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Why Owen softball's Mia Roland's most important piece of equipment may be a notebook
BLACK MOUNTAIN — Swain County pitcher Rylee Rawls caught Owen shortstop Mia Roland off guard when she threw an off-speed pitch after fouling off three consecutive pitches in the bottom of the first. Roland swung early and chopped a ground ball to short. She reached first base safely on an error after the ball skirted through the shortstop’s legs. ...
Into the Tall Grass
An inexplicable darkness beckons from across a wooden footbridge over the Oconaluftee River in Cherokee. Several hundred feet of canopy stretch along the far edge of a sandy island: a thicket of 40-foot-tall bamboo. Stepping into the otherworldly tall grass feels like striding from the Blue Ridge Mountains onto another continent as the temperature drops in the dense shade.
11-year-old hosts 2nd annual youth mental health rally as NC's top health official speaks
FRANKLIN, North Carolina (WLOS) -- For the second year, a young girl organized a youth mental health rally in Franklin -- and this year, the she attracted the likes of the state's top health official as the keynote speaker. Gracie Parker, age 11, led the Why Not Us? Rally Sunday,...
Cannabis in Cherokee: D.A. Ben David explains what this means in other parts of the state
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — April 20 marked a historic day in North Carolina with the first medical marijuana dispensary opening on tribal land in the mountains. Friday WWAY spoke with New Hanover and Pender County District Attorney Ben David to clarify what this means in other parts of the state, including here at home.
Grandma Bonnie shares her story ahead of 104th birthday
She was born June 9, 1920, in Swain County, inside of an abandoned railroad car parked by the side of a creek being used as a temporary shelter. Bonnie was raised in Bryson City. She tells stories of having to wash clothes in the creek while the clothes would freeze in her hands from the ice-cold water and gathering wood for the cookstove from the shed in the snow and having to use an outhouse year-round.
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