Population: 173,890
Smoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
In an unusual election storyline, voters in Webster cast ballots for a total of 21 write-in candidates because too few candidates signed up to run for the five available seats on the town council.
Tracing the roots of WNCa s signature styleSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
Love it or hate it, mountain vernacular architecture has stubbornly planted its roots in Western North Carolina and shows no signs of abandoning the area.
Enamored with stacked stone and timber, planners push mountain lookSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
Western North Carolina has so embraced mountain vernacular architecture that local planning boards across the area are prodding developers into adopting the style.
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