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    Sylva Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

    A Sylva woman pleaded guilty on Monday to drug trafficking charges. Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Megan…
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    New Charges in Haywood Homicide

    The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office announced that two suspects are facing new charges in connection to a homicide investigation. A…
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    Sylva is joining the EV trend

    Sylva is joining the EV trend sweeping the nation. Sylva is set to become home to a Level three charging…
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    New Bridge Construction Starting in Macon County

    An 84-year-old bridge on N.C. 106 in Macon County will be replaced with a modern structure that will facilitate travel…

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      Tech Worker Tried to Copy the Scheme from “Office Space”

      Remember the movie “Office Space“, where the characters attempt to create a virus that will steal fractions of pennies from an accounting system . . . hoping that it will add up in the long run? Well, the scheme got botched in the movie . . . and yet, a criminal thought it would be a great inspiration for a Real-Life-Theft. A 28-year-old software engineer in Seattle was arrested after being caught skimming money from his employer, Zulily.com.  He manipulated the code so the checkout page would send shipping fees to His personal account. He got around $260,000 before he was…

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      The Best Movies and TV Shows of 2022

      One Poll surveyed 2,000 people about the movies and TV shows they enjoyed most last year. Top 10 Movies: 1.  “Top Gun: Maverick”: 19% 2.  “Jurassic World: Dominion”: 17% 3.  “Enola Holmes 2”: 15% 4.  TIE: “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and “The Batman”: 14% 6.  TIE: “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Death on the Nile”: 13% 8.  TIE: “The Whale”, “Amsterdam”, and “Bodies Bodies Bodies”: 11%   Top 10 Scripted TV Shows:   1.  TIE:  “Wednesday”, “Stranger Things” Season 4, and “Ozark” Season 4  (Netflix): 8% 4.  “Yellowjackets” (Showtime): 7% 5.  TIE: “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (Amazon) . . . “Grey’s Anatomy” Season 19 (ABC) . . . “Inventing Anna” (Netflix) . . . “The Crown” Season 5 (Netflix) . .…

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      45% Say the 2nd Date Is the Ideal Time for a First Kiss

      It’s 2023, so maybe we need to loosen up a bit.  If you’re single, what would you consider the IDEAL date to unleash the first kiss:  Date #1, Date #2, Date #3 . . . or the date of your wedding? A dating website recently conducted a survey, and found that 45% of people say the second date is the perfect time to have the first kiss.  26% say the third date . . . and 15% say the first date. That said, 68% of singles say they’d be open to kissing someone on Date #1.  80% say they’d kiss…

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      Words That Need to Be Banished This Year

      Lake Superior State University in Michigan released its annual list of words and phrases that need to be BANISHED in the New Year.  Here are the ones they say we should stop using or overusing in 2023 . . . 1.  “GOAT” . . . as in Greatest of All Time. 2.  “Inflection point” 3.  “Quiet quitting” 4.  “Gaslighting” . . . even though it was just named Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2022. 5.  “Moving forward” 6.  “Amazing” 7.  “Does that make sense?” 8.  “Irregardless” 9.  “Absolutely” 10.  “It is what it is”

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      Do You Drink Enough Water?

      A new study published in “The Lancet” looked at how important it is to stay hydrated.  And the biggest stat they found was that middle-aged people are 20% more likely to DIE EARLY if they don’t drink enough water. But this second stat might be even scarier:  Before it kills you, being chronically dehydrated makes you 50% more likely to look old. Researchers tracked people’s health for 25 years.  All the patients were over 45 when the study started.  And the least hydrated ones were 50% more likely to show signs of early aging, including sunken eyes, sunken cheeks, and dry skin. They were…

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      New Year’s Resolutions For 2023

      A poll leading up to New Year’s found 37% of us were planning to make a resolution this year, and another 17% said they might.  Here are the top ten resolutions we made for 2023, according to the poll . . .         1.  Save money.  That was harder to do last year thanks to things like inflation. 2.  Be healthier in general. 3.  Work out more. 4.  Eat better. 5.  Lose some weight.  So four of the top five are about health. 6.  Try to be happier in general. 7.  Pay down debt. 8.  Improve your…

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