February 28, 2008
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022508elizabethdolewestcatSenator visits Sylva - Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.), right, was in Sylva Friday (Feb. 22) as part of a campaign tour of health care facilities in the southwestern counties. During a stop at Harris Regional Hospital, Dole greets Dr. Steve Crider, left, a hospitalist, during a tour led by WestCare Health System Vice President of Business Development Alan Qualls, second from left, and CEO Mark Leonard, second from right. WestCare...

Judge orders county officials to pay plaintiffs’ attorney fees - Two weeks after issuing a verbal ruling in favor of the plaintiffs, Superior Court Judge Russell Lanier has signed an order that requires county officials to pay Tom McClure, Jim Rowell and Eldridge Painter more than $50,000 in attorney fees and court costs. According to documents on file in the Jackson County Clerk of Court’s Office, Judge Lanier’s Feb. 15 order awards a total of $56,289.41 to the three plaintiffs. That total includes $35,654 in...

County residents are invited to complete transportation survey - Jackson County, the Southwestern Rural Transportation Planning Organization and the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Planning Branch are seeking public input as part of Jackson County’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan. County residents are asked to complete a short survey to identify transportation issues and needs, with answers being used to prepare a county CTP. During the CTP process, the county’s future...

EDC, McMahan iron out details of economic director’s position - Members of the Economic Development Commission met with Commissioners’ Chairman Brian McMahan Monday (Feb. 25) to discuss decisions made last week concerning an EDC director. Commissioners and officials from the municipalities Feb. 18 unanimously approved a plan that mirrors EDC bylaws approved last summer. Local elected officials agreed that the county will hire an economic director under its pay grade and scale and treat the position like a department head. Once hired, the director...

Filing for local, district - Filing for political offices in North Carolina will end at noon this Friday, Feb. 29. As of Wednesday morning, only one additional candidate had filed with the Jackson County Board of Elections – incumbent Democrat Commissioner Joe Cowan will try to retain his District 3 seat. He faces a challenge from Darrell Fox in what will be a re-match of the 2006 primary race in that district, which includes Cullowhee, Savannah and Webster precincts. At least two Democrats will also square off in the District 4 commissioner’s race. They are incumbent Mark Jones and...
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Officials extend Nations’ tenure with school system through 2011 - After closed-session deliberations, local school officials voted unanimously to extend Superintendent Sue Nations’ contract through June 30, 2011. State statutes dictate that contracts must end in June and can’t be longer than four years. Nations, who has spent her entire educational career with Jackson County Schools, was named superintendent and received her first four-year contract in February 2004. According to...

022208courthousesurveyingtMeasuring for library - Jackson County employees borrowed the town of Sylva’s bucket truck Thursday (Feb. 22) to give Donnie Love, right, up-close access to the old Courthouse. Love, an architect with McMillan Smith and Partners, the Spartanburg, S.C..-based firm that’s designing the Courthouse addition that will house a new county library, said he needed to obtain accurate measurements to be sure the new construction meshes with the existing structure. Assisting Love near the Courthouse...

To get grant for treatment plant, TWSA may have to raise rates - In order to qualify for grant money from the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority officials may be forced to raise customer rates. TWSA board members Feb. 19 unanimously passed a resolution to raise the rates so the authority can apply for the $3 million grant. According to TWSA Director Joe Cline, customers could see a $4-per-month increase to their rates by year’s end, which would add around $120,000 to the authority’s coffers. The increase would be...

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