House, Senate Democrats and Republicans to Super Committee: GO BIG
Washington, DC — With just over a week before the Super Committee’s deadline, today U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC), Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), U.S. Representative Mike Simpson (R-ID), U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), and U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), lead a bipartisan, bicameral call urging [...]

Letter to the Editor:
Dear Editor.
After reading a recent column in last week’s edition of your
paper, I feel compelled to comment on the term “lynching,” when used
to describe the media’s scrutiny of a political candidate.  Whether or
not the candidate has been unfairly treated is, .for the purpose of
this argument,  irrelevant.
Certainly  we can all agree that lynching [...]

Letter to the Editor:
From: The Lilith Lidseen Performing Arts Association
November 21, 2011
To all who love the Peacock Playhouse:
We, the board of directors of the Lilith Lidseen Performing Arts Association (LLPAA), are writing to address some misinformation about the Licklog Players leaving the Peacock Playhouse. Though we do not believe that the letters section of the [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
What would be the difference between tax increases or spending cuts? Both approaches to deal with the debt may have the same effect on the economy.  The GOP complains that tax increases will take money away from the rich when they need it most. But just as surely as tax increases take money [...]

Do you know what the Pilgrims were thanking God for at the first Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth? If you go to Wikipedia you will not find the answer.
It was not to thank the Native Americans for saving their lives although they did teach the Pilgrims how to grow native vegetables. The natives also stole anything [...]

Rep. Shuler Statement on Failure of Super Committee to Reach Deficit Reduction Compromise

Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC) released the following statement after the announcement that the bipartisan Joint Select Committee, or Super Committee, failed to come up with the $1.2 trillion deficit reduction plan required under the Budget Control Act.
“It is [...]

Gov. Perdue Announces $3.4 Million in Federal AmeriCorps Grants Available
Non-profits and Government Agencies Should Submit Applications by March 16, 2012
RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue today announced more than $3.4 million in federal grants are available for North Carolina non-profits and government agencies to recruit AmeriCorps members.  Interested non-profits and government agencies that provide tutoring, mentoring, [...]

Rep. Shuler Statement on Failure of Super Committee to Reach Deficit Reduction Compromise

Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC) released the following statement after the announcement that the bipartisan Joint Select Committee, or Super Committee, failed to come up with the $1.2 trillion deficit reduction plan required under the Budget Control Act.
“It is [...]

Thanksgiving–it’s all about turkeys
Kids in Mrs. Jessica Hughes’ kindergarten class speak out
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Turkeys, they are an American Thanksgiving tradition–and the tradition lives on, at least with kindergarteners.
On Tuesday, the Sentinel stopped in at the Hayesville Elementary School to take a gander at what some of our little ones were to. Of Mrs. Hughes [...]

The Clay County chapters of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary treated local veterans and their families to a Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday at the Hayesville School Cafeteria serving about 300 meals.
The dinner consisted of turkey, ham, dressing, giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, sweet potato casserole, cranberry [...]