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 WCU celebrates national teacher education award - Area educators gathered at Western Carolina University’s College of Education and Allied Professions Monday (March 13) to celebrate the school’s recent national award that recognizes teacher education programs that exhibit outstanding collaboration with local school systems....
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Autopsy shows armed-robbery suspect was shot multiple times - An autopsy report released last month shows that a suspect in a November Cullowhee armed robbery was shot seven times by local deputies. Dr. Cyntthia Gardner, a pathologist with the state medical examiner’s office in Chapel Hill, determined that Dewann Christopher McCollum, 32, who was killed Nov. 15 at Moss Apartments in Cullowhee, died of multiple....
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Cruzan faces contempt charge for violating court order - A former Jackson County sheriff who is seeking to regain that post faces an April 10 hearing on a contempt of court charge. Documents on file at the Jackson County Clerk of Court Office indicate that Jim Cruzan of Sylva, who was sheriff from 1994 until 2002 and is a current candidate for the....
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 Spring photos wanted - The Sylva Herald invites area photographers to submit images that capture their vision of spring to the newspaper’s ninth annual “Mountain Spring” photo contest. Entries are due by 5 p.m. Thursday, April 13, and will be displayed at The Herald office during May and June. Winners will be announced during the Saturday....
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County, school officials discuss budget needs - County and school leaders met together Monday (March 13) to discuss the school system’s budget requests for the coming year. School officials asked for nearly $6.6 million, which represents an increase of $527,058, or 8.68 percent, over last year’s budget. Most of that increase is due to....
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 Show Choir prepares for dress sale - Trying on formals in preparation for this weekend’s “Second-Time-Around Shop” are, from left, Chelsea Parham, Martha Savage, Katie Setzer and Katy Elders. The girls are members of Smoky Mountain High School’s Show Choir, which....
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