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 Dazzling the night sky - Thousands attended Sylva’s annual Independence Day fireworks celebration, which was held this year on Saturday, July 3, in deference to Sunday evening church services. Main Street was closed to vehicles at about 6:30 p.m. to allow the crowd room to mingle and enjoy the music and vendors’ booths. Heavy rains that....See more pics from the July 4th Celebration...click here.
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Board names new principal, assistant for Blue Ridge - Local school officials last week (June 28) named three new administrators, including a new administrative team for the county’s smallest school. Taking over as principal at southern Jackson County’s K-12 Blue Ridge School will be a veteran educator from Connecticut, Carol Rector....
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Mayor asks board members to show ‘professionalism’ - Not in her 12 years as mayor has Brenda Oliver seen an issue keep coming up that’s as “trivial and petty” as the attention recently received by the police department’s take-home car policy....
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Monday storm downs trees, power lines, causes outages - Falling trees from Monday night’s (July 5) storm caused power outages, blocked roads, damaged houses and broke a car windshield, according to Emergency Services Coordinator Mike Ensley. “A tree fell on a car that was traveling down N.C. 107 and broke out the windshield,” Ensley said....
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 Charlie Hess served in president’s ‘inner circle’ - Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when Americans celebrate Independence Day, many have security on their minds, along with fireworks and watermelon. At least one man in Jackson County can describe security at the highest level. Charlie Hess of Cullowhee spent the last couple of years as part of an inner circle of special agents guarding President George W. Bush and other high-level officials....
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SCC ranked superior on state report card - “Experience excellence,” Southwestern Community College’s new slogan, was proved true when the college learned it had received a superior rating on the North Carolina Community College System report card. The rating is based on 12 performance measures that document how well the state’s 58 community colleges serve their students and local business and industry.
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