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Commissioners to consider draft budget Monday night - The public will get its first chance to comment to county officials on the proposed 2006-07 budget Monday, May 15. The 5:30 p.m. session will be held in the commissioners’ board room at the Justice Center. Copies of the budget are available for review in the county manger’s and finance offices. This year’s total proposed budget of $54,732,289, which was submitted....
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Sylva leaders table recycling vote - Sylva residents will have to wait a little longer to see if town officials will offer them a voluntary recycling program. A decision was expected to come during the board meeting May 4; however, action was tabled until May 18, when town Manager Jay....
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 Downtown torch run - Sylva Policeman Jeff Postell, left, and Special Olympics athlete Jason Hedrick carry the Special Olympics Flame of Hope down Main Street Wednesday morning (May 10) as part of the N.C. Torch Run Relay. More than 4,000 law enforcement officers are teaming to carry the torch from Murphy to Raleigh, where it will be used to light....
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 Another winner - Christy Taylor of Whittier took first place in The Sylva Herald’s annual photo contest for this image she captured last month and named “Nature Provides.” Newspaper staff members judged this year’s 110-plus entries, and Herald graphic designer Nick Breedlove was contest coordinator. Other winners include Christy Bryson of Fisher Creek, grand prize; Becky and Eric Hester of Sylva, second; Shannon....
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County schools may soon be tobacco-free - If Jackson County School Board members approve a proposal they received during their April 27 meeting, the school system will soon be tobacco free. Board member Ali Laird-Large introduced a draft policy that would ban the use of all types of tobacco on all school properties. Current policy allows faculty and staff members to use tobacco on school premises, though students are....
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 SMHS to stage ‘Sound of Music’ - Smoky Mountain High School will present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music” Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, at Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center at 7:30 each....
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