Hundreds of current and former Haywood County Schools employees got letters this month informing them their private information could have been compromised in a cyber attack against the school system. Read more

During the last week of 2020, four people affiliated with Veterans Services of the Carolinas, part of the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM), met to confirm how the organization’s work with homeless veterans changes lives. Read more

Haywood County Medical Director Dr. Mark Jaben updated the county commissioners Tuesday night, noting there is some good news on the horizon. Read more

The Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Water Resources (DWR) will conduct an online public hearing at 6 p.m. April 14. Citizens may continue to submit comments through April 30, 2021 to: publiccomments@ncdenr.gov, with th… Read more

Waynesville finally got the green light from state regulators to embark on a $20 million rebuild of its antiquated sewer plant, but construction is still more than year out and won’t be finished until summer 2024. Read more

Haywood County Commissioners learned of the vast array of resources available to the 5,485 veterans in Haywood County during a recent board meeting. Read more

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At the Haywood County Board of Commissioner meeting Tuesday, Interim Health Director Garron Bradish told board members there are 7,000 individuals registered to be vaccinated — 3,000 of whom are in the target group of age 75 and up. Read more

Q: When I called the Ingles pharmacy, I got a recorded message to sign up for a COVID vaccine. I was told to sign up, even if I'd already signed up at the county health department and to take whatever appointment came up first. They don't hav… Read more

In the four days since the last press release, Haywood County Public Health has received notice of 130 new cases of COVID-19. Read more

At a preliminary budget work session, Canton leaders made it clear continuing ongoing work with parks and outdoor recreation will be a priority for the coming year. Read more

It’s been less than two weeks since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and Rep. Madison Cawthorn has already taken heat on several fronts as people continue to question whether a speech he gave a crowd at a Stop the Steal rally earlier tha… Read more

More than a week ago, The Mountaineer contacted the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services asking the following question: Read more

Water advocacy groups in Tennessee are hoping to bring attention to a renewal of a controversial wastewater permit that is being proposed for the large paper mill along the Pigeon River in Canton. Read more

Haywood’s economy, along with that of the rest of the state and nation, was in an upheaval for most of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19. Read more

When COVID-19 hit the state and N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper closed restaurants for everything except take-out in mid-March, it was a blow small business owners feared could signal their demise. Read more

When the pandemic shut down restaurants last March and only allowed take out, a number of locally owned restaurants simply closed rather than try to make a go of it under the revised business model. Read more