The Mountaineer

After months of discussions about hiring a director to promote Maggie Valley’s festival grounds, aldermen are once again considering applications. 

As temperatures drop, Raleigh still delaying help to needy homes

Patsy Dowling continues to wait and worry about what winter will bring. 

Haywood Regional Medical Center has made a lot of strides in the past year, CEO Michael Poore told county commissioners last week. 

A discharge permit required for Blue Ridge Paper Products, doing business as Evergreen Packing, Inc. in Canton that expired in October 2006 should be ready for public review soon.

Perdue wants Washington to help pay for $10M cleanup

Gov. Bev Perdue declared the Interstate 40 rockslide an emergency Wednesday hoping the federal government will pick up the bill for what could be as much as a $10 million clean up, repair job. 

Police identify body found in Fines Creek

A 27-year-old Clyde man is being charged with murder in the slaying of a body found Monday in the Fines Creek area off Panther Town Road. 

More than 300 family, friends and admirers gathered at Resthaven Memorial Gardens outside Dandridge, Tenn. this past Saturday afternoon to pay their last respects to Maggie Valley moo­nshiner and folk hero – Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton.

As winter draws closer, the need for heating assistance continues to grow. 

County tourism leaders and business owners who expect to be affected by the closure of Interstate 40 due to a rockslide Sunday said the recent disaster is a setback forcing them to work harder and smarter, but business will go on.

Haywood County authorities expect autopsy reports later today to help investigators determine the identification and cause of death of a body found Monday afternoon in the Fines Creek area.