Planning board to vote on subdivision, steep-slope rules - Members of the Jackson County Planning Board are expected to vote on draft subdivision and steep-slope ordinances during their regular meeting tonight (Thursday). County commissioners recently asked the planning board to have drafts of the two ordinances ready for them to review by their Tuesday, May 22 meeting. The planning board has been putting final touches on the two ordinances over the past week. Members met last Thursday (May 10) to discuss the latest draft of the subdivision ordinance....

Woodring autopsy results inconclusive - Autopsy reports received more than six months after his death show no conclusive evidence as to what killed presumed murderer John “Woody” Woodring. According to a report on file at the N.C. Medical Examiner’s office, Woodring’s cause of death is “undetermined.” It was previously believed that Woodring, whose body was found Nov. 1 in a houseboat docked on Fontana....

Crews begin repairs to fountain - Fountain repairs got under way last week (May 9) as Kevin Morgan, left, of Jackson County’s maintenance department and Matthew Moore of Sylva’s public works department began drilling out the old fountain system while Jackson County’s Melvin Barnes operated a backhoe. According to Sylva Public Works Director Dan Schaeffer, the project has taken a little longer than expected. “It’s been a chore,” he said. “I thought it would take us....

Third-place winner - This year’s third-place winner is by Christy Taylor of Dillsboro, who also won second place in The Sylva Herald’s 10th annual “Mountain Spring” photo contest. Other winners include Ginger Buchanan of Sylva, who captured first place, and Bill and Muff Lyons of Cullowhee, who earned the two honorable mention ribbons. This year’s contest was....

EDC, JDC hash out history, finances - Members of two boards created to aid economic development in Jackson County sat down together Monday (May 14) to talk over their past and future. While the Economic Development Commission and its property-owning offshoot, Jackson Development Corp., apparently once functioned almost as one unit, the two boards’ paths have diverged in recent years. That separation has led to a degree of confusion over what exactly is the relationship of the two and....

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