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 Cherokee elder Calhoun wins WCU Mountain Heritage Award - Cherokee elder Walker Calhoun received Western Carolina University’s 2004 Mountain Heritage Award Saturday (Sept. 25) in honor of his lifelong commitment to passing on Cherokee songs and sacred ceremonies to future generations....
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 Stickball joins Heritage Day lineup - Western Carolina University photographer Mark Haskett captured the excitement as members of the Wolftown Stickball Team of Cherokee provided demonstrations of the traditional Cherokee game of stickball before enthusiastic crowds during the 30th annual Mountain....
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Second body recovered; both students die of drowning - The body of a Western Carolina University student, missing since Sept. 9, was recovered Friday (Sept. 24) from the waters of Bear Creek Lake. The search for 19-year-old Joel Esteppe, which was suspended prior to Hurricane Ivan’s Sept. 16 arrival, resumed Sept. 20, according to....
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 Self-proclaimed ‘luckiest man in Jackson County’ to retire - Frank Watson Jr., the self-proclaimed “luckiest man in Jackson County,” plans to retire today (Thursday) from the post he’s held for almost 26 years. First chosen Clerk of Court in 1978, Watson, a Democrat, has prevailed in seven straight elections, a feat made a little....
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 SMHS Homecoming Court - Members of Smoky Mountain High School’s 2004 Homecoming Court are, from left, seniors Tori Chandler, Sheena Kanott, Bonnie Adams, Whitney Watson, Brianna Douthitt, Nikki Butts, Katie Crisp, Crystal Jones, Erin Hayes, Tonya Mathis, Sarah Wong and Mary Heim.....
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Sylva leaders consider effects of proposed development - Does Sylva want to be home to homes, or home to businesses? When members of the Sylva board, land use/planning committee and zoning board met Sept. 20, Zoning Administrator Jim Aust put a map on the wall to illustrate the question. Pinpoints marked business and government growth planned for the next five years....
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