By Beth Pleming, The Mountaineer, Waynesville, N.C. Aug. 6--The deal is sealed. The results are in. The waiting to see what will come of Dean Teaster's "Ghost Town the Movie" is over. It's a hit.

By Justin Waybright, The Mountaineer, Waynesville, N.C. Jun. 18--Haywood County is studying a new trash disposal fee that could impact more than 3,000 area businesses.

Sustained elevation of the suicide rate in a North Carolina county may be linked to releases of hydrogen sulfide and other airborne chemicals from a nearby paper mill and possibly other industrial sites, a new study led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill psychiatrist indicates. The findings are being presented today (Nov. 7) to the 18th Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in Las Vegas.