When we rang in 2020 this time last year, who knew it would go down as a dumpster fire?
From murder hornets and street riots to epic natural disasters and working from home in pajamas, 2020 was a year of mishaps and mayhem.
Haywood County had an ample helping of drama and spectacle of its own. Hereâs a look back at the top controversies of 2020.
Homeless showdown
The negative spill-over effects of the homeless population in Waynesville was hands-down one of the top controversies of 2020.
Critics of the homeless population became a regular fixture at the twice-monthly Waynesville town board meetings for much of the year, donning yellow T-shirts that read âSaving Haywood.â