Smoky Mountain News

Smoky Mountain News is a complimentary weekly publication located in Waynesville, North Carolina. It is available for readers in Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties in the state.

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Going with the flow: Canton, developer ink interim deal to maintain wastewater service

6 days ago | smokymountainnews.com | Cory Vaillancourt

After a closed session discussion on May 8, the Town of Canton Board of Aldermen/Women approved an interim agreement with Two Banks Development to ensure the continued treatment of municipal wastewater, staving off a potential public utility crisis following the closure of the town’s long-time partner in sewage processing.
Managing the visitor experience is no easy task

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Scott McLeod

A huge loggerhead turtle keeps surfacing around the boat, the massive snout poking above the water as she (I imagine here to nest) exhales and then gulps for air while likely feeding in these pristine waters. I can’t concentrate while imagining her journey of a thousand miles back to this nesting site, and her size — these turtles can reach 300 pounds — means she must be 30 or more years old.
‘Paradise will be some kind of library’: Carden cements legacy with historic library donation

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Hannah McLeod

Latest ‘Paradise will be some kind of library’: Carden cements legacy with historic library donation Gary Carden has accomplished a great deal in his life.
KARE calls attention to child abuse in the community

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Kyle Perrotti

The event, put on by Kids Advocacy Resource Effort (KARE), featured several speakers, who all read from a list of 383 cases the nonprofit handled last year. However, instead of using the children’s names attached to each case, the 11 speakers referred to each simply as either John Doe or Jane Doe, followed by their age.
Translating Democratic enthusiasm into election wins

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Cory Vaillancourt

This past May Day, concerned citizens from across the United States and across Western North Carolina used the opportunity to spotlight issues important to working Americans, to continue the seemingly endless protests against the Trump Administration and to recruit candidates who can win. “Everybody’s pretty annoyed about how expensive groceries are,” said Garrett Lagan, chair of the Swain County Democratic party.
Mill site master plan coming within six months

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Cory Vaillancourt

Latest Mill site master plan coming within six months North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Reid Wilson visited Canton last week, meeting with local officials and new mill site owner Eric Spirtas, who gave tantalizing tidbits of what’s in store for the 185-acre parcel and promised a bold master plan within six months. “The idea of this, just in a real nutshell, is there are projects all through the Carolinas that have taken a dilapidated mill and made it a destination,”...
Eastern Band votes to allow for home-grown cannabis, again

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Kyle Perrotti

After months of hammering out the details, the decision was made by Tribal Council during its May 1 meeting. Following the vote, there was some light applause, although for many, the move was overdue, considering the tribe had originally allowed for medical card holders to grow their own plants initially.
We are watching futures be ruined

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Susan Clark

We are watching, if we’re paying attention, the dismantling of our government and the ruin of our financial resources. We’re seeing the most precious and most delicate aspects of our futures and the futures of our children thrust into the hands of those who are woefully unfit to make decisions at that level, unwise, unthoughtful and impulsive in the conduct of the business of government.
Free lunch eligibility trending downward in Macon

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Hannah McLeod

Latest Free lunch eligibility trending downward in Macon For the second year in a row, Macon County Schools will request funding from county commissioners to bridge the gap in funding for free school meals for all K-12 students.
Moe Davis enters NC-11 congressional race

1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Cory Vaillancourt

“I just keep looking at what Chuck Edwards is not doing for the district,” Davis told The Smoky Mountain News May 5. “People here are hurting, particularly after Helene, and they deserve somebody that's going to work for them, rather than for the billionaire out-of-state donors that own Chuck Edwards.” A Shelby native, Davis graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice before earning his J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law.