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Local National Guard soldiers expected home today - “Ye-hah! It’s about time! And you can put that in all caps!” Peggy Dawson of Tuckasegee said when she learned that her son, SFC Rod McNeil, and other members of the 210th N.C. National Guard unit are expected to return home today (Thursday), scheduled to arrive around....
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 Dillsboro receives Duke money - With the key to the Monteith house in one hand and a $50,000 check from Duke Power Co. in the other, Dillsboro Mayor Jean Hartbarger, center, talks with board members about potential uses for the property. Board members signed a 10....
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Dillsboro festival on tap for Saturday - There’s people who love John Deere tractors, and then there’s people who love John Deere so much that they paint everything they own the brand’s signature yellow and green. John Faulk, owner of the green-and-yellow B & Al’s Hot Dog Stand and Applegate Inn in Dillsboro, falls in the second category....
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Sylva town officials hear opposition to proposed annexation - Sylva’s mid-April move to annex 31 acres on Nanny’s Lane and Griffin Road is part of a town plan to develop an alternative route to N.C. 107, area residents found out last week (June 1). At an....
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Sylva’s tax rate likely to go unchanged - The majority of Sylva’s leaders say they can’t lower the town’s tax rate, but a few concerned citizens aren’t buying it. Due to recent increases in property valuations, town ad valorem tax revenue will increase to $2,262,236 in the coming fiscal year – a jump of about $250,000, or about 12.5 percent – should the tax rate go unchanged....
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Report indicates Jackson owes Macon County $480,641 - A report by a Charlotte engineering firm indicates that Jackson County owes Macon County $480,641 for last year’s decision to terminate a solid waste agreement between the two governments. HDR of Charlotte, the engineering firm agreed on by both counties to evaluate the contract’s worth, completed the report. The $480,641 is “the same number that’s in their preliminary report,” Jackson County Manager....
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 ‘Safe haven’ - Amanda McFalls of Tuckasegee took third place in The Sylva Herald’s annual Mountain Spring photo contest with this April shot of a bird’s nest and eggs she captured in her bean patch and titled “Safe Haven.” Judged by Herald Advertising Manager Margo Gray and coordinated by Herald graphic designer Nick Breedlove, this year’s competition generated a record-setting 106 entries. Additional contest winners are Tracey Grant of Cullowhee, grand prize; Phyllis Jarvinen of Webster, first; Christy Taylor of Whittier, second....
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 Herald’s NIE initiative launches kids’ feature - Parents who are wondering how to keep their children’s reading skills sharp now that school is closed need to look no further than page 3C of this week’s newspaper. The Sylva Herald’s Newspaper in Education initiative’s new kids’ feature, Summer Smarts, spotlights reading opportunities available in Jackson County during vacation months and provides a short informational feature story aimed at younger readers....
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