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Haywood County Community Clubs recognized at WNC Honors Awards
Five Haywood County community clubs claimed awards and money to go toward their work in their regions during the WNC Honors ...
NC governor urges swift action on $1.5B Hurricane Helene relief bill
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein is urging the General Assembly to pass new Hurricane Helene relief funding after it ...
Governor Stein visits Helene-hit dairy farm, urges faster federal aid
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Governor Josh Stein returns to western North Carolina to look over Helene recovery efforts. He ...
Dig into Haywood housing stats with the Helene Recovery Dashboard
There's a new tool to help Western North Carolinians wade through the complex glut of data generated by Hurricane Helene recovery. The Helene Recovery Dashboard focuses on housing in the counties ...
A novel incentive: Childcare program to help Haywood County school employees
A child-care program is expected to return to Haywood County Schools soon with the hopes of providing an incentive for employees to work for, and stay with, the school system. "We really started in ...
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Fired up for Ben’s Backdraft Barbecue: evolution from food truck to restaurant on J-Creek
Ben’s Backdraft Barbecue, a restaurant surrounded by aromatic wood-fired smoke, on Jonathan Creek. Come with an appetite, ...
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A stretch of a North Carolina highway that collapsed during Helene is about to reopen
section on the North Carolina side of the border will officially reopen on Saturday. Flooding in the Pigeon River gorge in Haywood County washed away over 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) of I-40’s ...