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 WCU doubles campus size with Millennial Initiative - Western Carolina University announced plans Friday (Feb. 18) for the Millennial Initiative, a comprehensive regional economic development strategy made possible by the recent acquisition of 344 acres of property adjacent to the main campus. Characterized by Chancellor John Bardo as “a defining moment in the university’s 115-year history,” the move is....
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Sossamon to lead TWSA board - Former Sylva town commissioner and two-year Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority board member Lynda Sossamon will now chair TWSA’s board, members decided Feb. 15. The group also elected former Jackson County Health Department director Randall Turpin as its vice chairman. Turpin has served on the board....
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 SMHS cheerleaders bring home national championship - One year after a second-place finish, Smoky Mountain’s cheerleaders returned home from Atlanta Sunday as national champions.
The squad took first place in the medium varsity division (15-20 members) of the Cheersport National Cheerleading Competition at the World Congress Center. The girls performed....
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 Herald staffers win press awards - The Sylva Herald brought home two awards last week from the N.C. Press Association’s 79th Winter Institute in Chapel Hill. Web designer and computer coordinator Nick Breedlove received an individual award, and he and the combined news staff won a first place for the photo pages that chronicled Hurricane Ivan’s devastating aftermath. “These awards represent quite an honor,” said Herald publisher Jim Gray. “Our staff works very hard every week to bring our readers a quality newspaper, and it’s good to see....
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 Photos wanted for Herald contest - Delicate flowers, budding trees, children and pets in the yard for the first time in months... The Sylva Herald wants to see your vision of spring. Readers are invited to submit photos in the paper’s eighth annual “Mountain Spring” photography contest. Some of the best photos – including those chosen first-, second- and third-place winners – will be displayed during Sylva’s “Greening Up the Mountains” festival Saturday, April 30. Winners will also be prominently displayed in the newspaper in the coming months. Photographs submitted should be in color and must be taken by the entrant. Photos may have....
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