A fire in Maggie Valley Saturday night left firefighters in a mad scramble to find the blaze in the first place. And it ended up being police officers who found it.
The Haywood County School board recognized members of Maple Grove Methodist Church for the church’s dedication to supporting students in Haywood County through the Flora Webb Trust.
Amid what’s become a perennial push to privatize liquor sales in North Carolina, state lawmakers are considering a change to allow ABC store sales on Sundays and to let grocery stores sell some pre-mixed cocktails.
They arrived, at first, one by one, as the floodwaters steadily rose. Families were next, looking for help, a meal, maybe a place to stay or connection to others in the community.
Any day now the thrice-flooded old A&P Grocery store in downtown Canton will start to take on new life.
Haywood County will sink more money into a massive jail expansion than on funding increases for Haywood County Schools in the upcoming budget year — and parents and teachers are outraged by the disparity.
One of the county’s biggest sources of income is also one of the most unpredictable, adding to the challenges of crafting a budget in a tight-squeeze year.
As the daughter of nurse, Kylie Messimer always wanted to do something in medical field. But there was one problem.
Animals have always been important to Madison Hensley.
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Life
There's one weekend left to catch HART Theatre's “Golden Age: New Voices,” an original musical revue celebrating Broadway’s most iconic era with fresh perspective and vibrant energy, with four shows May 28-May 31.
An onslaught of three-wheeled slingshots will take to the roads of Haywood County this week as the annual Slingshots in the Smokies festival descends on Maggie Valley from May 28-30.
Haywood Community College has announced a new Director for the Small Business Center with an extensive background in economic development in the region.
A drop-in retirement reception for Waynesville Town Manager Rob Hites will be held from 3-5 p.m. Friday, June 5, at the Waynesville Recreation Center.
You can love a place because it’s the only place you’ve ever loved, or you can love a place because you’ve loved a lot of places, and the place you love the most has earned its place among those places.
An American pioneer who hailed from North Carolina takes center stage at an author talk and book signing for Randell Jones’s book, “In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone,” at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at the Haywood County Public Library-Waynesville Branch.
The beloved outdoor drama, “Unto These Hills”, is set to captivate audiences once again as it will open its 76th anniversary summer season.
Opening Day rolled in for the Waynesville Hollers on Sunday, marking the first game in the team’s history.
The Tuscola girls’ track and field team came away from the state meet with a seventh-place finish despite having a small team.
Waynesville will soon have sand volleyball courts once again.
A lot of teams can make it to the mountain top, but not many can hang around. Yet that’s exactly what the Pisgah boys’ golf team has done with their sixth consecutive conference title.
If there’s one thing that Haywood County loves, it’s football. And there could soon be even more of it.
