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Transformer fire closes Sylva Wal-Mart for 12 hours - A transformer fire that caused a power outage closed Sylva’s Wal-Mart Supercenter for about 12 hours last week. Sylva firefighters found the main transformer that supplies electricity to Wal-Mart on fire when they arrived at the scene shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday....
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Officials rescind library referendum - Almost exactly two months after they decided to place the question of where to locate a new county library on the November ballot, Jackson County Commissioners Tuesday (March 16) rescinded that action. Commissioners’ Chairman Stacy Buchanan’s motion to nullify referendum plans commissioners made Jan. 13 was approved unanimously. Buchanan’s motion dropping the ballot initiative directed a recently-established task force to look for a downtown....
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 Children to stage play this weekend - The Chatterbox Children’s Theater will present an Easter play, Hattie, Tom, and the Chicken Witch, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 19-21, in the old Courthouse. Curtain time is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with a 3 p.m. matinee scheduled for Sunday. The play should prove enjoyable to children in the audience, since it involves audience participation and action at various....
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Town stormwater system needs overhaul - The 8-foot-deep, 10-foot-wide sinkhole that collapsed on Spring Street last summer may have created a stir downtown, but the discussions Sylva needs to have about fixing its aging underground infrastructure aren’t nearly as exciting. That’s the message Sylva’s Board of Commissioners heard Tuesday (March 16) when town Manager Richard McHargue outlined a plan to bring Sylva’s stormwater drainage system up to par....
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Commissioners protect airport airspace - After making sure that no financial commitment was required, local officials Tuesday (March 15) unanimously approved an ordinance aimed at protecting the airspace above the Jackson County Airport. Such an ordinance is one of the steps required before the county’s airport authority can seek financial assistance from the N.C. Department of Transportation for improvements to the 26-year-old landing field located atop Berry Ridge near....
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 Missionaries killed in Iraq had local ties - Two of the Baptist missionaries killed in a drive-by shooting in northern Iraq Monday (March 15) had close ties to Jackson County. Larry Elliott, 60, and his wife, Jean Elliott, 58, of Cary were close friends of Raymond and Pasty Deitz and visited them at their home in Little Savannah. "We've known the Elliotts and been friends with them for 24 years," Raymond Deitz said Wednesday morning. The two couples had worked together on missionary projects in Honduras.
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 Wanted: Photos - The Sylva Herald is looking for images of spring – like this shot by Sharon Montgomery that’s a favorite from last year’s contest – for its seventh annual photo competition. Winners will be announced during the Greening Up the Mountains festival in downtown Sylva, which is set for Saturday, April 24. Deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Thursday, April 8. Photos must be in color and must be unframed....
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