Waynesville News

Bryan Hickman awoke Tuesday morning to some unusual behavior from his cat, Leroy.

It was late September, and Travis George, a 27-year-old Waynesville resident, was almost done mowing his grandmother's yard.

A local developer has purchased a key parcel alongside Super Wal-Mart in Waynesville, potentially kick-starting long-awaited commercial redevelopment along the South Main Street corridor.

More than 300 people waited in line at the N.C. Employment Security Commission in Waynesville on Monday to submit job applications with Evergreen Packaging, the paper mill in Canton.

Waynesville, North Carolina, is nestled between the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains, and has been the inspiration to artists and authors over the years because of its beautiful peaks, creeks and streams. I walked out of Ingles grocery store the other evening to see a spectacular sunset quickly evolving. Click here to see the video.

Arson investigators believe that natural gas likely fueled an explosion and fire that destroyed a building at Hillcrest Apartments.

The Haywood County Arts Council presents Gypsy Bandwagon in concert at 3 p.m. A Sunday, Nov.

Winston-Salem police are searching for a man who robbed the Piedmont Advantage Credit Union yesterday at 676 Hanes Mall Blvd.

A Georgia woman arrested in the deaths of two men in North Carolina has been found hanged in her jail cell.

The merger of Osondu Booksellers and Blue Ridge Books and Caf will eventually bring under one roof the long legacy of two beloved Waynesville institutions catering to readers and etched in the memory of the downtown community A legacy of books Osondu Booksellers is a direct descendant of the original Waynesville Book Co., which opened on ...

Waynesville's two independent bookstores - Osondu Booksellers and Blue Ridge Books & Cafe - have merged.

Haywood Vocational Opportunities is expanding and has received help to do so. With the help of the town of Waynesville, HVO received a grant for $240,000 from the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.

This horrendous rock slide problem was brought about by political shenanigans back in the early 1960s when plans were discussed by politicians to build an I-40 connector between Asheville and Knoxville.

Warrants served today say a Waynesville man fired a gun into a vehicle with someone inside.

Love it or hate it, mountain vernacular architecture has stubbornly planted its roots in Western North Carolina and shows no signs of abandoning the area.

Western North Carolina has so embraced mountain vernacular architecture that local planning boards across the area are prodding developers into adopting the style.

A summary of the activities of the House ethics committee that was accidentally released confirms what was already known: that the committee is reviewing the actions of Rep.

Next weekend offers a bounty of events at Western North Carolina galleries. Among the openings and other activities are: * A new group show opens at Asheville Area Arts Council gallery, 11 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, with a reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 1:16 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 1:16 p.m. Taylor Ann Perkins of Hendersonville and Ethan Garrett Hardin, of Dana, were married Saturday, August 8, at Hendersonville Church of Christ.

The Waynesville Recreation Center was vandalized late sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.