Steve Wall

Aug 28, 2024 | smokymountainnews.com | Steve Wall

I must have missed my check in the mail. I have been volunteering for the Haywood County Democratic Party for about 30 years and still haven’t got my check! Mr. Stello is probably one of those gullible personalities who believe other bizarre and weird ideas promoted by Russian trolls and paranoid conspiracy theorists here at home. For example: • California wildfires were caused by Jewish lasers from space (Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican congresswomen from Georgia and serial adulterer).

May 1, 2024 | smokymountainnews.com | Steve Wall

(So here is the excellent Red Cross hurricane/flood preparedness website — just in case redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/get-help/pdfs/hurricane/en_hurricane-safety-checklist.pdf)  In September 2004 Hurricanes Frances and Ivan combined to dumped 40 inches of rain on WNC. Fifty-four people in the USA died due to Ivan, which off the coast of Florida produced a 91-foot wave, the largest ever recorded. Twenty billion dollars in damage and untold sorrow.

Mar 7, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Chris Stafford |Nicole Mandracchia |Mike Rosser |Steve Wall

Cedric, Laura Kraut’s gold medal Olympic mount, was inducted March 3 into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame, along with Francisco “Pancho” Lopez, longtime barn manager for Katie Monahan Prudent and then Elise Haas. Induction into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame is an honor bestowed annually upon individuals whose contributions to the sport have set them apart and whose influence has had a significant impact on the sport of show jumping and the equestrian community.

Oct 7, 2023 | stabmag.com | Ethan Davis |Steve Wall

The desire to destroy waves that lie in the way of getting rich is nothing new. With this development essentially being greenlit, the best hope for Þorlakshöfn’s surf community is to reach a compromise, whereby the port footprint gets cut back to something less offensive. Steinarr Lar, President of the Icelandic Surfing Association, who kept his favorite spot hush up until this point is out of moves.

Jul 4, 2023 | smokymountainnews.com | Steve Wall

Two hundred brands of bottled water were tested. Only 17 were found to be free of microscopic plastic particles. Is this a problem? The “Plastics Blob” floating in the Pacific is one and a half times the size of Texas. What can I do about that? Why have nations around the world, and communities in the USA, declared July 2023 “Plastic Free July?”  What exactly are plastics? Why should folks in Western North Carolina care about this at all?