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Judge orders county to pay Airport Authority attorney fees - For the second time in two months, a judge has ruled in favor of Airport Authority members in their lawsuit with Jackson County Commissioners. Superior Court Judge Zoro Guice decided Monday (April 9) that the county would have to pay $35,654 in attorney fees accrued by plaintiffs Tom McClure, Eldridge Painter and Jim Rowell in the case. Guice also ordered....
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 Delicate blossoms - Area photographers are invited to enter The Sylva Herald’s ninth annual “Mountain Spring” photo contest. Each participant may enter two of their favorite spring images, like these weeping cherry flowers. 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....
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 Playing the numbers - Jeremy Cody, left, sells a Lotto card to John Hardy of Sylva at Cody’s Hot Spot last Thursday (March 30) on the first day of the North Carolina Education Lottery. Local retailers reported brisk sales all day, and statewide first-day totals approached $10 million, an amount which exceeded expectations by several million dollars. As of press time Wednesday....
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 Storyteller wins state award - A local storyteller has received an award that recognizes his contributions to the state’s folklore tradition. Sylva’s Gary Carden was presented with the Brown-Hudson Folklore award by the North Carolina Folkore Society during its annual meeting Saturday (April 1) in Black Mountain. The award was established in 1970 to....
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Resident shares concerns about county’s fast-paced development - A Tuckasegee resident, apprehensive at the pace of growth throughout the county and especially in her community, shared her thoughts with Jackson County’s commissioners Monday (April 4). Nola Brown, who said she is a lifelong resident of Tuckasegee and that her family has been in the area since the 1700s, addressed Jackson County....
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County leaders delay action on proposed USFS land sale - County leaders Monday (April 3) declined to take a stand on a controversial federal proposal to sell off national forest land. Though a resolution opposing the plan was on the table, commissioners took no action during their April 3 meeting, despite the fact that the Bush administration proposal includes the sale of 137 acres in Jackson County. Several governmental bodies, including neighboring Macon County’s Board....
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Sylva Herald announces launch of new magazine - Jackson County’s oldest newspaper is poised to launch a new publication that will celebrate local history and mountain scenery. Sylva Herald President Steve Gray announced this week that The Herald’s “Across the Mountains” will debut in late June, just in time for the crowds that flock to Sylva’s Main Street every year for the....
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 Show Choir’s New York fund-raiser is set for tonight - Show Choir’s New York fund-raiser is set for tonight - Smoky Mountain High School’s Show Choir will stage a 7 p.m. variety show tonight (Thursday) at Southwestern Community College’s Myers Auditorium as a fund-raiser for the group’s planned New York trip. Based on participation in the National Music Education Association’s national anthem project, the Show....
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