Nov 6, 2024 · L ast month, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians swore in Bradley B. Letts as the tribe’s new chief supreme court justice.. While the move installs an experienced jurist at the head of the tribe’s highest court, it created a vacancy in a judicial district that has seen a lot of change over the last couple of years.

Oct 15, 2024 · The next commissioner of agriculture will deal with a mix of issues related to food supply security — some old and some new. Traditional concerns about foreign labor remain of interest, alongside new challenges centering around legalized cannabis and the loss of farmland to development.

Apr 15, 2020 · Mountain lions were common enough well into the 19th century throughout North Carolina. According to Donald W. Linzey’s notes in Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1995), the last mountain lion killed in the Great Smokies was back in the early winter of 1920: “Tom Sparks was said to have been attacked by …

Dec 13, 2023 · “It’s a great story for us,” said General Manager Lumpy Lambert. “We’re excited about the end product.” That end product, the casino’s first major expansion since it opened in 2015, will add 25,000 square feet to the gaming floor, including 400 new slot machines, 12 table games, a 10-table World Series of Poker room and a 22-seat casino bar.

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Jun 28, 2023 · The paper mill has been closed for years now, but the cleanup is ongoing. Shortly before the plant shut down, a group of fishermen found a dark substance seeping out of the riverbanks. It was black liquor, a caustic byproduct of papermaking that is extremely toxic to both humans and aquatic life. Th...

Feb 5, 2025 · Missing hiker Ann Houghton, 73, was found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Feb. 2 at approximately 1:53 p.m. She was found roughly a quarter mile off of Enloe Creek Trail. Houghton was reported missing to the park on Feb. 1. She had planned to hike in the park Jan. 28-29. Her ...

Sep 18, 2024 · To the Editor: Harris is focused on financial policies to benefit the middle classes. She proposes to reinstate child tax credits that Congress refused to extend and to add a new tax credit to the parents of newborns; provide tax credits to builders of starter homes, to first-time home buyers and to small business start-ups.

Nov 20, 2024 · Zack Koonce, Haywood County’s emergency management coordinator, told county commissioners Nov. 18 that more than 954 structures had been affected when Helene entered the region on Sept. 27, with 57 structures destroyed outright and another 152 suffering substantial damage that would necessitate full compliance with flood standards if rebuilt (see Helene damage coming into focus in Waynesville).

3 days ago · At our inception 20 years ago, we chose to be different. Unlike other news organizations, we made the decision to provide in-depth, regional reporting free to anyone who wanted access to it. We don’t plan to change that model.