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 Weekend weather conditions lead to multiple rescues - Mother Nature played a delayed April Fool’s trick on almost 200 outdoor sports enthusiasts who traveled to Jackson County for this past weekend’s Smoky Mountain Adventure Race. The competition, a challenging 40-hour event, required three-person teams to paddle, bike and hike...
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Range opponents angered when moratorium fails - A motion to adopt a moratorium on shooting range development died without a second during the Jackson County commissioners’ meeting Monday night (April 4). Before the non-vote on the issue, commissioners got an earful from residents who support the moratorium, as well as from a few opposed to regulation. The meeting was the sixth in which county officials spent time on the....
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 Last call for photos - Despite this past weekend’s surprise snow, we’re planning on blossoms like these showing up soon. This golden image, a spring shot by Patsy Prickett, is a Herald favorite from last year’s “Mountain Spring” photo contest. The Sylva Herald will accept entries for this year’s eighth-annual contest, which will be judged by Herald publisher Jim Gray, through Thursday, April 14, at 5 p.m. For a complete list of....
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Judge rules for Summit in lawsuit against Forest Hills - Owners of Cullowhee’s Summit Apartments have secured the go-ahead to continue to develop their 14-acre tract near Western Carolina University. Superior Court Judge Ronald Payne ruled March 30 that Forest Hills’ May 2004 action to block construction was “arbitrary, capricious and oppressive,” showed “manifest abuse of authority” and displayed “reckless disregard of the facts.” The Summit partnership – made up of Van Stayton of Atlanta....
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Region’s future to be topic of brainstorming session at WCU - Imagination, ideas, insight, ingenuity, innovation, invention and inspiration. Those will be the guiding themes behind a day of intensive discussion and brainstorming about the future of Western North Carolina as hundreds of “thought leaders” come together Wednesday, April 13, at Western Carolina University. Christened the i7 Futures Forum, a name derived from seven guiding themes, the event will be held in the....
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 SCC’s winning ticket - During the daylong festivities that celebrated Southwestern Community College’s 40th anniversary Saturday (April 2), Elvis impersonator Chris Monteith drew the winning ticket that will enable Luis Duran-Aparicio, right, to attend SCC at the 1964 price of $30 for one semester. Father of 2-month-old Zara and husband of SCC student, Susan, Duran-Aparicio currently volunteers his time on campus as a Spanish....
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Sylva leaders discuss potential growth areas - Though there’s been no formal vote, Sylva leaders Tuesday (April 5) directed Planning Administrator Jim Aust to pursue the creation of an “area of consideration” and to look into annexation of properties along N.C. 107 toward Cullowhee. The discussion was the first about the town’s plans for expansion since board members in February rejected a plan to annex the Nanny’s Lane area along N.C. 116. That vote pitted pro-annexation....
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