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 DSS prepares for move - Jackson County Department of Social Services Director Bob Cochran and several staff members, from left, Mary Ginn, Jennifer Abshire, Carol Ann Cope, Rhonda Monteith, Theresa Junaluska and Dianne Cauley, take a break from packing....
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Officials agree on Smoky Mountain construction plans - After several months of debate, county and school officials agreed Monday (July 25) on plans for construction at Smoky Mountain High School. Those plans will bring new parking areas, a perimeter road and new athletic fields to the campus, along with other improvements. Officials had been facing several road blocks to construction that have now been worked out....
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Three schools miss mark on federal tests - Nearly half of Jackson County’s public schools are not performing at an appropriate level, according to federal government standards. Official results for tests students took last year were released recently, and they show only 57.1 percent, or four out of seven schools, are achieving Adequate Yearly Progress....
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 Staying cool as temperature rises - The Sylva pool was packed Tuesday (July 26, offering swimmers and waders a way to beat the heat as temperatures soared in Sylva. The 104-degree reading at 2:09 p.m. may not be a record, but it felt like one on the second day of a heat wave that gripped the....
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 Thomas returns - Cooper Colwell, 2, left, Carter Colwell, 6, and Zeke Swartz, 2, traveled from Blairsville, Ga., to see Thomas the Tank Engine during his visit to Dillsboro. More than 30,000 are expected to ride with Thomas while he’s in town, a Great Smoky Mountains Railroad spokesman said. Thomas, who is currently celebrating his 60th anniversary, is a welcome site in Dillsboro, Mayor Jean Hartbarger said. “Thomas is wonderful, and we’re happy to see him here. Anything that gives Dillsboro exposure is a positive thing,” Hartbarger said. Thomas will be in town through Sunday....
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Regional airport authority bill passes; includes limits on helicopter operations - A bill to allow the creation of a regional airport authority, which was stalled in committee for weeks, cleared both chambers of the state Legislature Monday (July 25). House Bill 1051, which was opposed by members of the Jackson County Airport Authority, gives Jackson and Macon county officials a mechanism to create a joint Jackson-Macon airport authority, said Rep. Phil Haire (D-Sylva), who initiated the bill. Another provision of HB 1051 seeks to limit the operations of all commercial....
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School officials juggle principals - Three more Jackson County schools will have new administrators when the school year starts in less than a month. Both Fairview School and Smoky Mountain High School have new assistant principals, while the School of Alternatives has a new principal. Carolyn Pannell was chosen to fill the vacancy at Fairview created when Nathan Frizzell left to serve as principal at Cullowhee Valley School. Pannell is a 1979 graduate of Cullowhee High School. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1982, a master’s degree in....
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