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 Trustees OK naming building for education leader Camp - A Western Carolina University building now bears the name of a community leader in public education as the WCU board of trustees unanimously approved a resolution renaming the University Outreach Center as the Cordelia Camp Building. The board voted during its....
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WCU professor to be Fairview administrator - Students at Fairview Elementary School will soon see a new face in the administrative pod. Board of Education members Aug. 28 approved Western Carolina University education professor Kathryn Kantz to serve as one of the school’s assistant principals. The action came during the board’s regular....
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Planned improvements to make recycling more convenient - With the January advent of a new solid waste contract, recycling is expected to become easier for county residents. County commissioners voted during their Aug. 17 session to move forward with a commitment to Republic Services, parent company of present hauler and staffed-recycling center operator GDS. Part of the new deal is revamped recycling....
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Todd Dillard to head up Jackson’s emergency management - As of Friday, Jackson County has a new head of emergency management. Todd Dillard, who has assisted Jackson County Emergency Coordinator Mike Ensley since he was named fire marshal in August 2003, switched jobs with Ensley effective Sept. 1, according to county Manager Ken ....
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 20 apple varieties all on same tree - Jim Sellers of Sylva’s Monteith Branch area shows off one of the 20 apple varieties he has growing on a single tree in his home orchard. According to Sellers, people kept giving him cuttings, but he didn’t have space for a lot of trees. His creative solution was to begin grafting the cuttings onto a single winesap tree about 15 years ago, and the 18-year-old tree now has red and green apples of all....
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