/tags/canton Canton en-US Copyright Tue, 30 May 2023 16:58:12 GMT /news/2023-05-30/as-canton-mill-closes-one-era-ends-and-another-begins Workers gathered outside Pactiv Evergreen’s Canton paper mill last week to hear one final blast from the steam whistle. After more than 115 years, the mill in the small Western North Carolina mountain town is shutting down. Tue, 30 May 2023 16:58:12 GMT /news/2023-05-30/as-canton-mill-closes-one-era-ends-and-another-begins Cory Vaillancourt /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-29/meet-ncs-mayors-zeb-smathers-of-canton Coming of age in a decaying milltown is a common American recipe for brain drain. While growing up in Canton, Zeb Smathers anxiously watched his community… Fri, 29 May 2020 15:56:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-29/meet-ncs-mayors-zeb-smathers-of-canton Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /politics/2020-05-29/meet-ncs-mayors-zeb-smathers-of-canton Coming of age in a decaying milltown is a common American recipe for brain drain. While growing up in Canton, Zeb Smathers anxiously watched his community… Fri, 29 May 2020 15:56:20 GMT /politics/2020-05-29/meet-ncs-mayors-zeb-smathers-of-canton Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-08/a-changing-city-in-western-north-carolina-battles-over-confederate-flag Alderman Ralph Hamlett wants symbols of hate and racism to be banned from parades in his town of Canton, North Carolina.The idea stemmed from complaints… Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:51:27 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-08/a-changing-city-in-western-north-carolina-battles-over-confederate-flag Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /politics/2017-12-08/a-changing-city-in-western-north-carolina-battles-over-confederate-flag Alderman Ralph Hamlett wants symbols of hate and racism to be banned from parades in his town of Canton, North Carolina.The idea stemmed from complaints… Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:51:27 GMT /politics/2017-12-08/a-changing-city-in-western-north-carolina-battles-over-confederate-flag Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio