|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
This is An
ARCHIVE
Click Here to
Return to Current Issue
|
|
|
Annual Dillsboro fair to spotlight antiques, heritage - The Dillsboro Merchants Association will sponsor it’s third annual Antiques Fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. This year’s event will have several new features, including two heritage displays, two antique vehicle shows and live entertainment, said event coordinator Leslie Rojohn. “I think it’s going....
|
|
|
|
 Fund-raiser’s fruition - The Jackson County Cares initiative, which included a call-in fund-raising event, raised more than $30,000 to be divided between the American Red Cross, Hearts with Hands and the Salvation Army. Representatives from the event’s sponsors, local banks and agencies....
|
|
|
|
 Costume winners - Three contestants compete to see who has the best traditional mountain garb during the costume contest for children at Western Carolina University’s 31st annual Mountain Heritage Day. All three contestants, (from left) Elizabeth Vickery, Anna Tyler and Ally Vickery, won first-place blue ribbons, presented by Bill Nichols, Norton Stage emcee. The Vickerys are daughters of Jeffrey and Tonya Vickery....
|
|
|
|
 Sylva Police seize drugs valued at $55,000 from Harris Circle home - The Sylva Police Department recovered drugs valued at $55,000 following the arrest of a local man last Friday (Sept. 23) in what Police Chief Jeff Jamison called “a substantial grow operation.” Matthew Rippetoe, 25, of Harris Circle, is charged with possession of marijuana, manufacture of marijuana, possession with intent to....
|
|
|
|
 TWSA leaders approve Cline as Authority’s full-time head - Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority officials showed their confidence in Director Joe Cline by voting unanimously to make his position permanent last Tuesday (Sept. 20). Cline was hired in March and placed on a six-month trial period. That half-year was set to expire last Wednesday, prompting officials’ action to make him permanent. At the meeting, TWSA chair Lynda Sossamon had nothing but praise for Cline....
|
|
|
|
AG ‘disappointed’ with tone of his staff’s Duke relicensing filing - North Carolina’s attorney general sent county leaders a Sept. 13 letter that expresses “disappointment” in the tone of a brief written by his staff and filed with federal power officials as part of Duke Power’s relicensing application. “I am disappointed in the tone of the filing,” writes Attorney General Roy Cooper. “The filing lacks the civility and professionalism that I expect from attorneys working for the state of....
|
|
Current Issue 