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Retired educator Henke to be school board chairman - Monday (Aug. 23) was a night of transition for Jackson County school officials, with two members coming on board and the election of a new chairman. Veteran educator Ken Henke, the former Smoky Mountain High School principal who was elected to the Board of Education in 2002....
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 Runaway dump truck lands in creek - A dump truck filed with gravel ended up in Cope Creek Tuesday morning after the runaway vehicle came through the intersection at U.S. 23 Business and N.C. 107 around 8:15, according to Sylva Police Chief Jeff Jamison. The vehicle was being driven by 23-year-old Nathan....
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 Seized ‘sludge’ is meth; Sheriff Ashe to upgrade charges - Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe said results from the state laboratory are finally back, revealing liquid sludge seized during a meth lab raid here May 18 was 21 pounds of meth oil. The sludge was taken from the Dillard–town Road residence of 33-year-old David William Norman. Ashe called Norman’s lab “the....
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More improvements planned for SMHS - Students at the county’s largest school, currently enjoying a new entrance and more attractive lobby, can prepare for more improvements to their 44-year-old facility. Jackson County commissioners voted unanimously last week (Aug. 17) to proceed with replacement of the gymnasium windows at....
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 SMHS senior Sage Dunston to debut as Channel One national political reporter - More than eight million students in 12,000 schools across the nation will experience the 2004 elections through the eyes and ears of Smoky Mountain High School senior Sage Dunston. Throughout the fall, Dunston, 17, will serve as political reporter and Democratic commentator for Channel One News, the 12-minute newscast beamed daily via satellite to in-school television systems....
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County officials may revisit junkyard rules - Despite officials’ Aug. 10 vote against any amendment to the county ordinance that regulates junkyards, the issue may resurface next month. After listening to five speakers protest commissioners’ earlier ruling that wrecked vehicles being stored by a towing service would have to be housed inside a building, Commissioners Roberta Crawford and Brian McMahan indicated they would ask to place the matter back on the agenda during a....
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 Mountain lover’s delight - Another amazing Jackson County view could be seen Saturday evening (Aug. 21) over Lake Glenville. Saturday’s mostly overcast skies parted long enough to reveal a sunset full of shimmering pinks and oranges. – Herald photo by Carey King
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