Pulling for special olympics - Jackson County Rescue Squad members take their turn pulling a 38,000-pound fire truck 20 feet during Sylva Police Department’s first Fire Truck Pull, which was held Saturday (March 25) in the parking lot of Ryan’s Steakhouse....

Lottery tickets go on sale today - Jackson County residents will have their first chance to buy North Carolina Education Lottery tickets today (Thursday), beginning at 6 a.m. Sales of scratch-off tickets were scheduled to begin this morning at 14 Jackson County businesses, including....

Suspects in Cashiers bank robberies caught - A cooperative effort by three law enforcement agencies has resulted in the capture of three suspects who have been linked to three bank robberies in Jackson and Haywood counties. According to Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe, the suspects....

It’s that time again ...- Get ready to lose an hour of sleep as daylight-saving time returns this weekend. The official time to “spring forward” is 2 a.m. Sunday, April 2. However, it is suggested that clocks and watches be set forward an hour before going to bed Saturday night in order to be on time Sunday morning.

EDC considers sale of QC Apparel location - Land controlled by the county’s Economic Development Commission may soon be on the selling block. Officials from the EDC voted to either place the former Tuckaseigee Mills property (now home of QC Apparel) for sale and/or to ask the Jackson Development Corp. to resurvey the land outside of the plant. JDC is a non-profit corporation and the property-owning offshoot....

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