Classmates mourn their friends
May 13, 2008
Students at Bethel Elementary School are mourning — and honoring — two children who died in a Cruso fire last week. | Full Story

Research plan stalled
May 13, 2008
A legislative report recommending changes in agriculture research in North Carolina faced harsh criticism Thursday when the matter was heard in committee Thursday. | Full Story

Woman faces bigamy, abuse charges
May 13, 2008
A Waynesville woman who is married to two men is being held in police custody after being arrested last week on a felony bigamy charge. | Full Story

Crash kills two near Cold Mountain
May 13, 2008
A father and his 13-year-old son were discovered dead Tuesday in the Shining Rock Wilderness near Cold Mountain where the single-engine plane they were traveling in crashed during early morning hours Monday. | Full Story

Hospital poised to cut costs
May 13, 2008
Leaders at Haywood Regional Medical Center met most of the day Thursday finalizing a cost-cutting plan at Haywood Regional Medical Center. | Full Story

At last good news for hospital
May 13, 2008
The mood is jubilant in the hospital halls, despite a recent cost-cutting decision to reduce staffing hours by about 30 percent, said Al Byers, interim director of Haywood Regional Medical Center. | Full Story

Eye on the Pigeon
May 13, 2008
Members of an environmental group and students at Central Haywood High School got a first-hand view of the affects of pollution on the Pigeon River. | Full Story

Making a difference every day
May 13, 2008
From his perch in a trailer a few feet above the parking lot in front of K-mart in Waynesville, James Burgess sees clearly all the little squiggles and dips which comprise life. | Full Story

Haywood one of two areas to pass tax increase
May 13, 2008
Haywood County voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax referendum during last week’s election, making the county one of two counties out of 20 in the state that approved increases to the sales tax. | Full Story

Fire kills three
May 13, 2008
Members of the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office, the county fire marshall and the State Bureau of Investigations are looking into the cause of a house fire in Cruso early Thursday morning. | Full Story

County sheriff named again in gaming case
May 13, 2008
ASHEVILLE — Haywood County Sheriff Tom Alexander was named for a second time during Thursday’s testimony in the corruption trial of Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, but not by name. | Full Story

Waynesville's crime rate decreases while state, national trends increase
May 13, 2008
While national and state trends have for years shown a steady increase in property crime rates, that trend was reversed last year in Waynesville. | Full Story

Community input invited in search for new hospital CEO
May 12, 2008
The Hospital Authority Board of Commissioners invites input from the community regarding the qualities that are desired in the next CEO of HaywoodRegional Medical Center. | Full Story

Murals decorate recycling center
May 13, 2008
The county’s materials recovery facility in Clyde is a little bit prettier this spring thanks to the Tuscola High Ecology Club. | Full Story

Mother of the century
May 12, 2008
Yesterday, when 96-year-old Ina Martin’s family honored her for Mother’s Day, the simple name of “Mother” didn’t seem to be quite sufficient. | Full Story