|
 Dozens turn out to oppose planned Tuckasegee quarry - Tuckasegee residents turned out in force Saturday night (July 29) to demonstrate opposition to a proposed mining operation in their community. More than 125 people packed the pews at Tuckasegee Baptist Church to hear what steps need to be taken to convince state environmental officials....
|
|
|
|
Sales tax holiday is this weekend - North Carolina’s fifth annual “tax free holiday” will be held this weekend, Aug. 4-6. The holiday was created by the N.C. General Assembly to help ease consumers back-to-school shopping expenses when the sales tax rate was increased to seven percent in 2001. “Now in its fifth year, retailers and their employees are....
|
|
|
|
Sylva board members discuss ETJ in Savannah Drive area - Though Sylva’s planned extra-territorial jurisdiction for part of the Savannah Drive area is moving forward, one parcel of land may slow the process down. Planning Director Jim Aust pointed out to Sylva town board and planning board members a tract of land in the area of Yellowbird....
|
|
|
|
July 4 fireworks display will not be rescheduled - County residents wanting to see the July 4 fireworks display from the courthouse steps will have to wait another year. Officials from the Jackson County Recreation and Parks Department announced Monday (July 31) that this year’s display, which was called off due to inclement weather, will not be rescheduled. Rec Department officials had hoped to hold the display....
|
|
|
|
 Reading celebration - Kids and parents pick out prizes while Tim Beck’s Rock ’n’ Roll Band plays during the Jackson County Library’s party that celebrated the end of its “Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales” summer reading program Saturday (July 29). According to children’s librarian Elizabeth Jenkins, left, more than 600 kids took part in the eight weeks of day camps....
|
Current Issue 
