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210th MP's stay in Iraq could be extended 120 days - With conflicting reports coming in, family members of the 210th National Guard don't know if the military police unit will return in June as planned, or have its stay in Iraq extended 120 days. Several area residents have heard from family members stationed in Iraq that the 210th was told Easter Sunday its tour of duty would be lengthened four months....
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 RV catches fire on Cowee Mountain - Members of the Savannah Fire Department battle a blaze in a recreational vehicle on Cowee Mountain Friday (April 9). Fire Chief Darrell Woodard said Roger Hudson and his wife were traveling from their Gulf Breeze, Fla., home to visit friends in Knoxville, Tenn., when the fire broke out around 11:20 a.m....
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 20th river cleanup set for this Saturday - There's still time to sign up for Western Carolina University's 20th annual Tuckaseigee River cleanup, scheduled for Saturday, April 17. Western's Base Camp Cullowhee is currently accepting volunteers to help remove everything from aluminum cans and milk jugs to old tires and abandoned appliances from a section of the river. The cleanup day will be an opportunity for people from WCU and surrounding communities to remove trash in and along the banks of the river through Jackson County, from East LaPorte to Barker's Creek Bridge. “It is a great way to....
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Saturday seminar to focus on crystal meth - Using the concept that "It takes a village to raise a child," Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe will sponsor a Drug Awareness Seminar Saturday, April 17, from 2-5 p.m. in Southwestern Community College's Myers Auditorium. The seminar will focus on crystal methamphetamine, which Ashe calls a "community problem. "It's going to take our whole community to help with the growing problems of crystal methamphetamine," Ashe said. "It's not just a law enforcement issue – it's an issue the whole community needs to bond together to....
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Disbarred Sylva attorney pleads guilty to embezzlement, money laundering - A disbarred Sylva attorney pleaded guilty last week to 20 federal charges involving money laundering and embezzlement. Tom Jones, 60, a former attorney for Jackson County, former member of the county Board of Elections and former president of the Jackson County Bar Association, entered his plea April 7 before a magistrate judge in Charlotte, said Suellen Pierce, public information officer with the U.S. Attorney's Western District office. A sentencing date has not been set, Pierce said....
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 Parading hats and dogs - Robyn Rhoades of Hiram, Ga., above, created this pink flamingo bonnet to wear in Dillsboro's 16th Easter Hat Parade Saturday (April 10). Rhoades, granddaughter of Gloria Rogers of Pumpkintown community, brought her Yorkshire terrier, Annabelle, while Webster's Kelly Timco, right, included mixed breeds Stella and Zipper in her wooden-barrel basket....
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 Earth Day at WCU to include alternative cars - An alternative-powered car show will shift festivities into high gear during Western Carolina University's Earth Day celebration Thursday, April 22. Smoky Mountain High School's electric-powered pickup truck will take center stage, along with two electric vehicles built by Swain County High School students. Toyota and Honda will exhibit their latest hybrid models and local citizens who own hybrid vehicles will display them and be available for questions.
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