Haywood County News

The sun glared down, slanting shadows through the leafy cotton plants, as Billy King chopped row after row.

A recent tour of the Haywood County industrial megasite sponsored by the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce revealed widespread support and enthusiasm for the project.

Gov. Bev Perdue on Wednesday asked the federal government to make loans available to businesses losing money because of the Interstate 40 rock slide.

Work begins on clearing a rock slide Oct. 27, 2009, on Interstate 40 in Haywood County, west of Asheville, N.C. Engineers plan to remove as much of the rock at the base of the slide as possible to all Click to enlarge photo.

Some day, Clarksville will look back at the construction of the Hemlock Semiconductor polysilicon plant as a momentous event for our city in the early part of the 21st century.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:22 p.m. The monstrous rock slide that closed Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge Oct.

Regarding last Sunday's, "I-40 timeline: 1940s to present," : We would be remiss not to add a specific human cost to the event timeline.

David Noland of Fines Creek clearly remembers his family's crusade to get a paved road between Haywood and Newport, Tenn.A It dates back three generations and still represents an enormous political victory for Haywood.

Rock slides that halt travel between Haywood and Newport, Tenn., have plagued Interstate 40 since it first opened in October 1968.

Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam continued to show his support for the West Tennessee Megasite on Tuesday by spending the rainy afternoon touring the site while discussing the recruitment of industry and finding funding for needed infrastructure.

It could take up to three months to completely clear debris on Interstate 40 after a rock slide early Sunday morning closed the highway in both directions at mile marker 3 in Haywood County, according to officials with the N.C. Department of Transportation.

A rock slide in the mountains outside Asheville could disrupt traffic on Interstate 40 for months, the state Department of Transportation said Sunday.

By all indications, the closing of Interstate 40 due to a massive rockslide will be more than just a minor headache for many.

Darlene Johnston tends to worry about her feisty, 73-year-old mother. After Sunday morning, she has more reason for concern.

The renewable energy sector has been among the most promising areas of discussion while on a trade mission to China, Tennessee Gov.

A "wedge failure" between shifting planes of rock may have caused Sunday's massive rock slide that closed Interstate 40 near Tennessee.

A rock slide that included three boulders, each the size of a small garage, has closed both east and westbound lanes of Interstate 40 nearly three miles inside the Haywood County line.

A massive rock slide has shut down Interstate 40 at the Tennessee-North Carolina state line.

A Tennessee attorney who has spent years suing the paper mill in Haywood County has asked a federal court to allow a class-action case worth at least $5 million against the company.

BROWNSVILLE - The wedding day can't get here soon enough for two Brownsville nursing home residents brought together in the wake of recent tragedies.