Archive for August, 2009

Smoky Mountain’s volleyball team surpassed its win total for all of last season with a 28-26, 25-27, 25-16, 25-23 non-conference victory over Swain on Monday at the SM gym. Kayla Moore put down 14 kills for the Lady Mustangs (6-0), Jodie Henkel totaled 24 assists. Katie Spiro and Joselyn Barker recorded 15 and 14 digs,… »

Swain charged to a 49-0 lead and routed Smoky Mountain 56-20 Friday at Bryson City. Corey Greene gained 225 yards and scored three touchdowns in 11 carries for the Maroon Devils. Cruize Frady paced the Mustangs with 146 yards and two TDs in 19… »

Appalachian country/bluegrass group Dehlia Low will play the final show of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce’s August “Concerts on the Creek” series at Sylva’s Bridge Park Pavilion. The Asheville-based band will play this Saturday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m. The band’s music draws from the sounds of early roots country music with bluegrass instrumentation,… »

Officials have released photos of the airplane crash that killed a Georgia couple Wednesday, Aug. 26. The crash occurred just before 2 p.m. near the Jackson County Airport; some 30 minutes later, the plane was located below the airport runway on the Ben Cook Road side. James David Lovins, 58, and Rhetta Ann Lovins, 59,… »

As of today (Aug. 28) some 65 cases of flu have been reported at Western Carolina University. Accoring to Bill Studenc, WCU’s senior news director, the university health center has seen numerous cases of the flu, although they have not been confirmed as H1N1, or swine flu. Because 90 percent of the flu cases in… »

Chris Cates and the Master Plan, whose Aug. 1 “Concert on the Creek” appearance was canceled due to bad weather, will perform tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at Bridge Park . For more information, call 586-2155 or visit… »

Click link to listen: 911 call for Plane… »

Smoky Mountain’s volleyball team was pushed to the limit Wednesday, but the Lady Mustangs (5-0) remained undefeated with a 30-28, 21-25, 22-25, 25-22, 16-14 non-confreence victory at Robbinsville. Kayla Moore had 10 kills and three blocks while Shayla Jackson recorded 10 kills and 12 digs. Katie Spiro and Laura Ward added nine and eight kills,… »

A Georgia couple is dead following a plane crash just before 2 p.m. near the Jackson County Airport. Emergency personnel responded after a resident of Cottontail Lane reported hearing a plane’s engine rev followed by a boom. Some 30 minutes later, the plane was located below the airport runway on the Ben Cook Road side…. »

The Village Nature Series will host a program titled “My Life in the Appalachian Woods” tomorrow (Wednesday, Aug. 26) at 6:30 p.m. at the Jennings Barn in Lonesome Valley. Award-winning Tuckasegee author Thomas Crowe will share his experiences and inspiration for his memoir, written in the style of Thoreau’s “Walden” and based on four years… »