CLYDE – A late-night operation at the interchange of U.S. 74 West and U.S. 19 South in Haywood County requires drivers to a detour from 9 p.m. through.
Changes, upgrades coming to Maggie festival grounds
The Town of Maggie Valley recently decided on several upgrades and changes to the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds this month. The town purchased property that will be used for additional parking, purchased a gate to be installed along the western side of the grounds and changed the amplified music noise ordinance.
At a special called meeting Feb. 15, the Maggie Valley Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to purchase the 1.05-acre parcel located at 3399 Soco Road. The town will pay $185,000 to the Hobby Family Liquidating Trust and the tax value of the land is $214,500. The trust will pay property taxes for 2019 and 2020 and the town will pay title insurance and surveying costs.
Uncertainty about university schedules, childcare and other variables prevented some prospective students from enrolling in college classes this sprin.
The ninth annual Plunge Benefit-t-t-ting Kids in the Creek and Environmental Education will be held in Canton on Saturday, Feb. 27, giving participant.
Jail spending doesn’t solve problems
To the Editor:
Budgets, it has been said, are moral documents. This is because how a community chooses to spend and invest its money demonstrates the priorities of that community and, ultimately, our values. More than just a dry process of bureaucracy, budgets shape our future and impact who we, together, will become.
Building a $16.5 million dollar jail in Haywood County is a moral failure, as well as a strategic one. During the worst economic crisis that many of our local residents will ever live through, this egregious expenditure feels like a slap in the face to local working folks. The jail is one of the biggest lines in our county’s current budget proposal, stealing funds from public hospitals, schools, social services, roads and other essential services that all of us badly need.