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What’s left behind: Canton mill closure leaves complex …
Jun 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 found during groundwater ...
The making of a Muckraker: David Wheeler turns his attention …
Apr 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...
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Panther sightings persist in the Smokies - Smoky Mountain News
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 …
Dragging Canoe was Cherokee’s greatest military leader
Jun 17, 2020 · George Ellison. Historian E. Raymond Adams has maintained that the warrior with the curious name of Dragging Canoe was “the greatest military leader ever produced by the Cherokee people.”. A review of Dragging Canoe’s military career doesn’t reveal many great victories that he led, but it does indicate that he was a clever and ...
Despite flooding, Jackson escapes worst of Hurricane Helene impact
Oct 2, 2024 · Despite flooding, Jackson escapes worst of Hurricane Helene impact. Written by Hannah McLeod. Wednesday, October 02, 2024. Innovation Brewing staff prepare canned water for flood victims. Chelsea Brinton photo. Jackson County was largely spared the damning effects of Hurricane Helene from which its neighbors to the east are still reeling.
Maggie Valley Arts & Crafts Show - Smoky Mountain News
Oct 20, 2024 · Wednesday, 28/08/2024. The annual Maggie Valley Arts & Crafts Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds.
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Oct 30, 2024 · With the North Carolina General Assembly’s preliminary $273 million relief bill in the rearview mirror, Western North Carolina Sen. Kevin Corbin (R-Macon) is looking down the road at the General Assembly’s next move — a billion-dollar relief bill coming Oct. 24. During a recent meeting with Haywood County officials, Corbin spent about an ...
Putting in the work: Responders of all stripes converge on …
Wednesday, October 09, 2024. Swiftwater rescues have been common throughout Western North Carolina since Hurricane Helene hit. Haywood County Emergency Services photo. On the morning of Sept. 27, as rain fell steadily from the pre-dawn sky, Travis Donaldson took a drive around the eastern end of Haywood County.