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In wake of Frances, Jackson County braces for Ivan - As Jackson County recovers from the torrential rains and flooding Hurricane Frances delivered last week (Sept. 7-8), residents brace for the even stronger Hurricane Ivan, a Category 4 storm bearing down....Gallery
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 WCU student dead, search continues for companion - One Western Carolina University student is dead and another is missing after a waterfall accident in the Canada community. Rescuers continued to search the Wolf Creek-Bear Lake waters for Aaron Joel Esteppe, a 19....
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 Madison scholarship - Descendants of Robert Lee Madison, a founder of the institution that became Western Carolina University, have contributed approximately $24,000 to create the Robert Lee and Ella Richards Madison Scholarship to provide financial support to students majoring in education. The endowed scholarship is designed to honor the memory of the man who established the Cullowhee Academy in 1889. Scholarships will be awarded to students from westernmost counties of....
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County commissioners ink deal on library site; discuss junkyard ordinance again - The county has entered into an agreement that should result in a new public library at Jackson Plaza. Commissioners’ Chairman Stacy Buchanan announced Tuesday (Sept. 14) that officials have entered into a preliminary contract to purchase 1.4 acres of the old Western Sizzlin’ site from the Grindstaff family.
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 Sylva Herald writer selected to participate in national conference - A Sylva Herald staff writer attended a national conference on religion and the media last week. Reporter/feature writer Carey King, who joined The Herald staff a year ago, was selected as one of 19 writers nationwide to receive a scholarship to the Religion Newswriters Association’s 55th annual conference in Washington, D.C. King was also among the select few chosen to attend an extra two-day session dubbed....
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