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 SMHS changes, tobacco-free policy mark schools’ opening - When local schools open on Monday, Aug. 27, the winds of change will be in the air. For many students, in addition to new teachers and classes, it will mean higher prices for school lunches and new administrators. For teachers, parents and those older than 18 who attend athletic events, this school year marks the advent of Jackson County Schools’ tobacco-free campus policy. “Parents and members of the community are invited and encouraged to...
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 Film premiere in Cherokee - Bo Taylor, left, who plays Chula, prepares a special “smoke” for Lt. Henry Timberlake, played by Joshua Lowell, in the PBS special “Emissaries of Peace.” A world premiere of the movie is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at Cherokee High School; the event is free and open to the public. The documentary was shot on location in Cherokee and Colonial Williamsburg and is a joint venture between the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. PBS...
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County officials add Internet-based, targeted telephone warning system - Local emergency officials are adding a new service that will help them to telephone warnings to targeted areas of the county. Provided by Emergency Communications Network of Ormond Beach, Fla., at a cost of $7,500 per year, the Internet-based program, “CodeRED” will allow Jackson County’s Emergency Management Office to simultaneously call all residents of any area that’s facing imminent danger from storms, flooding, fire or hazardous material spills, Emergency Management Coordinator Todd Dillard said Tuesday. When a threat such as a...
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County, town OK suspension of Southern Lumber loan payments - Both town of Sylva and Jackson County officials will allow Southern Lumber to suspend revolving loan payments for six months. The county’s decision came Monday night (Aug. 20), when commissioners unanimously approved a request from Southern Lumber owner Tom Stovall. That action mirrored one taken by Sylva town board members during their Aug. 16 meeting. Stovall asked county leaders to suspend payments...
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Judge delays Airport suit ruling until Sept. 4 - Local plaintiffs suing Jackson County and the Jackson County Airport Authority will have to wait two more weeks to see if they will have access to county records. Superior Court Judge Marlene Hyatt Monday (Aug. 20) decided to wait until Tuesday, Sept. 4, to determine whether plaintiffs R.L. Ammons and Dewayne Pruett and their lawyer, Eric Ridenour, will be granted access to...
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Mills, SMHS assistant principal, leaves post - Local school officials accepted the resignation of Smoky Mountain High School Assistant Principal Joe Mills Aug. 13. That action came during a special meeting of the Jackson County Board of Education that was called to discuss personnel matters. Mills was named to the post in 2005. Before then, he served as...
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 Senator, congressman visit county - Both U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (center in left photo) and U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler (left in right photo) spent a portion of their August break in Jackson County Tuesday. Burr paid a morning visit to the Jackson County Green Energy Park, and Shuler was at Webster Enterprises for an early-afternoon tour. With Shuler are, from left, State Sen. John Snow, Webster Enterprises Director...
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