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More snow, sleet ahead for Western North Carolina (Asheville Citizen-Times)
ASHEVILLE — Tough break, Nibbles. Western North Carolina Nature Center's resident furry weatherman predicted an early spring Tuesday, but according to the National Weather Service's forecast, spring isn't coming anytime soon to Asheville.Federal grant will expand internet in Haywood County (The Mountaineer) A $28.2 million federal stimulus grant will expand broadband capacity in Western North Carolina, an action that will improve educational opportunities in Haywood County and stabilize Internet access rates for the next decade or more.
Cocke County Battles for Less Pollution from North Carolina Paper Mill (Metro Pulse) “When they first started dumping poisons in this river, we had Civil War veterans living along the shore,” Lee Willis of the Cocke County Water Advisory Council told a crowd of 500 at Cocke County High School on Jan. 25. “We have lived with fear and anxiety for 100 years.”
Shuler’s pork projects bypass Haywood (The Mountaineer) Earmarked budget appropriations of more than $26 million in the past two years and key votes against eliminating pork-barrel spending and earmarks earned fiscal conservative U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-Waynsville, a “hostile” rating from the Council Citizens Against Government Waste.
Check out which WNC roads are affected by construction, weather (Asheville Citizen-Times) TENNESSEE BLOCKAGE U.S. 64/74 is closed about 12 miles west of the North Carolina-Tennessee state line in the Ocoee River Gorge because of a rock slide.
UPDATE: Large mudslide damages homes in Upstate South Carolina (WCBD-TV Charleston) Residents are being told to stay away for weeks after a landslide in Maggie Valley destroyed several homes and forced dozens to evacuate.
Sponsored By: (Asheville Citizen-Times) The Powerball jackpot winning ticket for Saturday night's Powerball drawing was sold in Asheville. More Haywood County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay, and Mitchell County Schools will be on a three-hour delay.
Weather impacts some WNC schools Monday (Asheville Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE — Lingering ice on roads will impact some Western North Carolina schools Monday.
Jackson sheriff drug hauls aid youth sports (Asheville Citizen-Times) SYLVA — Crime has its own way of paying in Jackson County. It has paid for batting helmets for a girls softball team. It has paid for a machine that helps fill water bottles for high school football players. And it has paid to send kids to an Atlanta Braves game.
NC School Closings And Delays (WSPA Spartanburg) Several schools in western North Carolina have delayed schools Monday morning.