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Herald’s new summer magazine debuts inside this issue - Jackson County’s oldest newspaper has published a new summer magazine that celebrates local history and mountain scenery. The Sylva Herald’s “Across the Mountains” debuts inside this issue, just in time for the crowds that flock to Sylva’s Main Street every year for the annual....
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Monday wreck snarls traffic - A tractor trailer drifted off the shoulder of U.S. 74 around 1:25 p.m. Monday (June 26) and tied up traffic for about four hours. According to N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Steve Allred, the driver, 78-year-old Luther Harness of Carnesville, Ga., was heading east on U.S. 74 between the two Sylva exits when he drifted off the shoulder and struck a concrete barrier. The impact caused the cab to....
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School officials admit to improper closed session - School officials this week owned up to an error made during their June 15 meeting. During that session, school board members discussed the details of the board’s contract with attorney Paul Holt in closed session. Since Holt’s services to the board are provided on an outside-contract basis, he is not....
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Fireworks to dazzle downtown sky - Local residents and visitors will get fireworks and more when they come downtown for this year’s Fourth of July celebration. More than 1,600 fireworks will light up the old Courthouse as soon as night falls Tuesday evening. The show, a 24-year tradition in Sylva, is again organized by the Jackson County Recreation....
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‘Monsters’ on Main - Monster trucks roared down Main Street Wednesday (June 28) in advance of the free Monster Jam planned Saturday, July 1, at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Center at 7 p.m. Susan Shannon of Sylva won the national “Monsters on Mainstreet” sweepstakes sponsored....
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‘Miss Lucy’s Picnic’ to celebrate 60th year - The annual “Miss Lucy’s Picnic,” sponsored by the Webster Historical Society, will be held on “big lot” at Hedden House, now owned by Deborah and Terry Thompson, on Buchanan Loop in Webster on Sunday afternoon, July 2, at 5 p.m. Now in its 60th year, the celebration of the Fourth of July was begun by Miss Lucy Hedden and Louise Buchanan and their Camp Fire Girls’ troop....
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Newspaper offices to close for Fourth of July - The Sylva Herald offices and printing plant will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. All news deadlines for the July 6 edition will be noon on Friday, June 30. Real estate advertising will be due at noon on Friday, and the deadline for display advertising will be moved up to noon on Monday. Deadline for classified and real estate ads will remain noon on Monday.
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