November 9, 2006
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Volume 81, No. 33

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Shuler unseats Taylor; Jones tops Higginbotham - Democrats were the big winners Tuesday (Nov. 7) in the Jackson County general election. In one of the most contested Congressional races in the country, Democratic newcomer Heath Shuler easily carried Jackson County as part of his victory over Republican stalwart Charles Taylor for the U.S. House of Representatives District 11 seat. The 6,261 votes cast for Shuler represented 60 percent of the Jackson County vote, while Taylor’s....

Manhunt ends at Fontana houseboat - The six-week hunt for murder suspect John “Woody” Woodring, who killed his estranged wife in Sylva Sept. 18, has ended. Woodring was found dead last Wednesday morning (Nov. 1) in a houseboat docked on Fontana Lake in Graham County. While authorities have not released a cause of death pending the results of an autopsy, he is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot....

She’s going to Carolina - Making official what she announced in May, Smoky Mountain basketball star Cetera DeGraffenreid signs Wednesday (Nov. 8) to continue her career at North Carolina. Joining her for a ceremony in the school lobby are, from left, (front) brother Al DeGraffenreid; mother Pam DeGraffenreid; father Mutt DeGraffenreid, who is also Smoky Mountain’s athletic....

Mediacom-Sinclair contract dispute may cost viewers WLOS - Local subscribers to Mediacom cable television will be without WLOS-TV as of Dec. 1, unless an agreement is reached between the cable company and Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station’s owner. “We have been in these negotiations for about a year,” said David Kane, Mediacom’s regional vice president. “We felt we were making progress, but on....

Planners back rezoning, listen to developer’s case - Sylva’s planning committee heard a double dose of grievances about their land use and planning laws during their Tuesday (Oct. 31) meeting. Lawyer Keith Clark, who spoke on behalf a zoning ordinance amendment application filed by his parents, and Art Pohl, a real estate developer who has filed a petition for a higher-density development district, both took the floor Tuesday....

Revised math test said to cause drop in ABCs - While state school officials have delayed the release of official ABC results until today (Thursday), preliminary results were posted earlier this week. Information on the N.C. State Board of Education Web site includes preliminary scores for all seven Jackson County schools that are required to complete the ABC testing administered by the state. All met expected growth, the....

Tribe unveils bus depot - Officials from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians cut the ribbon on their new bus depot and rest area off U.S. 441 Monday afternoon (Nov. 6). The depot is home to a ticket office for the Cherokee public transit system, along with rest rooms, vending machines and visitor information. Its construction is part of the tribe’s efforts to improve air quality around Great Smoky Mountains National Park and....

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