Saith the Smoky Mountain Times: Western Carolina University Chancellor David Belcher had a heart-to-heart with university faculty last week about the controversy over a politically charged financial gift to WCU…
Leaders in Lake Junaluska and the Town of Waynesville are wondering if they should try a fourth time to merge or just strike out. Presumably, both sets of leaders are…
Saith the Smoky Mountain Times: Building a footbridge over Locust Creek will likely wind up costing more than twice the $641,000 it was originally supposed to, Jackson County Commissioners learned…
The Smoky Mountain Times speculates about why alcohol-related crashes are up from 20-some in recent years to 30-some in Jackson County. Possibilities include legalization of liquor, an increase in enrollment…
It’s been a tad difficult the last three days looking for overreaches of power and other absurdities perpetrated in the name of public policy here in WNC. One reason is…
Swain County Manager Kevin King and commissioners David Monteith and Phil Carson paid a visit to Washington, DC to lobby not legislators, but decision-makers in the Department of the Interior.…
After national media outlets transcribed left-of-center talking points that criticized North Carolina’s Republican General Assembly and governor, John Locke Foundation President John Hood offered a more accurate assessment of the…
A DMV press release shared by the Smoky Mountain Times says: A total of 42,290 traffic and criminal citations were issued statewide during this year’s “No Need 2 Speed” campaign,…
The Smoky Mountain Times poses a false dilemma: The [Swain County] commissioners don’t want to raise your taxes. They also don’t want to lay off workers and cut services. But…
Wretched, sniveling dependency is king. The Smoky Mountain Times is just among the latest to post the message: Several resources are available to parents of young children in Swain. But…
The Smoky Mountain Times reports Swain County’s unemployment rate in December was 15.7%. It then adds a string of “buts” and “howevers,” but never mentions a logically-satisfying reason why this…
The funding for a program that creates jobs for senior citizens is at risk. Well, duh. In a sensible economy, programs don’t create jobs; improving resources does. But this program,…