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 Cleaveland to be next SMHS boys basketball coach - A coach one year removed from winning a state championship is coming home to try and revive Smoky Mountain High School’s men’s basketball program. Jimmy Cleaveland, who led the Pisgah Bears to an undefeated season and state 2-A title in 2005, is the new Mustangs’....
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 FERC hears input on Duke relicensing - Federal power regulators traveled to Sylva last week for the third time in as many years to listen to citizen input regarding Duke Energy’s relicensing bid. A different set of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff members June 8....
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Credit union to open branch in Cullowhee - Officials with the State Employees Credit Union recently announced plans to open a new branch in Cullowhee. According to Alan Salzano, SECU regional vice president, the bank recently purchased 4 acres in two parcels at the intersection of N.C. 107 and Little Savannah Road. That property was....
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 Air Force recruiter, coach arrested on charges of sexual misconduct with child - A local Air Force recruiter who is also a substitute teacher, Scotts Creek assistant basketball coach and Cub Scout leader has been arrested on charges of sexual misconduct with a child. Lt. Joseph Edmond Germain, 32, remained in jail Tuesday under a $255,000....
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DOT Board overturns county ruling - N.C. Department of Transportation officials overturned a decision by Jackson County’s Commissioners with their recent vote not to abandon a portion of S.R. 1173A in Glenville community. Phil Fowler, who owns property on both....
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 Honorable mention - Joey Hoell of Webster took honorable mention in The Sylva Herald’s annual photo contest for this image she captured last year and named “Snow Tulip.” 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....
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