, posing a conundrum as it and other universities examine their deeper role in society: to provide a well-rounded, liberal arts education or steer students toward degrees in promising career fields?
The curriculum at Western Carolina University is fluid — every year, degrees are added and subtracted from its list of offerings to meet shifts in student demand.
Making the connection, one melody at a time
You’ve sung it in the shower, in the car with the windows rolled down, at weddings, in karaoke bars, and perhaps just because you simply can’t get it out of your head.
“All Out o...
The boys of summer are, after all, just that – boys
It was a great day for a picnic … or a baseball game. The sun hung there above the horizon like a hanging curveball, warm and inviting, and the air was as still as a sleeping cat ...
A book to help wade through self-help industry
In The Last Self-Help Book You’ll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, Be a Good Blamer, and Throttle Your Inner Child (ISBN 0-465-05486-2), renowned neuropsychologist...
Site near Cowee mound saved from development, turned over to tribe
A mountainside in Macon County once destined for a housing development is now destined to be a community forest area comparable to the arboretum in Asheville.
The Hall Mountain T...
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The mystical allure of moving waterWritten on Wednesday, 05 June 2013 13:53
We are attracted to water. Mountain paths always wind down to water. Water is the essence of our very being ... especially here in the mountains.
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The mystical allure of moving water
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