A story in last week's paper spoke about the rising levels of suicide in our society, particularly (and most disturbingly) among the young.
It’s been 15 months since The Mountaineer has had an interview with Rep. Mark Meadows, and that’s not by choice.
Early voting has begun in municipal elections across the county. There are no contested races in Canton and Clyde, but there appears to be widespread interest in the contested races in Maggie Valley and Waynesville.
The recent story on the 210-unit apartment complex being planned between downtown Waynesville and Russ Avenue, the town’s fast-food, grocery and retail area, has drawn plenty of criticism.
Hats off to the Waynesville Recreation Center for seeing a community need and stepping forward to address it.
Anyone who has closely followed the news during 2019 knows that builders are in varying stages of adding about 450 new apartment units in Haywood County.
Many people are still in a mindset where they simply toss something out rather than to take just a moment to consider whether it could be recycled in some way.
Due to the lack of buyers in the recycled goods market, those who do purchase such products are becoming much pickier.
Our community is still in shock at the tragic loss of Claud Messer, a founding member of the Jonathan Creek Fire Department who died suddenly Friday while responding to a call.
There’s no doubt Shining Rock Classical Academy has been in the news a lot through the years.
From the Editor
Two meetings last week got me thinking about entrenched ways of looking at issues and how much different — and better — our society might be if we could break away from those mindsets.
State Column
RALEIGH — Almost exactly one year ago, South Carolina’s state senate was presented with a measure to raise the default age at which those accused of committing crimes were treated as adults rather than as juveniles. For decades, that age had been 16 in South Carolina.
Doug Schwark said:
I, too, would like to see a link to the webcam, but so far all I can see if a still picture.
Martin Schildwachter said:
Is there a link on the mountaineer page to the web cam?
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Steve Breckler said:
This article makes really important points about the importance of objective reporting at the local level. Thanks for writing it.
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Sarah League said:
Sarah Smart is such a wonderful young lady and well deserving of this honor.
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Allan Zacher said:
Thank you for the appropriate article and appropriate historical context.
Stephen Wall said:
great work on the Canton Watershed- we are so blessed in Haywood County with our pristine waters- protect them!!
Judith Gallagher-Howell said:
Thank you...I loved reading your articles every week and looked forward to every one of them.
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Donna Nunan said:
Beautiful.
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