Split Sylva board OKs funding to complete new pedestrian bridge - After lengthy discussion, a divided town board approved funding needed to complete a planned pedestrian bridge that will connect the town’s Railroad Avenue municipal parking lot with Sylva’s Poteet Park. That action came during Sylva leaders’ May 15 regular meeting after officials learned that the price tag for installation of the bridge that will span...

Relay nets $69,000 for cancer research - Cancer survivors line up to walk the survivor lap during Friday’s (May 16) Relay for Life at the Jackson County Recreation Center. Nearly 400 people attended throughout the night, and 20 teams participated in the event. Almost $69,000 was raised, although some teams will continue to raise funds until August, according...

Herald offices to close for Memorial Day holiday - The Sylva Herald offices and printing plant will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. All news deadlines for the May 29 edition will be noon on Friday, May 23. Display advertising deadline will remain noon on Tuesday, May 27. Classified and real estate ads, normally due at noon Monday, will need to be received in the newspaper offices by noon...

Honorable mention - Dara Eberly Smith of Livermore, Calif., earned one of three honorable mentions in this year’s Sylva Herald “Mountain Spring” photo contest with this image she captured in March. Other winners include Kaitlin Grant of Cullowhee, first; F.C. Etier of Maggie Valley, second; Dave Redman of Sylva, third; and Jennifer Thomas of Whittier and Ron Allen of Sylva, honorable mention. Area landscape photographer and former Smoky Mountain High School biology teacher Larry Tucker...

Park’s pavilion to be ‘raised’ Monday - After almost two years of planning and fund-raising, and helped along with cash and in-kind donations from hundreds of area residents and visitors, the timber-frame pavilion at Bridge Park will be erected on Memorial Day – Monday, May 26. Construction will be accompanied by a community potluck picnic to watch the timber frame go up, hear music and celebrate the success of the fund...

Second fire destroys Caney Fork residence - The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and State Bureau of Investigation are investigating two fires during the past week at the Kenny Hughes residence on Peachtree Road off Caney Fork. The second fire, which was reported at 4:25 a.m. Tuesday, destroyed the home, according to Cullowhee Fire Chief Richard Frady. “The house was pretty well fully involved by the time we got there...

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