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Sylva dives into Christmas

Dec 4, 2019

Friday night’s festive downtown lighting of the Christmas tree, below the historic Courthouse. Hundreds turned out for the event. A downtown Winter Market followed on Saturday, with Santa himself making an appearance. The Christmas Parade traveled West Main Street in beautiful weather Sunday…

Roadwork foes ready to flex muscle

Dec 4, 2019

By Dave Russell

Officers arrest suspect on turkey day following foot chase

Dec 4, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

WCU student leader avoids impeachment

Updated Dec 5, 2019

By Tyler Davis

The Oaks Gallery in Dillsboro to close

Updated Dec 4, 2019

By Dave Russell

NCDOT calls meeting to discuss right of way

Nov 26, 2019

By Dave Russell

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Sylva Police Department invites the community to a block party

Snow day in Sylva

Sylva Christmas Parade

Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Roadwork foes ready to flex muscle

Dec 4, 2019

By Dave Russell

Officers arrest suspect on turkey day following foot chase

Dec 4, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

WCU student leader avoids impeachment

Updated Dec 5, 2019

By Tyler Davis

The Oaks Gallery in Dillsboro to close

Updated Dec 4, 2019

By Dave Russell

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

NCDOT calls meeting to discuss right of way

Nov 26, 2019

By Dave Russell

Stopping road project is almost impossible

Nov 26, 2019

By Dave Russell

‘Christmas Past and Present’ parades up W. Main Street on Sunday

Nov 26, 2019

By Dave Russell

Filing for 2020 elections opens Monday

Nov 26, 2019

By Jim Buchanan

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Sylva pulling out the stops this Christmas season

Nov 20, 2019

By Dave Russell

Coin toss is used to decide Sylva board seat

Nov 20, 2019

By Dave Russell

Mau announces candidacy for N.C. House District 119 seat

Nov 20, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Railroad Avenue to become one way

Nov 20, 2019

By Dave Russell

One arrested in tire shop break-in, one still sought

Nov 20, 2019

Incident occurred at High Country Tire on U.S. 441 Nov. 13

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Work trench collapses, buries man

Nov 13, 2019

By Dave Russell

Mustangs to open playoffs against South Point Friday

Nov 13, 2019

By Carey Phillips

SMHS marks Veterans Day

Nov 13, 2019

In honor of Veterans Day, Smoky Mountain football players carried American flags as they entered Carr Hooper Stadium prior to Friday’s 42-6 victory over Franklin.

Jones files complaint with state Board of Elections

Nov 13, 2019

By Dave Russell

Commissioners wade into muddy issue

Nov 13, 2019

By Dave Russell

Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Home knocked off foundation, mud mess left in Catamount Homes

Nov 6, 2019

By Dave Russell

Write-ins a factor in local elections

Nov 6, 2019

By Dave Russell

Man is arrested after Cedar Creek break-in, faces multiple charges

Nov 6, 2019

By Tyler Davis

Home uninhabitable following blaze

Nov 6, 2019

By Dave Russell

Thieves drive off with church relief trailer

Nov 6, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Business scene bustling in Sylva

Oct 30, 2019

By Tyler Davis

Every vote counts in Tuesday’s election

Oct 30, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Ghosts, creatures cross worlds on Halloween

Oct 30, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Republicans push attendance policy

Oct 30, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Two more schools get D’s on their report cards

Oct 30, 2019

By Dave Russell

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Suspect flees, 12-hour search ensues

Oct 23, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Phone scam about jury duty is making the rounds here

Oct 23, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Haywood man is charged in Jackson child sexual assault

Oct 23, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Engineer: R-5600 to bring both pain and gain

Oct 23, 2019

By Dave Russell

Dispute over bicycle is cited in Sunday stabbing incident

Oct 23, 2019

By Dave Russell

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

County Republicans want Luker ousted

Oct 16, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Statutory rape charges are filed against Whittier man

Oct 16, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Chief Hatton sworn in

Oct 16, 2019

Sylva Mayor Lynda Sossamon (right) swears in Chris Hatton as the new chief of police on Thursday, ---Oct. 10 on the Courthouse steps. His wife, Glennis, presented him the pin. Hatton started work Aug. 12 after being selected by a panel of Western North Carolina law enforcement and town offic…

TWSA is still experiencing billing issues, considering another change

Oct 16, 2019

By Beth Lawrence

Community-built bike park to open with ribbon-cutting

Oct 16, 2019

By Tyler Davis

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Sylva politics see PAC involvement: Participation at municipal level is a first here

Oct 9, 2019

A political action committee is trying this year to influence the Sylva town board race.

Domestic violence: Why do victims stay with abusive partners? Part 2 of a 3 part series

Oct 9, 2019

Leaving a bad relationship can be hard; it is more complex and sometimes dangerous when one person in the relationship is physically or emotionally abusive.

WCU murder case: 1 of 2 suspects admits role in student death

Oct 9, 2019

Aja Makalo pleaded guilty Oct. 2 in a Jackson County courtroom to the murder two years ago of Jacob Ray, her fellow student at Western Carolina University.

Blast injuries: second-degree burns, ruptured eardrums: explosion occurred after man threw trash into bonfire

Oct 9, 2019

At about midnight Saturday, Fabian Herevia slung a bag of trash into a bonfire blazing outside a friend’s house on Timber Leaf Drive in the Savannah community.