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Commissioners begin work on next year’s budget - A planning meeting Monday (Jan. 9) for the county’s 2006-07 fiscal year budget brought heated debate about what the county’s priorities should be. County leaders promised in 2003 to fund the construction of a new main branch of the Jackson County Public Library. Estimates of the county’s contribution....
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 Tuesday accident kills pedestrian - A Sylva man was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by a dump truck in the parking lot of Tim’s Auto Parts on Business 23. Duane Scott Myers, 47, of Nicole Arms Road, was dead at the scene, according to Police Chief Jeff Jamison. The driver of the Jerry Cooper truck, 24-year-old James Ray Carter of Bryson City, was backing up in the lot attempting....
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Tribal Council dodges alcohol vote - In a move that surprised many, Cherokee Tribal Council members did not vote on a proposal to sell alcohol at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. Norma Moss, chairman of the Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise, had been expected to propose that Tribal Council members hold a referendum to see if Cherokee voters would....
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 Report card rates local schools ‘average’ - The report cards are in, and Jackson County schools rank about average. The N.C. Department of Education recently released its annual School Report Cards. The analysis compares local school district results on state and federal tests to show how the system is performing as compared to the....
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Sylva officials talk about traffic on 107 - Sylva safety officials Tuesday focused on traffic as their main concern. Discussion during the Jan. 10 meeting of the town’s Public Safety Committee centered around speeding on Main Street and N.C. 107. “We’re trying to get enforcement where there’s the most potential for risk,” Sylva Police Chief Jeff Jamison said. “Something has to be done with N.C. 107, there’s no doubt about it. But I don’t want Sylva to be known as a speed....
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Traffic concerns on Webster’s agenda - When Webster officials last week (Jan. 5) discussed what they see as an increasingly dangerous traffic situation on N.C. 116, problems outnumbered solutions. Town leaders peppered N.C. Department of Transportation Division Engineer Joel Setzer with questions and ideas, but he didn’t have any definitive answers. “I didn’t come with a bagful of tricks,” he said. Town board members’ concerns center around the stretch of N.C. 116....
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 Law enforcement kicks off Torch Run - Officials, coaches and athletes gathered at the Courthouse steps Jan. 5 to kick off fund-raising efforts for this year’s Special Olympics. Officers and athletes are joining with local organizations to collect enough quarters to place back-to-back to make a mile, which will take $17,000 in change. According to Sylva Police Officer Jeff....
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