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WEBSmoky Mountain News. Around 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, Haley Ramey, co-owner of Soul Sisters Depot in Frog Level, began receiving calls from ADT that the store’s security alert system was sensing motion. “I tried to look at the security videos on my phone but couldn’t see what was going on. I started breaking down knowing something ...
Perkins brothers turn custom home building business into …
WEBWednesday, November 17, 2021. “Living the dream” is what comes to mind after spending a couple of hours with the Perkins brothers and their construction crew on top of a mountain in Nantahala. The sun was shining overhead and the autumn colors were at their peak as the builders finished up work on another custom built house that will soon ...
As long as water runs downhill: The story of Popcorn Sutton
WEBApr 21, 2021 · P eople have been making moonshine almost since the day water started running downhill, and it seems like people have been talking about enigmatic Appalachian moonshiner Popcorn Sutton for just as long. But now, for the very first time, a full-length biography attempts to explore the conflicted life and legacy of …
Dragging Canoe was Cherokee’s greatest military leader
WEBJun 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 ...
Panther sightings persist in the Smokies - Smoky Mountain News
WEBApr 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 a panther while herding sheep on Spence Field.
Believing Bigfoot: Locals log Sasquatch evidence in North …
WEBMay 22, 2019 · Army of believers. Macon County has one of the highest number of Bigfoot sightings in North Carolina, as reported by the BFRO — five incidents are logged on the site. Montgomery County has far-and-away the most reports, with 13, followed by Onslow and Cleveland counties with six.
Enjoy the Mountain State Fair in September - Smoky Mountain News
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Advance tickets are now on sale — $9 for adults aged 13 to 64. Beginning Sept. 6, prices at the gate and online are $12 for adults. The price for seniors, ages 65 and up, and kids 6 to 12 is $5, and the fair is always free for children aged 5 and under. An advance unlimited ride ticket that can be used once for any day of the fair are $25.
Jam on: Hillbilly Jam returns to Maggie Valley
WEBJul 21, 2021 · Hillbilly Jam 2021 schedule of events. The 12th annual Hillbilly Jam will take place in and around Maggie Valley from Thursday, July 22, through Sunday, July 25. Featuring live music, comedy, crafts, television moonshiners and a car and bike show, the festival runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (or so) on Friday …
Graphic video shows Rep. Cawthorn in compromising scene
WEBThursday, May 05, 2022. Madison Cawthorn speaks at a rally in Macon County in July, 2020. Cory Vaillancourt photo. Yet another video that depicts embattled Western North Carolina Republican congressman Madison Cawthorn in a compromising situation has surfaced, according to a story first reported May 4 by The News & Observer . …
2004: Floods ravage Western North Carolina
WEBJun 5, 2019 · Ivan would eventually drop 17 inches of rain in parts of Haywood County, cause more than $26 billion in damage across its path and kill 92 people, including an elderly Crusoe resident who drove into the floodwaters. Several residents of Peeks Creek, near Franklin, also perished when a half-mile long, 20 …