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Police officer injured in shooting takes stand in trial - Showing occasional emotion, Sylva Police Officer Shannon Ashe took the witness stand Tuesday to tell a Jackson County Superior Court jury about the events of Oct. 18, 2003 – the day he was shot while on duty. His testimony came on the opening day of the trial of Harold McVay....
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 Sheriff’s Office, SBI seize county’s largest meth lab - In what he called the “largest meth lab operation we’ve seen in this county,” Sheriff Jimmy Ashe arrested David William Norman, 33, Tuesday afternoon on charges of “possession of immediate precursor for chemical weapons of mass destruction.” “This was a true, high-level operation, what we call a ‘Nazi’ lab, with....
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 Sylva officials consider helicopter logging at town’s Pinnacle Park - Money doesn’t grow on trees. Or does it? That’s a question Sylva town board members are considering as they plan for future expenses that include a complete overhaul of the town’s stormwater drainage system and expanded services for a growing population. At a budget planning session May 11, town leaders discussed an idea that has surfaced intermittently throughout the spring: selling off timber from Pinnacle Park The 1,100-acre tract, located north of Sylva on the southern side of the Plott Balsams, was....
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County leaders agree to buy 2 acres adjacent to river park - In a move that could help clear the way for a library to be constructed at Mark Watson Park, county leaders last week agreed to purchase slightly more than 2 acres adjacent to the East LaPorte river access park. Commissioners’ Chairman Stacy Buchanan announced May 11 that Jackson County would purchase Leo Webb’s riverfront tract that includes a former service station building....
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Dismissed jailer to face criminal charges - Dismissed Jackson County jailer Jeff Burnette of Glenville faces a June court date on criminal charges of indecent exposure. Jane Charlotte Jones of Tuckasegee filed charges against Burnette May 12, after missing a scheduled May 10 meeting with the magistrate. When Jones did not keep the May 10 appointment, Sheriff Jimmy Ashe said apparently charges would not be filed....
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 Walking for cancer cure - Participation in last week’s Relay For Life tripled from years past, according to Josh Pierce, Jackson County representative for the American Cancer Society. “We especially noticed an increase in youth participation this year, from school groups to scouting organizations,” Pierce said. More than 1,500 luminairies, in honor of cancer survivors and in memory of those who died from cancer, lined the track at the Jackson County....
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