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State revokes teacher's license over testing protest
When Doug Ward refused to administer mandatory state tests to his students with severe disabilities more than a year ago, he expected the stance would cost him his job.
Performing arts center opens in Franklin
At one recent place that Scotty Corbin's group, The Overlook Theatre Company, performed, there were more spaces reserved for books than spectators.
UNC-Wilmington ranks high in graduation rate
According to a new American Enterprise Institute report , only about half of college students in North Carolina graduate within six years.
Free shows are plentiful around the area
Is money tight? Is that's what's getting you down, friends? Well, fret no more. It's summer.
Getting the best results from a library catalog
CHICAGO ALA Editions , the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, just released "Magic Search: Getting the Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond" by Rebecca S. Kornegay, Heidi E. Buchanan and Hildegard B. Morgan.
Summer program to focus on reading
The critically acclaimed book "Serena" will be this summer's reading assignment for incoming new students at St.
Local professor wins poetry contest
Catherine Carter, an assistant professor of English at Western Carolina University, has won the 2009 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
Test protest may cost Ward license
Doug Ward was almost 30 years old before he realized what he wanted to do with his life.
WCU-created rock 'n' roll photo exhibit honored
An exhibition of gelatin silver photographs chronicling the early days of rock 'n' roll music that debuted at Western Carolina University's Fine Art Museum was recently named 'best cultural exhibition' by Northern Ohio Live during its 2009 Awards of Achievement celebration.
NCCAT summer seminars sizzle with hot topics for classroom teachers
Science, technology, classroom management and leadership are just a few of the topics public school teachers can learn more about this summer at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching.
Beloved local columnist Bob Terrell dies
Bob Terrell spent more than 60 years writing about the people and happenings of Western North Carolina.
Campaign for wider bike lanes along WCU commuter route
Jackson County commissioners threw their support behind safer, wider bike lanes along N.C. 107 in Tuckaseegee after a contingent of bikers rode to the commissioners' meeting to make their appeal.
* Brandon Michael Rhinehart, 18, 866 Morning Star Road, Canton, was charged May 15 with misdemeanor failure to appear.
Martha Norwood of Marshville and Danny Norwood of Sunset Beach announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Kathleen Norwood, to Daniel Ray Mills.
Harper's successor at WCU will be Middleton
CULLOWHEE Much like her predecessor, the new women's basketball coach at Western Carolina has an impressive pedigree.
Published: Monday, May 11, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, May 11, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. Gilbert Brady Jr.
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