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Foreclosure not imminent on QC Apparel site, EDC officials say - Jackson County officials spent part of their Monday (May 2) session discussing what appears to be a tempest in a teapot. Though foreclosure papers were served last week on Jackson Development Corp., Economic Development Commission Chairman Tom McClure said Wednesday morning that a loan Triple S made to Jackson Development....
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 Showers open Saturday’s festival - Sylva’s eighth-annual Greening Up the Mountains downtown spring festival may have opened with showers, but the event was still a success, organizers say. Crowds – estimated at 3,000 to 4,000 – were steady all day, said Sylva Partners in Renewal coordinator Linda Gillman, and street vendors reported....
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 And the winner is ... - This shot by Waverly Green of Sylva is the first-place winner in The Sylva Herald’s annual Mountain Spring photo contest. Green captured the image last June near his home in Hazel Hollow. Herald Publisher Jim Gray, assisted by newspaper staff members, judged Green’s photo the overall winner from among this year’s 80-plus entries, and Herald graphic designer Nick Breedlove was contest....
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County leaders hear from range foes - County officials again heard from opponents of a proposed shooting range on Tilley Creek on Monday (May 2). Mark Jamison, Perry Eury and Louis Spagna, all residents of the Tilley Creek area, spoke on the issue during the public comment porition of the commissioners’ meeting, even though the issue wasn’t on....
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Local officials support regional airport - Jackson County leaders voted unanimously Monday (May 2) to continue toward establishing a regional airport in partnership with Macon County. Commissioners in March asked Rep. Phil Haire (D-Sylva) to introduce legislation in the N.C. General Assembly to allow the creation of a regional airport authority by Jackson and Macon counties, which Haire did in a bill introduced March 23....
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SCC to graduate 363 in two Friday ceremonies - Southwestern Community College will see the largest graduating class in its 40-year history Friday, May 6, when 363 students walk across the stage in Myers Auditorium in two commencement ceremonies. Students from the Health Sciences and Arts and Sciences divisions will graduate at 4 p.m. and those from the Career Technologies Division will receive their Associate of Applied Science degrees, Associate in Arts degrees, diplomas and certificates at 7:30 p.m. “We have outgrown the ability to have just one commencement....
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Local man is killed in late-night accident - A Sylva man died late last Thursday night (April 28) from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Eddie Hodgins, 33, of Webster Road, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck on S.R. 1360 (Mockingbird Lane), Sgt. Greg Christopher of the N.C. Highway Patrol said. According to a report filed by Trooper Derek Robinson, Hodgins was traveling south on 1360 in a 1997 Geo around 11 p.m. when the vehicle crossed the center....
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 SMHS to present ‘Carousel’ - Smoky Mountain’s theater department will present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” this Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, in Western Carolina University’s Hoey Auditorium. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. for both performances. Cast members include, from left, Allen Stephens, Nic DeHart, Lillian Crites, Braxton Midyette, Nick Savell, Trevor Buchanan, Katy Elders, Josh Jones, Tonya Pruitt, Dylan Coward, Colleen Davis, Cassie Smith and Martha Savage. Co-directed by Tinnie Salzano and Linda Haggard, the show will feature a live orchestra and choreography by....
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