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Maggie Valley protests to reignite Aug. 1

The July 18 march in Maggie Valley had managed to catch some Saturday afternoon rain, though it was less of a portent and more of an annoyance, I would imagine. I wouldn’t know, I was sitting at home, watching the protest on Facebook live via Smoky Mountain News. A camouflaged […]

WCU students up in arms over 2020-21 housing agreement
July 16, 2020
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on July 16, 2020. Western Carolina University’s 2020-21 Housing Agreement has left [...]
Four Sylva businesses in three days close temporarily from employees testing positive for COVID
July 13, 2020
North Carolina, despite logging record numbers of new cases over the past two weeks, including a new single-day record of almost [...]
WCU trustees drop Hoey name in unanimous vote
July 2, 2020
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on July 2, 2020. Western Carolina University’s Board of Trustees on Monday [...]

The School of Music presents composer Fred Hamilton
February 25, 2020
On Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 pm Western Carolina University’s School of Music hosted Fred Hamilton, guitarist and composer, to [...]
Glassworks Exhibit Explores Elements of Time
February 25, 2020
The Western Carolina University Fine Arts Museum is featuring “Time and Again: Glassworks by Kit Paulson and SaraBeth Post.” [...]
Easy as “One, Two, Three”
February 25, 2020
Western Carolina University “waltzeds” to the leader board at the Cackalacky Ballroom Challenge. On Feb. 8, the WCU Ballroom [...]

Mamba, Out: The Loss of a Legacy
February 25, 2020
Students, coaches and audiences anxiously awaited the arrival of Bryant and all those aboard the helicopter to a youth basketball [...]
New Year Woes: Catamounts return to losing ways
February 25, 2020
It all seemed so promising; until it didn’t. The pieces all seemed to fit perfectly; until they didn’t. The team looked [...]
2009 Catamount Cross Country Schedule and Outlook
August 24, 2009
Head coach Danny Williamson announced the 2009 cross country season on July 8. The season, which will consist of four regular [...]

Maggie Valley protests to reignite Aug. 1