Response to the Haywood Pathways Reader Challenge has been overwhelming, and more than $5,000 has been raised toward a $10,000 challenge grant offered by an anonymous reader of The Mountaineer. This week, the center is in need of more than just donations to help pay for construction costs. Volunteers are

Show your thankfulness this season by helping match a Mountaineer Reader Challenge. There are outstanding bills to pay on the Haywood Pathways Center, and an anonymous reader has pledged to match all contributions up to $10,000. Send checks made out to Mountain Projects to The Mountaineer Reader Challenge, 220 N.

The Haywood Pathways Center looks much different today than it did two months ago when reporters, politicians, famous faces and thousands of volunteers spent the day at the site. For a small county such as Haywood, it was certainly exciting to win the Ultimate Neighborhood Give Back Challenge and have

So far, nearly $1,600 has been contributed toward the Haywood Pathways Center project thanks to a $10,000 anonymous reader donation that challenge other readers to pitch in. Since The Mountaineer has more than 10,000 readers, matching the amount by Thanksgiving is the goal. If everybody gives a little, it will

The Haywood Pathways Center was bustling with activity Saturday as the Haywood Christian Emergency Shelter prepared to open it new facility. People were dropping off supplies like bedding and towels, toothbrushes and cleaning items. A student-led group from Western Carolina University, Rock Your Socks Off, was doing a final cleaning,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. As I enjoyed family and delicious food, I thought about those less fortunate than I. When I was little, I thought that homeless people only existed in big cities and that they lived under bridges or on park benches. As I

Central Haywood students listened to the Rev. Nick Honerkamp, senior pastor at New Covenant Church, Tuesday, Nov. 4, when he and an assistant, Andrew Holland, spoke to the entire school about the need for volunteers at the old Hazelwood prison to meet the deadline to open the Haywood Pathways Center by

Volunteers will be needed at the Haywood Pathways Center from now until its expected Nov. 15 opening. There is much work left to do, said volunteer Clark Thompson, a former contractor who is at the site daily helping coordinate work. There’s plenty of cleaning, blinds to hand, paint to chip

The 2014 Grace Church in the Mountains annual Parish Fair raised more than $14,500. The money was dispersed through a grant process to 19 local nonprofits organizations, all dedicated to serving the common good of the community. This year’s grant recipients are The Arc of Haywood County, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,

The inaugural Hometown Christmas Celebration, special holiday celebration and fundraiser for the Haywood Pathways Center, will take place from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec.13, in the auditorium at Haywood Community College. From 2 to 4 p.m. and from 5 to 8:30 p.m., children can mingle with Santa’s elves while