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WEBSmoky Mountain News. Macon County officials held a press conference last week to address illegal political signs and get ahead of some misinformation that has been circulating about absentee voting in the county. He fought to get on the ballot, and then fought to get off the ballot. Now, after a favorable ruling from North Carolina’s highly ...
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WEBSep 18, 2024 · General Assembly approve private school vouchers. Last week the North Carolina General Assembly passed a conference report, also referred to as a mini budget that includes $463 million to clear the waitlist of families that have applied for the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Program and provide voucher money for those attending private schools.
Panther sightings persist in the Smokies - Smoky Mountain News
WEBApr 15, 2020 · According to Donald W. Linzey’s notes in Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1995), the last mountain lion killed in the Great Smokies was back in the early winter of 1920: “Tom Sparks was said to have been attacked by a panther while herding sheep on Spence Field. He managed to inflict a deep wound in its left shoulder.
As long as water runs downhill: The story of Popcorn Sutton
WEBApr 21, 2021 · P eople have been making moonshine almost since the day water started running downhill, and it seems like people have been talking about enigmatic Appalachian moonshiner Popcorn Sutton for just as long. But now, for the very first time, a full-length biography attempts to explore the conflicted life and legacy of …
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WEBSep 4, 2024 · Drought expands in WNC. Written by Admin. Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Over the last couple of weeks, the drought has expanded in Western North Carolina, and it now covers all of Haywood, Swain, Jackson and Macon counties. There was widespread rain over the last week, but it remains to be seen whether that precipitation cut into the drought.
Believing Bigfoot: Locals log Sasquatch evidence in North …
WEBMay 22, 2019 · Army of believers. Macon County has one of the highest number of Bigfoot sightings in North Carolina, as reported by the BFRO — five incidents are logged on the site. Montgomery County has far-and-away the most reports, with 13, followed by Onslow and Cleveland counties with six.
When history really does repeat itself - smokymountainnews.com
WEBMay 15, 2024 · When history really does repeat itself. Recently someone described me as a “longtime columnist for the Smoky Mountain News,” which made me realize I’ve been sharing personal stories, revelations and anecdotes with this audience for quite a while. My first column was published in January 2016, so by the end of 2024, I will have written for ...
Perkins brothers turn custom home building business into …
WEBWednesday, November 17, 2021. “Living the dream” is what comes to mind after spending a couple of hours with the Perkins brothers and their construction crew on top of a mountain in Nantahala. The sun was shining overhead and the autumn colors were at their peak as the builders finished up work on another custom built house that will soon ...
Dragging Canoe was Cherokee’s greatest military leader
WEBJun 17, 2020 · George Ellison. Historian E. Raymond Adams has maintained that the warrior with the curious name of Dragging Canoe was “the greatest military leader ever produced by the Cherokee people.”. A review of Dragging Canoe’s military career doesn’t reveal many great victories that he led, but it does indicate that he was a clever and ...
Lawsuit puts Ghost Town development in limbo - Smoky …
WEBAug 24, 2022 · The lawsuit to dissolve GTITS, LLC — as well as Maggie Valley RV, LLC, which includes the same members and was to be used to develop a Moody Farm property in the valley — was filed on Aug. 4 by Jill Holland McClure, niece of longtime Ghost Town owner Alaska Pressley, who passed away in April of this year.. Presley had been working with the developer known around Maggie Valley as Frankie ...