Haywood County News

Registered nurse Katie Schick was selected as Haywood Regional Medical Center's Employee of the Month for September.

Interstate 40 should never have been built through the Pigeon River Gorge. NCDOT engineers knew the rock formations there were unstable and recommended building the interstate along the route of US 70 through Madison County.

Some Madison County businesses are reaping benefits from the massive rock slide blocking Interstate 40 Haywood County.

Boards of Aldermen in Haywood County will have plenty of new faces. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 In yesterday's voting Eric Dills was the only Alderman re-elected in Canton.

Engineers have established a $2 million to $10 million plan to clean up a rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee line.

An engineer involved in building Interstate 40 through a portion of western North Carolina said more than 40 years ago that workers had problems finishing the project because of rock slides.

A rock slide is seen from the west side of the slide on Interstate 40 in Haywood County, west of Asheville, N.C., Sunday, Oct.

Police identify body found in Fines Creek A 27-year-old Clyde man is being charged with murder in the slaying of a body found Monday in the Fines Creek area off Panther Town Road.

Haywood County authorities say the man whose body was found in the Fines Creek Community Monday was murdered.

Haywood County deputies charged a Clyde man Wednesday with murder in the slaying of a man who was found naked with his legs bound to his right arm by a rope and a bleach bottle sitting nearby, according to court documents.

Haywood County residents worried about getting the H1N1 flu can call the county health department to see if you should be at the top of the vaccination list.

Gov. Bev Perdue, NCDOT Secretary Gene Conti, Commerce Deputy Secretary Dale Carroll, and other officials will tour and receive a briefing at the site of the rock slide on I-40 in Haywood County today at 1:30 p.m. Governor Perdue will make an announcement at the event and transportation officials will provide further updates on removal and ...

Haywood County deputies said they have charged a man in connection with the death of another man whose body was found on Monday afternoon.

Editor's note: This story appeared following the July 1, 1997 rock slide that shut down Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge for several months.

Haywood County deputies are treating the death of a man whose body was discovered in a remote section of the county as suspicious.

Haywood County deputies are investigating the discovery of a body in a neighborhood on Monday afternoon.

A chunk of rock the size of a mobile home towered over a section of Interstate 40, where state engineers started setting strategy Monday.

Authorities estimate they will need up to three months to clear debris from a rock slide that has closed Interstate 40 in both directions at the North Carolina-Tennessee state line.

Smoky Mountain News reports: "Johnnie Cure said she never expected to become a local celebrity when she started speaking up during the public comment period of Haywood County commissioners meetings.

A rock slide has blocked all lanes of Interstate 40 about three miles from the state line in North Carolina.