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 Truck plunges off highway; kills one, injures seven - One person was killed and seven injured last Thursday morning when a box truck loaded with migrant workers from Hendersonville ran off U.S. 23-74 east of Sylva and plunged 45 feet down an embankment....
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Annexation revenue won’t cover attorney fees, Ken Gillis says - “The tax revenues you receive from my property will never exceed the attorney fees you’ll have to pay,” Jack the Dipper property owner Ken Gillis told Webster town board members Aug. 16 during their public....
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Construction projects to begin downtown - There’ll be hard hats aplenty in coming days downtown, as Main Street will be paved and Landis Street will get a new storm drain. Department of Transportation workers plan to begin the paving job Monday, Aug. 23, with work....
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Heritage Development Plan unveiled - Including his own personal favorite – the Drovers Turnpike Trail – Mark Jones, chairman of the Jackson County Travel and Tourism Authority, unveiled the areas highlighted in the county’s new Heritage Development Plan. His PowerPoint....
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Lawsuit filed against former principal - A lawsuit has been filed against a former Smoky Mountain High School principal, alleging he caused injury to a student through the use of “unreasonable and excessive force.” Filed on behalf of Michael Scott Webb, the suit alleges that former....
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 Celebrating Fontana’s 60th - Keri Davis, 7, left, and Cyrus Shular, 5, children of Gary and Lisha Shular of Sylva, join Winnie the Pooh during Saturday’s (Aug. 14) 60th anniversary celebration of the Fontana Regional Library. The Jackson County Public Library’s activities included music, door prizes, a special reading program for children and visits from the Reading Rover bookmobile and author Sharyn McCrumb. Jackson works in partnership....
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Local enrollment down slightly from last year - Local public school enrollment has dropped slightly since last year, according to attendance figures released Tuesday (Aug. 17). The total number of students attending Jackson County’s seven schools this year is 3,615, down by 18 from last year’s first-week total of 3,633, said Sarah Davis, school system attendance coordinator....
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