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Christie chosen as 2024 Cherokee Phoenix Homecoming T-shirt design winner
STIWELL – After being encouraged by multiple people, one of them being a past winner, Cherokee Nation citizen Tasha Christie submitted her design for the 2024 Cherokee Phoenix Homecoming T-shirt contest and was chosen as this year’s winner. This year’s shirt goes on sale May 1. “Cody...
Charlotte police deaths hit home as local deputy, firefighter served with slain officer
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — One of the four officers killed in Charlotte on Monday, April 29, when the officers were ambushed as they tried to serve a warrant, was Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer, who had spent some time in Haywood County. A local sheriff's deputy and a...
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...
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…
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.
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...
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. ...
Waynesville Public Art Trail, Scavenger Hunt and More!
Waynesville -- The Waynesville Public Art Commission serves as the stewards and visionaries of the public art that unites. of our vibrant town in the North Carolina mountains. The mission of the Waynesville Public Art Commission is “to engage the community and enrich public spaces through original art that celebrates Waynesville’s historic, cultural, natural and human resources.”
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.
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