East Side School closed today

Yesterday, Superintendent of Schools Joey Hassell ordered that East Side Elementary School students stay ...

City approves spending for fire department gear, new vehicles

Brownsville Mayor Bill Rawls and Aldermen agreed to spend about $140,000 Tuesday. On its ...

Brownsville Press Podcast, January 20, 2022

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Coronavirus records shattered—weekly data released for week Jan 9 to 15, 2022

Yesterday we reported that schools hit a pandemic record, reporting 50 kids and 78 ...

Tied vote strikes down mayor’s vaccine incentive plan

Should employees be incentivized to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Some City aldermen say no. ...

Appointments made to Brownsville Zoning Appeals

Three appointments were made by Brownsville’s City Board to the Board of Zoning Appeals ...

Brownsville Utility will spend $24 million on water and electric upgrades

We don’t know much about it yet, but Brownsville Utility is cued up to ...

Sheriff wins funding for jail security

Security systems in the 11-year-old county jail are being replaced. The Haywood County Commission ...

Brownsville Press Podcast, January 19, 2022

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Mayor Bill Rawls likely to run for a third term

Brownsville Mayor Bill Rawls wasted no time signaling his interest in serving a third ...

Coronavirus sets record in Haywood Schools

“Due to the Omicron Variant, we are seeing our largest amount of absences to ...

Freedonia Megasite meeting postponed

This afternoon’s (Wednesday January 19, 2022) Megasite Authority meeting for the Freedonia Community has ...

Is the general sessions judge’s pay really set? Another vote last night

Now they’ve voted four times. Has the salary for the General Sessions Judge really ...

Brownsville Press Podcast, January 18, 2022

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Petitions to run for Brownsville Mayor/Aldermen available today

Considering running for one of the three Brownsville City Board of Mayor and Aldermen ...

Blue Oval City changes school board’s thinking and planning

Athletic facilities being reconsidered School leaders are rethinking parts of the ambitious project to ...

City Board, County Commission, JEDC, Stanton Council all meet today

Most —maybe all— of Haywood County’s leadership gather in various meetings today—all the meetings ...

Brownsville Press Podcast, January 17, 2022

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