Barkers Creek Cemetery
By Brannen Basham
Western Carolina University is a recipient of a recurring grant from the N.C. Principal Fellows Program that will provide $4.1 million over the next six years, the University of North Carolina System recently announced.
By Dave Russell
The Department of Chemistry and Physics at Western Carolina University will host a viewing of the Perseid meteor shower from 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, through sunrise on Thursday, Aug. 12, at Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
By Beth Lawrence
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the N.C. Wildlife Federation will offer two free online hunting-related webinars this fall.
By Dave Russell and Tessa Bradshaw
At its July 22 meeting, the Sylva Town Board voted unanimously to purchase a plot of land near Keener Cemetery. The decision was made during closed session and later announced in open session.
Like most every community in the land, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians declared a State of Emergency last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2021
By Brannen Basham
Western Carolina University is a recipient of a recurring grant from the N.C. Principal Fellows Program that will provide $4.1 million over the next six years, the University of North Carolina System recently announced.
By Dave Russell
The Department of Chemistry and Physics at Western Carolina University will host a viewing of the Perseid meteor shower from 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, through sunrise on Thursday, Aug. 12, at Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
By Beth Lawrence
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the N.C. Wildlife Federation will offer two free online hunting-related webinars this fall.
By Dave Russell and Tessa Bradshaw
At its July 22 meeting, the Sylva Town Board voted unanimously to purchase a plot of land near Keener Cemetery. The decision was made during closed session and later announced in open session.
Like most every community in the land, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians declared a State of Emergency last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Dave Russell
By Beth Lawrence
By Tessa Bradshaw
Jackson County’s unemployment rate increased to 4.8 percent, up .6 percent from May and down 4.8 percent from June 2020. Some 19,429 were employed in the county and 938 unemployed.
A Mocksville woman died of injuries in a July 26 car wreck on the Blue Ridge Parkway, park officials said in a release.
A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation is drilling H-piles, square beams driven into soil for deep foundations to support large buildings and bridges, along N.C. 107 in the Tuckasegee area.
Herald Report
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital will provide a free Sports Medicine Luncheon at noon Tuesday in the Easton Board Room at Harris Regional Hospital. Lunch will be provided to those who attend.
By Brannen Basham
By Beth Lawrence
By Dave Russell
Live Forgiven Church food ministry
Aug. 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week.
Foxes are known to be sly, but that doesn’t necessary mean not seen. It’s breeding season and young foxes, called kits or pups, and their parents are spending more time outside of the den, making sightings more likely.
By Dave Russell
A public-private partnership in Jackson County that has helped public health authorities anticipate changing trends in COVID-19 infections is now contributing to a federal initiative to support similar ongoing infectious disease surveillance across the country.
Thursday, July 29 through Thursday, August 5
By Dave Russell
The Great Smoky Mountains Association has announced that its 2022 wall calendar, featuring “stunning” photography of wildlife throughout the Smokies, is now available for purchase both in park stores and online. Each of the dozen vibrant images is accompanied by information about the picture…
Herald Report
Two people from Asheville were arrested on multiple charges following a traffic stop on U.S. 23/74 last week.
Jackson County Commissioner Gayle Woody (left) and Jeremy Wilson, assistant to Principal Chief Ritchie Sneed of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, stand with a replica of a road sign dedicating a portion of U.S. 441 to Beloved Man Jerry Wolfe. At a ceremony on Tuesday the stretch of U.S. …
THE FIRST FRIDAY BOOK GROUP will meet Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. in Room 129 at the Jackson County Senior Center. The book to be discussed is “Even As We Breathe,” by local author Annette Clapsaddle.
The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador team held a grand re-opening ribbon cutting ceremony for The Cut Cocktail Lounge on July 20. Located at 486 W. Main St. in Sylva, The Cut offers late night bites, handcrafted cocktails, select beers, wines and non-alcoholic drinks and more. O…
By Emily McClure
Seay steps up for Folds of Honor
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
By Brannen Basham
By Dana Ayers
Moses Creek Baptist Church
By Tessa Bradshaw
By Dave Russell
By Beth Lawrence
Herald Report
Thursday, July 22 through Thursday, July 29
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina recently approved scholarships totaling $410,250 to 91 WNC students in 60 schools in 19 counties. More than 60 volunteers from the community worked to review applications and select recipients, some through Zoom meetings and online interviews.
An undercover investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of Joshua Warren McDowell, 40, of Sylva, for drug offenses, according to a release from the department.
By Beth Lawrence
By Dave Russell
By Tessa Bradshaw
By Dave Russell
By Tessa Bradshaw
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