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Haywood County Health and Human Services is partnering with Optum Serve and Lake Junaluska Assembly to offer free COVID-19 diagnostic testing to Haywood County residents. Lake Junaluska Assembly will host the testing site at its Wilson Children’s Complex as a drive-through site. Patients will enter through the parking lot off of North Lakeshore Drive and […]
Beginning January 19, 2022 you can visit Covidtests.gov and order four free at-home Covid tests. Order your tests now so you have them when you need them!
Town of Canton has applied for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Program funding through the North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) as a sub- recipient. Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), federal actions must be reviewed and evaluated for feasible alternatives and for social, economic, historic, environmental, legal, and safety considerations. Under […]
Governor Cooper has declared a state of emergency in response to Winter Storm Izzy. For more details you can read Executive Order 247 | Declaration of A State of Emergency and Temporary Suspension of Motor Vehicle Regulations.
Recent rain and decreased fire danger have made it possible to lift restrictions on open burning for the most of the state, including Haywood County effective at noon Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Burning restrictions will remain in place for Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Transylvania, and several other counties until further notice.
This year’s Christmas parade will be held on December 2nd at 6pm. This year’s route will start at Blackwell Drive and travel down Main Street and loop down Depot back up to Park and ends at Blackwell Drive. The theme this year is (Grit and Grace: Holiday Heroes). This is a night parade so we […]
Update: November 5, 2021 Address Update: After several calls regarding the inability to change an address on bills etc., we reached out to the postal service to determine what the Citizens needed to do. This process will take up to 3 more weeks to complete so that the new addressees are recognized in the system […]
The Town of Canton in collaboration with Cruso Endowment and Haywood County TDA is happy to present Movie Monster Madness on October 30, 2021 at 7:30pm in Sorrells Street Park. The movie will be a fun Halloween themed movie that is suitable for all ages. Admission is FREE but any donations to the Cruso Endowment […]
FEMA’s Individual Assistance program is designed to help disaster survivors with basic, critical needs such as a safe, sanitary, and functional place to live during recovery from a disaster. It is not designed to make survivors whole and is not a substitute for insurance coverage. FEMA Individual Assistance cannot duplicate other sources of assistance. […]
