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WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – Got your taxes in? April 18 is the deadline. Officials with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) say they expect more than 160 million individual tax returns will be filed this year. -0-

Sylva & Bryson City, NC (Tuesday, April 19) – Harris Regional Hospital in Jackson County and Swain Community Hospital have a new CEO. Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital announced Tuesday that Christopher Munton has been named as permanent chief executive officer (CEO) of its hospitals. Munton comes to Harris and Swain from National … Read more

(Laurel Springs, NC) – Plans for a makeover at the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC, the country’s most-visited national park, are moving forward. The park will receive approximately $127 million in Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) funding for two major infrastructure projects, including a full replacement of the Laurel Fork Bridge, built in 1939, and … Read more

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Plans for a new Haywood County park is getting pushback from some residents. A proposed pump track, mainly used by bikers, would be built around the old landfill off Farmview Drive in Waynesville, which county leaders see as a new tourist attraction and economic boost for the local economy, while … Read more

Former President Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadow’s has been kicked off North Carolina’s voter rolls amid an investigation into whether he committed voter fraud in the 2020 election. Meadows allegedly used a fake address in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina in order to vote in the state during the last presidential election … Read more

CANDLER, N.C. (WLOS) – Buncombe County investigators say they have connected the Candler mobile home where investigators found severely decomposed human remains on April 14, to a couple charged with felony concealing a death in 2020. The mobile home, on Beady Eyed Lane, where the human remains were found Thursday is the same home in … Read more

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Two men arrested earlier this month during a routine traffic stop turned drug bust in Haywood County have been charged. Haywood County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized 264.5 grams of methamphetamine, 3.7 grams of fentanyl and various drug paraphernalia when they pulled over a flatbed truck on I-40 for hauling an … Read more

With a federal funds boost in the budget, Town of Waynesville officials are getting a clear picture for the future. With a long list of projects and policies and unprecedented amounts of federal funding flowing into cities, aldermen are working to shape the future of the town, including exploring affordable housing, and other infrastructure issues. … Read more

Macon County residents will have a chance to get rid of their unneeded pesticides from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. next week. On Tuesday, April 19, you can drop off unwanted pesticides at the Environmental Resource Center on 1624 Lakeside Drive in Franklin. Unknown materials cannot be accepted. Other hazardous materials, such as paint and antifreeze, will … Read more

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (WLOS) – They’ve been in place for decades, but for now, UNC System schools are waiving the requirement to take standardized tests for admission. The lingering pandemic is being cited for the decision to remove the SAT and the ACT from the required application packet to UNC schools for the next two years, … Read more