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Transportation group defines target area - The crowds that flocked to several summertime forums and fall commissioners' meetings stayed at home last Tuesday (April 20), leaving a transportation study group to meet in an almost-empty courtroom. Only three spectators and two journalists witnessed the first meeting of Jackson County's Transportation Study Task Force, and one of those, N.C. Department of Transportation engineer Jamie Wilson, soon joined the panel....
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 Annual spring festival draws thousands downtown - Thousands flocked to Sylva's downtown area Saturday (April 24) for the seventh annual Greening Up the Mountains spring festival sponsored by Sylva Partners in Renewal and Catch the Spirit of Appalachia. With music filling the air from stages at opposite ends of Main Street, a steady stream of festival-goers browsed the 80-plus vendors' booths - a record number for the event - throughout the day...Pics from the Festival
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 And the winner is ... - "Shannon's Bee" is the grand prize winner in The Sylva Herald's annual Mountain Spring photo contest. Tracey Grant of Cullowhee captured this image earlier this month in Sylva's East Cope Creek community. Herald Advertising Manager Margo Gray judged Grant's photo the overall winner from among this....
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School officials OK principals' contracts - Local school officials April 21 put an end to controversy that has swirled around an elementary school's leadership by offering four-year contracts to both its principal and her assistant. Members of the Jackson County Board of Education approved contract renewals for Smokey Mountain Elementary Principal Terry Clark and Assistant Principal Loretta Easton, ending rumors that the two would not be rehired. For the second time in as many months, speakers used the time allocated for public comment to praise Clark and Easton for what they termed a positive and improved climate at SMES....
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