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 BRS basketball coach accused of having sex with student - A Blue Ridge School coach and teacher assistant stands accused of engaging in sexual activity with a student. Lisa Conley Solomon of Sylva, who was hired in June as head varsity girls basketball coach at the southern Jackson County School, faces one count of sexual activity between school personnel and a student; one count of taking indecent liberties with a student by school personnel; and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe. She was released from custody Monday (Oct. 9) after posting a $12,500 bond....
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 Power plant began generating 65 years ago this week - One of Jackson County’s more fascinating tales is the history of a local engineering marvel – a network of tunnels and steel pipe that channels the Tuckaseigee River’s West Fork through the mountains to a powerhouse below – completed in just 16 months and dedicated exactly 65 years ago. With World War II already raging in Europe, crews in Jackson County worked around the clock to build a massive hydroelectric project aimed at providing power for an aluminum plant in Tennessee. When the Aluminum Company of America....
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Sylva denies Allens Branch ETJ - A controversial proposal to extend Sylva’s zoning control past its city limits died last week for lack of a second. Though Sylva officials have been discussing a plan to establish extra-territorial jurisdiction for a portion of the Allens Branch community for several months, the matter didn’t come to a vote during the town board’s Oct. 5 meeting. A public hearing preceded the board’s regular session to hear comments from Allens Branch residents. Town board member Maurice Moody made it clear during the hearing that he would not take part in....
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 Fall’s flowers - Multicolored cosmos (Cosmos bicinnatus) light up the roadside Monday along N.C. 107 near Cullowhee Valley School as part of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s beautification efforts. According to transportation supervisor Tim Pannell, who works with the wildflower project, DOT’s goal is to balance wildflowers with bulbs and shrubs to achieve year-round interest. “We try to rotate flowers and put the prettiest ones in high traffic areas,” he said. With regard to the splashy fall-blooming cosmos above, Pannell said they were seeded July....
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 Green Energy Park opens - Smoky Mountain Biofuels co-owners Al Begley, left, and Sam Gray, address the crowd at the opening of Jackson County’s Green Energy Park last Friday (Oct. 6). Built on the county’s former landfill near Dillsboro, the facility captures methane gas emitted by the buried trash and uses it to power the businesses. “This park is showing in a microcosm the transition towards ‘green energy’ we have to make in North Carolina,” said N.C. State Energy Office Director Larry Shirley, seated....
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SMHS ‘passes’ state ABC tests - The results are in, and Smoky Mountain High School has “passed” the state-mandated tests that are part of North Carolina’s ABC accountability standards. SMHS has met its expected growth according to Jackson County Superintendent Sue Nations, who indicated last week that local school officials are pleased with the SMHS showing in light of the fact that many high schools across the state....
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