As a way to give back to a community that helped launch a year-round shelter in just eight months, the Haywood Pathways Center is initiating an annual Community Service Award program. The center, located in the former Hazelwood prison, offers temporary housing and meals for adults who show a willingness

Haywood County Sheriff Greg Christopher told the county commissioners Monday that the jail is on track to bring in significantly more revenue than last year. Counties are reimbursed $40 a day for housing adult misdemeanants following a state decision to no longer incarcerate this group of inmates at state-operated facilities.

Even though the Haywood Pathways Center was conceived just a year ago, the transitional housing nonprofit operating out of a former state prison has already proven its methods can change lives. The center was born out of necessity, really. The Haywood Christian Emergency Shelter, which operated only during the winter

The Haywood Pathways Center — which offers transitional housing for those in a bad spot in life — has now been open for about eight months. Once the site of an abandoned correctional facility, the Pathways Center provides “Christ-centered rehabilitation services that truly transforms lives,” according to its website. It has been

Ammons Drive Inn and Dairy Bar on Dellwod Road in Waynesville collected the highest amount of money to donated the Haywood Pathways Center during the past month. One hundred percent of donations go directly to Pathways to help the homeless. To volunteer to place Pathways donation jars in the community,

On Wednesday, Jan. 28, a group of volunteers who met at the Open Door in Waynesville were on a mission. This was the night designated for a nationwide survey to count the homeless, and Haywood volunteers wanted to be sure there was an accurate local count. Funding from grants has

The Fund for Haywood County has approved a $20,000 in People in Need grants for theHaywood Christian Emergency Shelter to complete building renovations of the women’s dormitory and provide staffing for the Haywood Pathways Center, which will provide emergency shelter and programs to reduce recidivism. “We are grateful for winning

Dinnertime came a little late at Haywood Pathways Center Sunday night (Jan. 4), but for all the right reasons. It was the inaugural night for The Open Door’s Hazelwood kitchen, the final piece in turning the dream behind the Pathways Center into reality. “It might be a few minutes before

There is a single day each year set aside in the U.S. to count the number of homeless individuals in each and every community. This year’s so-called “Point in Time” survey was held on Wednesday, Jan. 28 and I accompanied the nine volunteers with the Haywood Pathways Center who were

The first meal at the Haywood Pathways Center was served Sunday, Jan. 5, a date Jeremy Parton, shelter director and kitchen coordinator, was not certain would be met. “That’s when we were scheduled to open,” Parton said, “but it would have never happened if six to seven of the guests