Vicki Hyatt

County leaders appear to have even more plans up their sleeves for the Clyde armory — plans to the tune of $2.2 million.

Haywood County is on track to adopt a conservative budget that does not increase staff or hike taxes.

Companies seeking workers will roll out the red carpet to recruit employees at a job fair being held from 2-6 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Smoky Mountain Event Center

PREPPING NATIVE GARDEN — Master Gardeners are creating a demo native plant garden in front of the Haywood County Extension Service.

CANTON — Rising sewer odors are riling Canton residents and plunging the wastewater treatment plant owner Pactiv Evergreen into a search for a solution.

Pactiv Evergreen has inked a deal to sell the shuttered Canton paper mill to a buyer that would demo and redevelop the site, pending due diligence and final negotiations.

Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers said the first time he ever spoke with Eric Spiritas, who is looking to buy the Canton mill, was after a briefing from Pactiv Evergreen Wednesday

A company no one in Haywood County had heard of just 24 hours ago could soon become the most important player in not only Canton’s future, but the economic development

In the initial stage, the project was to clear out weeds and prepare the soil. The heavy lifting was to start after Mother's Day, a traditional, easy-to-remember date when the danger of frost has passed in these mountains.

Excessive rain was threatening to hamper efforts to complete Canton’s Charters of Freedom display in time for the long-planned May 20 opening.