Smoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
The National Park Service and Swain County appear locked in a stalemate over how much the federal government should pay up for breaking its long-standing contract to replace a road flooded by the creation of Lake Fontana in the 1940s.
Residents value rural heritage and environment in highway debateSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
An overwhelming majority of citizens who showed up at a public hearing in Robbinsville spoke out against the Corridor K road project last Thursday .
HRMC, WestCare affiliation creates MedWestSmoky Mountain News - Wed Oct 28
A long-awaited affiliation of the hospitals in Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties will become official in January 2010.
Swain, Yancey under state financial oversightAsheville Citizen-Times - Sat Oct 24
Two Western North Carolina counties will have to report financial information to the state each month as the recession continues to take its toll on tax revenues.
Haywood Regional Medical Center, WestCare form MedWest Health SystemAsheville Citizen-Times - Fri Oct 23
Continuing to provide health care to people where they live is the goal of an affiliation process that took a major step forward Thursday with the formation of MedWest Health System.
Haywood Regional Medical Center JOA is officialMountain Xpress - Thu Oct 22
Southern Highland Reader reports: "WAYNESVILLE-Officials from Haywood Regional Medical Center and WestCare Health System today announced a joint operating agreement to include Haywood Regional Medical Center, Harris Regional Hospital, Swain County Hospital and other healthcare facilities serving a four-county area in Western North Carolina.
Shooting victim died in jail of morphine overdoseAsheville Citizen-Times - Tue Oct 20
A man found dead in a Haywood County jail cell warned in a phone text message he would overdose on morphine if he had to go back to jail, according to an autopsy report.
NCDOT To Hold Hearing on U.S. 74 RelocationBusiness Leader - Mon Oct 19
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold three open houses and a public hearing on the proposed relocation of U.S. 74 from U.S. 129 in Robbinsville to N.C. 28 in Stecoah.
Swain auditor warns that drastic measures neededSmoky Mountain News - Wed Oct 14
An auditor for Swain County had a clear-cut message to pass on to commissioners this week: make drastic cutbacks in expenditures or hike property taxes.
Amid tough times, DSS director denied raiseSmoky Mountain News - Wed Oct 14
After much deliberation, Swain County commissioners voted 3-2 against an $8,800 pay raise for the Department of Social Services director in the face of a severe budget shortfall.
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