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Joint committee to evaluate downtown library sites - An optimistic spirit seemed to fill the conference room Tuesday (Feb. 3) as supporters of a downtown library listened to town and county officials hash out preliminary details for evaluating sites close to Main Street....
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 Suspect in custody 35 minutes after Qualla bank robbery - Just 35 minutes after a bank robbery Monday, Feb. 2, at United Community Bank in the Qualla community, law enforcement officers apprehended the alleged suspect. Charles Samuel Holcomb, 39, of Duncan, S.C....
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 Fisher Creek sunset - A spectacular winter sunset painted Sylva's sky Saturday night (Jan. 31) with a dazzling array of colors as shades of red, pink, purple and mauve blanketed the Fisher Creek valley....
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WCU will meet WNC's needs, Bardo says - Rocked by the loss of thousands of traditional manufacturing jobs, the people of Western North Carolina will increasingly depend upon Western Carolina University to help solve economic and social hardships, said Chancellor John Bardo during his State of the University address Jan. 29. WCU stands ready to meet those challenges with the intellectual resources of faculty, staff and students, Bardo said. "The people of the state are looking to the....
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Sylva Herald news team wins five statewide awards - The Sylva Herald brought home five awards last week from the N.C. Press Association's 78th Winter Institute in Chapel Hill. Editor Lynn Hotaling, Features Editor Rose Hooper and Sports Editor Carey Phillips received individual awards, and the combined staff won a third place for the newspaper's editorial page....
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 Turpin retires after 26 years as health department director - For a man known as a top visionary in the field of North Carolina public health, Randall Turpin is accustomed to planning ahead. His retirement after 26 years as director of the Jackson County Department of Public Health hasn't changed that a bit. "For the first month I plan to sit in a rocker on the front deck," Turpin said about his house off Fairview Road. "Then the next month I plan to....
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