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12/14/2025

Don your ugliest Christmas and head to the Scotsman for a yuletide concert and contest.

Set sail for a tropical holiday escape as The Scotsman in downtown Waynesville decks the halls and the tiki torches for festive and Luau-style celebrations on Dec. 13 and 17.

12/13/2025

Need a Christmas lights fix? Head to Balsam Mountain Inn for a walkable or drivable holiday experience.

Pour some mugs of hot cocoa, pack the family in the car and crank up the Christmas tunes for an evening holiday outing to see the light extravanganza on the

12/13/2025

Go the extra mile without actually traveling this holiday season by shopping gifts made by international artisans.

As the holiday and gift-giving season approaches, First Baptist Church of Waynesville is offering gifts that give back at the Fair Trade Christmas Market from 1-5 p.m. every Friday-Saturday, Nov.

12/13/2025

Two local music groups will harmonize into one melodic voice this weekend.

Hear the sounds of the season performed by the Mountain Winds Community Band and the Western Carolina Community Chorus at Western Carolina University at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14.

12/12/2025

Downtown Waynesville will turn into a magical Christmas wonderland Saturday evening!

This year’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Celebration offers a bit of holiday magic for everyone from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, in downtown Waynesville.

12/12/2025

When summer tourism was headed off a cliff, it was time to call in a heavy hitter: Buddy Melton penned a soundtrack to a commercial letting the world know Haywood County was open for business. Click to watch the commercial.

When signs pointed to a dire 2025 summer tourism season, Visit Haywood leaders scrambled to course-correct by attracting last-minute visitors.

12/12/2025

What started as one mural was grown to every wall in the school, each grade getting to weigh in on the scene for their hall. “I didn’t study any art or anything, I just figured it’s a gift from God — so I need to do what I can to get it out there and pass it on and encourage the young people.”

When Diane Frazier finished the mural inside the front entrance of Jonathan Valley Elementary School two years ago, she promised she’d be back for more. Now she’s inching closer to

12/12/2025

With blocks of flood-abandon homes in Clyde, residents are more wary than normal of foot traffic.

Monthly reports of suspicious persons in Clyde jumped from 16 to 25 between mid-September and mid-October — which doesn’t sound like much until you remember that only about 800 people

12/12/2025

The Christmas spirit is in full swing in Haywood County! Take a gander at the holiday line-up happening this weekend and beyond.

Unwrap the magic of December and the Christmas season with a listing of holiday events. From concerts to historic candlelight tours, holiday plays, visits with Santa and cuddly farm animals

12/11/2025

For dispatchers, their desk is their cockpit. Haywood 911 dispatchers field over 150,000 calls a year — hundreds, and sometimes thousands, a day.

Haywood County’s 911 dispatchers spend nearly 12 hours a day at the same desk. After more than 10 years of continuous use since the 911 center opened in 2014, those

12/11/2025

Pisgah senior Jaiden Smith won't have to worry about where she'll be playing softball next year after signing with Caldwell Community College, where she'll join a pair of her teammates who graduated last season.

Pisgah senior softball player Jaiden Smith will be able to focus on her play on the field this spring, after signing with Caldwell Community College to continue her academic and

12/11/2025

A man threatened to light a woman's property on fire, and apparently followed through. “It was a huge blaze, and then it was exploding and the windows were blowing out. The car was engulfed, just like you see in the movies," a neighbor described.

A Waynesville man was arrested and charged with allegedly setting multiple fires in the Beantown area off Jonathan Creek after an altercation with a woman who owned property in the

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