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 Saturday wreck kills three South Carolina residents - Three people were killed and four others injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday on U.S. 74-441 west of Sylva in the Barkers Creek area. Davis O. Heniford Jr., 77, and his 80-year-old wife, Althea Todd Heniford, both of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., died in the wreck as did....
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 Teacher of the Year - Jackson County’s Teacher of the Year Jamye Christy hands a bean to second-grader Jeannette Rhinehart for a correct answer during Tuesday’s (Aug. 31) lesson on graphing. Christy uses beans as a reward for good answers and good behavior in her classroom at Scotts Creek Elementary School. Waiting their turn are, from left, Bryanna Schweibert, Sam Barnes and Jeannette’s twin, Jasmine Rhinehart....
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Septic tank rules to be amended after real estate agents’ protests - Recent revised septic tank approval procedures will likely be amended again in the wake of last week’s protests from southern Jackson County real estate agents. Most speakers at last Tuesday’s (Aug. 24) county commissioners’ meeting in Cashiers denounced changes in environmental health permit procedures that require homesites to be staked out before an initial evaluation will be completed.
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Sylva Herald offices to close for Labor Day - The Sylva Herald offices and printing plant will close Monday, Sept. 6, for the Labor Day holiday. Deadline for most news, including sports, for next week’s paper is this Friday, Sept. 3, at noon. Deadline for information destined for “School Days” and “Farm and Home” pages, which is always due a full week in advance, will remain Thursday, Sept. 2, at 5 p.m. Real estate ads, normally due Monday at noon, will need to be received at The Herald by Friday, Sept. 3, at noon.
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 Cataloochee to be featured - Cataloochee Valley, site of the elk relocation program, will be the focus of a free program Wednesday, Sept. 8, at Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Center. Mountain People, Mountain Land: Cataloochee Community, set for 7 p.m. in the center auditorium, will feature park ranger Tom Robbins and former....
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Webster officials proceed with annexation of Rivercrest - In a move they say will establish their town’s boundary, Webster board members voted 4-0 last week to annex the 43-acre Rivercrest Subdivision. The crucial question, board member Louise Bedford said, is, “Are we doing what is best for Webster? “I think we honestly, conscientiously and prayerfully try to do what is best for Webster,” Bedford said of the board’s action. “Everyone on this board is here because we love Webster; we have no ulterior motives or anything personal to gain.”
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