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Tuesday’s primary will decide commissioners’ races - The spotlight for the Democratic presidential nomination will shine on North Carolina next Tuesday, May 6, as the Tar Heel State holds its primary election. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama continue to battle for the top spot on the national ticket this fall. Also on the ballot is former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. The county has 25,151 registered voters. That’s up from...
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 ‘Best festival yet’ - According to coordinator Larissa Miller, Saturday’s 11th annual Greening Up the Mountains was a great success, thanks to the hard work of all the volunteers, town of Sylva staff, Sylva Police Department and festival sponsors. “We had a beautiful day, despite the forecasts, filled with great music and entertainment, wonderful food, and excellent vendors,” Miller said.... See Gallery Here.
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Corps will not hold Legasus hearing - Letters went out Tuesday to all those who asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a public hearing with regard to a golf course development planned atop Cullowhee Mountain, but the answer was not the one many candidates had hoped to receive. No public hearing is planned at this time with regard to Legasus of North Carolina’s planned Webster Creek community, according to the letters dated April 24 and signed by Kenneth Jolly, chief of the...
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 And the winner is... - Kaitlin Grant of Cullowhee picked up first place in The Sylva Herald’s annual “Mountain Spring” photo contest with this image she titled “Dandelion Courthouse.” Other winners include F.C. Etier of Maggie Valley, who captured second place; Dave Redman of Sylva who took third; and Jennifer Thomas of Whittier, Dara Eberly Smith of Livermore, Calif., and Ron Allen of Sylva, who all earned honorable mention. Area landscape photographer Larry Tucker judged this year’s entries and said he....
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Construction on 23-74/107 connector could begin in 2015 - Even if a road connecting N.C. 107 and U.S. 23/74 is built, it could be at least six years before the N.C. Department of Transportation begins right of way acquisition for the project. That was the news from the April 23 meeting of the Jackson County Transportation Task Force. According to Project Manager Mark Reep, of Raleigh-based KO and Associates, an environmental and feasibility study for the proposed road, which has been known as the eastern portion of the Southern Loop, is just beginning...
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Site disturbance causes work to stop on Whittier sewer project - After contractors disturbed a site deemed “archaeologically significant” by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, work at the long-anticipated Whittier sewer plant has come to a halt. According to Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority Director Joe Cline, construction was stopped after the project’s contractor disturbed a parcel of land where Cherokee artifacts were found. TWSA is overseeing construction on the project, which will provide 250,000 gallons per day worth of...
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County officials OK DOT’s plans for secondary road improvements - County leaders April 21 unanimously approved plans from the N.C. Department of Transportation to improve area secondary roads. DOT officials discussed their plans during a public hearing prior to commissioners’ regular meeting that night. During that hearing, Division 14 Engineer Joel Setzer said the DOT is trying to create a network of paved secondary roads for motorists to use. However, funding for many of...
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 SMHS hosts Special Olympics - Participants in the opening ceremony for the Far West Regional Games (top photo), a Special Olympics competition held Friday (April 25) at Smoky Mountain High School included, from left, Congressman Heath Shuler; N.C. Sen. John Snow; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks; Far West Games Co-director Sue Evans; the Rev. Jim Dean of Sylva, who...
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