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 Rosman native is named new SMHS football coach - Dale Galloway, head coach at Ashe County High School for the past five years, is the new football coach at Smoky Mountain High School. Galloway, 36, was unanimously approved at Tuesday’s special meeting of the Jackson County Board of Education. He plans to start work here in about....
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 Florida couple killed in plane crash on Tilley Creek - A Florida couple was killed Thursday (Dec. 29) when the private plane they were traveling in crashed on a mountain near Tilley Creek. According to Capt. Steve Lillard of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, the plane took off from the Jackson County Airport late Thursday morning...
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Tribal Council to vote on casino alcohol sales - Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians may soon have the opportunity to vote on alcohol sales on the Qualla Boundary. The Tribal Gaming Commission is expected to bring a proposal to the Tribal Council today (Thursday) requesting the vote, tribal administrator Paxton Myers said....
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 Leon Jones, former Cherokee chief, dies - Leon Jones, who held several offices with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians including principal chief, died Friday (Dec. 30) at his home in Cherokee’s Big Y community. Jones, 69, battled illness, including cancer, for several years. Throughout that time, however, he still played a leadership role in the....
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 Murder suspect surrenders on Cowee - A Sylva man wanted in connection with a Florida murder turned himself in Tuesday (Jan. 3) as television cameras rolled. According to Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe, Christopher David Lunz, 38, was taken into custody at an overlook on U.S. 441 just inside Macon County. Lunz himself initiated events by contacting reporter John Le of WLOS-TV because he wanted to give himself up....
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 Sun sets on Jackson County’s 2005 - Jackson County’s final sunset of 2005 was a spectacular one that painted the sky above Fisher Creek in shades of rose and purple as the red-gold ball prepared to sink below the Balsams, bringing an end to the first half-decade of the 21st Century. Herald photographer Nick Breedlove captured this image around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31. New Year’s Eve was quiet throughout the county, with no reports of serious accidents or crime.
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