Franklin, NC
Ironically, the difficulties aren’t due to lack of readership, but rather to certain economic dynamics. Papers still charge far more for print advertising than online advertising, yet readers are rapidly switching to online versions of their favorite newspapers. Meanwhile, though, the high overhead involved in producing and delivering traditional newspapers is a heavy ankle-weight for the industry.
REGIONAL-My grandfather tried his level best to convince me that some things are worth doing because it feels so good to stop. It’s kind of a riff on the “hit the wrong note hard” theme, I suppose, so that you’ll know the difference when you hit it right.
Well, that’s how I look at squash, and [...]
Angel Medical Center offers a class to help child(ren) prepare for the arrival of a new brother or sister. This class is for the new big brothers and sisters! They learn how to hold and help care for the new baby. Discussions include common feelings about having a new baby at home. [...]
We’ve all seen children that we wonder why the parents don’t make them behave, or why they didn’t take the time “to raise them right”. Well, sometimes we forget to celebrate those kids who make not only their parents proud, but we as a community proud as well.
One such child is 10-year old Jonathan Mathis, [...]
KNOXVILLE/GSMNP-The Knoxville News-Sentinel offers the first in a planned series of features on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, leading up to it’s 75th anniversary next year.
The News-Sentinel might be the strongest daily newspaper between Raleigh and Nashville, and its online package is well-developed and easy to use.
A quote from the opening segment:
This is your [...]
NATIONWIDE/GSMNP-Perpetually strapped National Parks — especially the heavily-visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park — rely heavily on volunteers.
Here, the New York Times features retirees who work the parks, and have a big impact.
NATIONWIDE-Bob Herbert’s Friday column for the New York Times shed light on the challenges facing community hospitals (information picks up partway into the column).
SYLVA-WestCare Health System, based in Sylva, recently announced that it was facing “significant financial challenges”, and that it will eliminate 90 jobs over the next 18 months.
The system includes Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva and Bryson City’s Swain County Hospital.
Read more:
Smoky Mountain News: WestCare adjusts to financial downturn
Smoky Mountain News: Small hospitals push back in [...]
CULLOWHEE–And it’s a wrap!
The oft-told tale of an unfortunate bear cub and it’s unseemly demise came to an end – more or less – on Friday afternoon, when two of the seven Western Carolina University students involved were charged with misdemeanor mishandling of roadkill, or some such, and as officials pulled together various panels to [...]
SYLVA–The Cherokee Fall Festival is one of the southwestern mountains’ oldest traditions.
In an entry on his blog called the Tia Juana Wildcats, storyteller Gary Carden waxes nostalgic about the days when a simple trip to the festival could become a rite of passage.