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Dillsboro approves beer & wine sales...see Nov. 17 edition
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Most incumbents prevail; Forest Hills mayor’s race tied - Voters in Jackson County’s four towns have spoken, and Sylva, Dillsboro and Webster will each have at least two new board members but keep their current mayors. Forest Hills, on the other hand, returned incumbent....
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 Downtown sunset - Though the historic Jackson County Courthouse is typically Main Street’s dominant feature, Sylva’s most-photographed building took a backseat Monday night (Nov. 7) to a brilliant sunset that painted the sky in shades of rose and gold. And, viewed from The Herald roof, downtown streetlights mimicked the candle-filled luminaries that will....
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Regional authors to raise funds for library at Nov. 19 book fair - Everyone who attends Sylva’s second book fair week after next can do more than simply buy a book. Attendees can support a new library, meet some 50 regional authors and get a first look at Sylva First Methodist’s new building. They can also hear readings by a variety of authors including....
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County leaders deny request for noise ordinance change - County officials voted Monday (Nov. 7) not to ask planning board members to review the noise ordinance, despite a Cashiers woman’s plea. Marti Senterfit, who previously appeared before commissioners, asked county leaders to consider revisions to the ordinance. Specifically, Senterfit said she and her neighbors are concerned about rules governing construction noise....
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Tuckasegee’s Crowe wins statewide award - A local author has won a statewide award. The N.C. Literary and Historical Association has chosen Tuckasegee’s Thomas Crowe’s “Zoro’s Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods” to receive the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction. Presented annually since 1953, the prize recognizes the year’s best volume of nonfiction by a North Carolina resident. Crowe’s book was selected from among 30 books for this year’s....
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 Dillsboro hosts pottery festival - Joe Frank McKee adds the finishing touches to a pot he’s just removed from the kiln during Saturday’s (Nov. 5) inaugural Western North Carolina Pottery Festival in Dillsboro. The event, which included some 25 potters, featured demonstrations of throwing, glazing and firing, and drew steady crowds all day, said Dillsboro’s Brant Barnes, who organized....see photo gallery
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Veterans Day ceremony planned at Courthouse - A ceremony will be held at the fountain in front of the old Courthouse to honor all of Jackson County’s veterans at noon this Friday, Nov. 11. The ceremony will involve veterans from the community and elected officials. The Rev. Walter Middleton, a former World War II prisoner of war, will be honored. For more information or for help for a veteran, call Russ Bauer at 631-2294 or visit him in room A-229 at the Justice Center.
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