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Town, county leaders discuss fire protection at joint meeting
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com Voices were raised, jokes were shared, progress was made. Bryson City Town Board of Aldermen and Swain County Board of Commissioners met for a joint…
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. ...
OTR Hoops – On the Rise from Rock Top Invitational – May 4, 2024
GATLINBURG, Tennessee, – On the Radar Hoops is hosting the Rocky Top Invitational for the second consecutive year. Using the first-class facility of the Rocky Top Sports World and adjacent Gatlinburg-Pittman High School gym, the event hosts more than 100 travel teams from around the Southeast. Here are some names on the rise from the opening days of the event.
Haywood County man snags $100,000 jackpot win
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jason Cole of Waynesville tried his luck on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won a $100,000 jackpot Friday night. Cole bought his lucky Quick Pick ticket using Online Play. He matched all five numbers to win the jackpot. The odds of matching numbers on all five white balls are 1 in […]
Elderly couple found dead following apparent murder-suicide, police say
WAYNESVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) -- An apparent murder-suicide has left an elderly couple in Waynesville dead and police say the husband called authorities to tell them it was about to happen. Neighbors are calling the incident heartbreaking. The Hazelwood community of Waynesville is normally quiet. But shortly before 11 Friday...
Getting hands on at the SMS STEAM Expo
On Tuesday morning, April 30, the Swain Middle School gym was abuzz with activity as students got to explore video games, the Smokies and the stars at the school’s first STEAM Expo. There was plenty to explore, from Cherokee basket artists and glass blowing and blacksmiths from the Jackson...
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.
WCU's Zach Ketterman Named April’s SoCon Player of the Month
Cullowhee — (WLOS) Western Carolina University senior infielder Zach Ketterman was today named the Southern Conference’s Baseball Player of the Month for games played in April. Raising his seasonal batting average by nearly 100 points in the month, Ketterman collected two of the five weekly awards handed out by the league office in April – the only player to receive multiple honors.
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