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WEBSmoky Mountain News. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, with FEMA Administrator Deanna Criswell in tow, continued his multi-day western swing today, making stops in Haywood County to survey damage from Hurricane Helene, to thank volunteers and to hear from local officials. The head of FEMA, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, Republican Haywood County ...
Believing Bigfoot: Locals log Sasquatch evidence in North …
WEBMay 22, 2019 · Army of believers. Macon County has one of the highest number of Bigfoot sightings in North Carolina, as reported by the BFRO — five incidents are logged on the site. Montgomery County has far-and-away the most reports, with 13, followed by Onslow and Cleveland counties with six.
Opinion - Smoky Mountain News
WEBInaction makes us all accomplices. To the Editor: Present-day political unrest reminds me of the Spanish cellist, conductor and composer, Pav Casals, known in English by his Spanish name, Pablo Casals. Casals was born in El Vendrell, Spain, Dec. 29, 1876. He lived in France after 1936 and Puerto Rico after 1956, where he died, Oct. 22, 1973.
Panther sightings persist in the Smokies - Smoky Mountain News
WEBApr 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 a panther while herding sheep on Spence Field.
Time to stop the bashing, says Nina Power
WEBJun 26, 2024 · Power wrote her book, “What Do Men Want?” (Allen Lane, 2022, 192 pages), because she was tired of male bashing. “In my experience, and statistically,” she says, “the vast majority of men are kind, thoughtful, self-aware, interested, compassionate, loving and protective, as friends or as partners…. Most men are, like most women, a ...
What’s left behind: Canton mill closure leaves complex …
WEBJun 28, 2023 · Like the mill in Maryland, the Canton mill has left behind some messes. Currently, there are two active cleanups onsite resulting from issues with above-ground storage tanks. The first , discovered in February 2021, was a release of gasoline from an underground pump supply line from a tank. A 1-foot-thick layer was …
The making of a Muckraker: David Wheeler turns his attention …
WEBApr 12, 2023 · As the man behind the controversial North Carolina-based American Muckrakers PAC, David Wheeler’s had an outsized impact on at least one recent congressional campaign, but in 2024, he’s looking to have that same impact on a race of his own. CRY MORE, LIB Wheeler isn’t very well known to peopl...
Outdoors - Smoky Mountain News
WEBWednesday, October 02, 2024. The National Park Service (NPS) continues to assess conditions and to address damage following the impacts from Hurricane Helene in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Today, park staff are prioritizing assessments of high use roads and trails as well as radio repeaters and historic structures throughout the park.
Opinion - Smoky Mountain News
WEBOpinion. Submit your letter. [email protected]. PO Box 629, Waynesville, NC 28786. Canton meeting focuses on accountability, transparency. With the eyes of the state, the region and the cou... Read More. Documents indicate shuttered Canton paper mill will soon be sold. The old paper mill in the heart of Canton will hav...