Vicki Hyatt

Waynesville

Editor at The Mountaineer

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Recovery court proves its mettle to get financial backing from the county

1 day ago | themountaineer.com | Vicki Hyatt

A new program that offers drug offenders a chance at reform instead of serving jail time has proven successful in its first full year of changing lives — convincing Haywood County commissioners to provide financial support to keep it going. The recovery court program launched in 2023 and saw its first cohort of successful graduates by the end of 2024.
Canton will pay $140,000 monthly to treat sewage

1 day ago | themountaineer.com | Vicki Hyatt

CANTON — In an agreement inked Thursday at the Canton town board meeting, the town will pay Two Banks Development LLC, the owner of the former Canton paper mill property, $140,000 a month to treat its wastewater. In addition, the town will issue a payment of $700,000 within seven days of signing the agreement to cover sewage treatment costs between Jan. 1, 2025, and May 30, 2025.
Helene river debris removal safeguards endangered bridges

3 days ago | themountaineer.com | Vicki Hyatt

Work to clear flood debris from critical locations in Haywood where it could dislodge and take out a public structure, particularly a bridge, continues. A stream analysis showed 22 sites in the county were debris near a bridge or other structure posed a critical problem. You must be logged in to react. Click any reaction to login. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry You must be logged in to rate. Click any rating to login.
Helene river debris removal safeguards endangered bridges

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Vicki Hyatt

May 11—Work to clear flood debris from critical locations in Haywood where it could dislodge and take out a public structure, particularly a bridge, continues. County commissioner Jennifer Best told her colleagues at the Haywood County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday she was amazed at the size of the trees being removed from the Charles Street bridge area in Clyde.
Helene river debris removal safeguards endangered bridges

4 days ago | themountaineer.com | Vicki Hyatt

Work to clear flood debris from critical locations in Haywood where it could dislodge and take out a public structure, particularly a bridge, continues. County commissioner Jennifer Best told her colleagues at the Haywood County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday she was amazed at the size of the trees being removed from the Charles Street bridge area in Clyde. “It’s amazing, the volume of things in the river and on the riverbank that would have eventually floated down the river,” she said.
N.C. Supreme Court race settled at last

6 days ago | themountaineer.com | Vicki Hyatt

After three vote counts, and six months of court battles at the superior, appellate and federal court levels, Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin has conceded in his fight to gain a seat on the N.C. State Supreme Court. It’s a decision Haywood County Elections Director Robert Inman said is fitting. “At the end of the day, the election results were accurate, open and honest, and nobody should doubt that about the election count plus the recounts that ensured,” Inman said.
No property tax hike planned in austere county budget proposal

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Vicki Hyatt

May 7—There's both good news and bad news in the Haywood's budget for the coming year, one that's balanced at $111.9 million, but the good news for county property owners is that there is no planned tax increase. The bad news is that it's a very tight budget, and that work to recover from Helene means services will expand little, if at all. Under the budget proposal for 2025-26, the tax rate will hold steady at 55 cents for each $100 of property value.
Ghost Town courting a buyer

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Vicki Hyatt

May 7—MAGGIE VALLEY — There is a potential buyer for property on Buck Mountain, which was once home to Ghost Town in the Sky. Owner Jill McClure said a deal looks promising, though there is no contract in place. McClure inherited Ghost Town from her late aunt Alaska Presley, who had rescued Ghost Town from foreclosure but died before realizing her vision to reopen it.
Ghost Town courting a buyer

1 week ago | themountaineer.com | Vicki Hyatt

There is a potential buyer for property on Buck Mountain, which was once home to Ghost Town in the Sky. Owner Jill McClure said a deal looks promising, though there is no contract in place. You must be logged in to react. Click any reaction to login. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry You must be logged in to rate. Click any rating to login.
No property tax hike planned in austere county budget proposal

1 week ago | themountaineer.com | Vicki Hyatt

There’s both good news and bad news in the Haywood’s budget for the coming year, one that’s balanced at $111.9 million, but the good news for county property owners is that there is no planned tax increase. You must be logged in to react. Click any reaction to login. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry You must be logged in to rate. Click any rating to login.

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