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 Frances’ heavy rains cause widespread flooding - The remnants of Hurricane Frances still packed plenty of moisture as the storm stalled over Western North Carolina Tuesday (Sept. 7), dumping several inches of rain on Jackson and surrounding counties. Emergency crews worked through the night, evacuating those in low-lying areas near the Tuckaseigee and performing some 20 water-related rescues in areas....
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Summit owners vow to take Forest Hills to court - Forest Hills “can’t act as both judge and jury,” says attorney Charles Clement of Boone, and he plans to take the town to Superior Court to prove it. Upholding a ruling by town zoning administrator Dick Iobst, Forest Hills’ zoning board Sept. 1 denied a zoning certificate for Clement’s clients, Summit Apartments owners Van Stayton and Mark O’Briant. The decision halts....
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 Art on display - Pictures by local photographer Bud Uffelman, such as this image of a church in autumn, will be featured during September at Gallery One on Main Street in Sylva. Uffelman, chosen Artist of the Month, will be honored during a 7 p.m. opening reception Friday, Sept. 10, at the downtown gallery. Friday’s event will also serve as the opening reception for a ceramics show by Cullowhee Valley School teachers Jack Collins and Stephen Harrison....
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Herald announces printing schedule, deadline changes - A shift in the way newspaper pages are prepared for publication has necessitated some changes in The Herald’s advertising and news deadlines. The newspaper is currently in transition from sending actual “paper” pages to the printing plant in Franklin to transmitting electronic pages via the Internet as they are completed, said Sylva Herald President Steve Gray....
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TWSA to seek grant to work with towns - Some grocery stores put milk on sale to boost cookie profits. But water’s not milk, and annexation’s not cookies, Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority director Hugh Montgomery told Sylva board members Sept. 2. The comparison came in response to the town’s proposal that TWSA only allocate water and sewer service to developers if those developers agree to be annexed into the town.
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 New DOT division engineer intends to be proactive - Frances was keeping Joel Setzer busy. As the hurricane threatened to send her fury up the coast, the new N.C. Department of Transportation 14th division engineer was rallying his troops. “First and foremost on my mind is safety,” said Setzer, who took over the position following Ron Watson’s retirement. “We could have heavy flooding here in the mountains so we have to put our high-water operating procedures in place....
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