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	SMHS band shines at WCU event - Smoky Mountain High School color guard member Emily Stearns, above, and percussionist Ryan Neff, below, concentrate during Saturday's Tournament of Champions band competition at Western Carolina University. Directed by Don Miller and Bob Reid, the SMHS Marching Mustangs performed this year's....

	TWSA head resigns - County water and sewer officials Tuesday night (Oct. 19) accepted the resignation of their director. Hugh Montgomery, who has led the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority since March 2003, told board members that while his tenure with the agency has been challenging and fulfilling, he needs to be with his family in the Chapel Hill area....

	Amendment One has support of local government leaders - North Carolina residents will cast votes on three constitutional amendments this year, and many government and business leaders are hoping they'll say "yes" to Amendment One. That proposal, the North Carolina Project Development Financing Act, has generated much more discussion than the two other potential changes listed on the ballot....

	Hornbuckle will not serve active time - A woman who said the shooting death of her husband was an act of self-defense will not serve active prison time. Stephanie Lynn Hornbuckle, 31, received a suspended sentence from Judge Clarence Horton on Oct. 12 in Jackson County Superior Court. Hornbuckle, who was originally charged with second-degree murder in....



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	State's appellate courts to add 'judicial twist' to WCU weekend - Western Carolina University will give the time-honored tradition of "homecoming court" a decidedly judicial twist when members of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of North Carolina visit campus Friday, Oct. 22 – a trip that coincides with WCU's 2004 homecoming celebrations. The N.C. Court of Appeals will convene at 10 a.m. in the Grandroom of University Center....

	Traditional harvest - Cherokee High School students joined U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outreach specialist Gary Peeples in the Tuckaseigee River Oct. 15 to reenact a traditional Cherokee fish harvest, using a replica of a Cherokee fish basket (above). Fish were guided downstream through a fish weir, or trap – a rock jetty designed to concentrate fish for easy harvest. The weir, located near Jim Allman's home in....

	Sylva resident questions spending - A Sylva resident took county leaders to task last week (Oct. 12), questioning their judgment with regard to spending at the Jackson County Airport and their decision to purchase property for a library site. Just because county property tax revenues are up is not a reason to spend money that doesn't have to be spent, Marie Leatherwood told Jackson County commissioners during the public comment portion of their meeting.


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