Balsam News

STAFF REPORTS * communitynews@citizen-times.com * published June 26, 2009 3:20 pm STECOAH An acoustic bluegrass 'dream team' known as Balsam Range will take the stage at the historic Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center in Graham County,at 7:30 p.m. June 27 to kick off the Center's annual 'An Appalachian Evening' summer performing arts series.

Come the start of fall semester, some Western Carolina University freshmen could find themselves residing in unusual living quarters.

Local residents and tourists have a new resource to help them support the farms and farmers of Haywood County.

The first performance this morning comes from Triple Threat Performing Arts Academy of Sylva.

Get ready for a fun-filled day in downtown Sylva at the 12th annual Greening Up the Mountains spring festival on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Greening Up the Mountains - named for the way spring creeps up the mountain sides - began over a decade ago as a celebration of Earth Day.

Festival season is kicking in. Among the events coming up in April is Greening up the Mountains 2009, happening at 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 25 on Main Street in downtown Sylva.

In Scotland, 'give way' means 'watch out, coming through.' GiveWay is also the name of a talented quartet of sisters playing some fab Celtic music at 8 p.m. Friday at Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place.

Jam to benefit Special Olympics torch run Haywood Community College and the Haywood Correctional Center will co-sponsor a seven-band Bluegrass/Gospel Jam noon-8 p.m. March 21 in the HCC Auditorium.

RALEIGH North Carolina recommended to the federal government that three high-elevation areas in Western North Carolina and Great Smoky Mountains National Park be considered in violation of federal standards for ...

Balsam Range burst on the scene a mere two years ago as a stellar combination of some of the region's top bluegrass musicians.

If you want to be among the first to see an exhibit showcasing the 200-plus-year history of Haywood County, you'll have to venture over Balsam Gap for a visit to the campus of Western Carolina University.

CANTON State officials plan to recommend three high-elevation areas in Western North Carolina and Great Smoky Mountains National Park be considered in violation of federal standards for ozone.

'Songs from Haywood County' is a CD collaboration of three friends with a long musical history together and celebrates the 2009 bicentennial of Haywood County.

The extraordinarily difficult struggle to find nurses licensed in psychiatric care has forced the state agency that oversees mental health care in Western North Carolina to discontinue crucial services for its ...

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Posted by Taylor Bruce , December 17, 2008 in North Carolina , Photos from the Road , Taylor Bruce , Where to Eat Even after 100 years of mountain solitude, Balsam Mountain Inn , opened in 1908, remains as ...

A winter storm that made driving treacherous in parts of Western North Carolina should move out of the region today, but not before leaving up to a half-foot of snow at higher elevations.

Andrea Miller sips hot chocolate on Sunday night. This weekend's raw, chilly weather brought an end to one of the coldest Novembers in Charlotte weather history.

Car tracks create a pattern at the 23-74 rest area near Balsam Gap as snow caused some travel problems in Western North Carolina and closed schools including Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, and Yancy Counties.