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‘Empty Bowl’ fundraiser tonight
Community table director Amy Grimes looks on as Riverwood Pottery’s Brant Barnes shapes a bowl that may end up at the Table’s “Empty Bowl” fund-raiser slated for today, Friday, April 23, from 4-7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and include the purchaser’s choice of a handcrafted bowl, donated by local potters, soup from local restaurants, bread,… »
“Support Our Band Program” tonight at Zaxby’s
Zaxby’s is sponsoring a “Support Our Band Program” night tonight, Monday, April 19 with a portion of all the proceeds from 5 p.m. until closing going to support the Jackson County Band Program in grades 6-12 (Smoky Mountain High School Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band and specialized Ensemble programs; Middle Grades Bands at Fairview,… »
Mountain Trace to hold Easter Egg Hunt Saturday
Mountain Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will host an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday March 27 at 2 p.m. open to the public. Please meet at the outside Pavilion. Refreshments and prizes to be given. For more information please contact Claudia King at… »
Library board to meet
The Fontana Regional Library will hold its board meeting on Tuesday, March 9, at 4 p.m. at the Jackson County Public… »
Parade for Smoky Mountain High School Basketball team at 12:30 today
The Smoky Mountain High School men’s basketball team will head to Greensboro Friday for the Western 2-A Regional Basketball Tournament. Their bus will leave SMHS at 12:30 p.m. and proceed down N.C.. 107 into town, then down Mill Street, and back onto Main Street, before turning on U.S. 23 Business and heading for the Triad… »
Sylva’s second Pedestrian Plan Steering Committee meeting set for Feb. 9
Sylva’s Pedestrian Plan Steering Committee will hold its second meeting from 5:30-7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 9, at City Hall. The purpose of the steering committee is to help board members create Sylva’s Comprehensive Pedestrian Plan, which is being developed to improve the walking conditions in and around Sylva, as well as establish connections with Dillsboro and… »
Demolition of Dillsboro powerhouse begins
– Herald photo by Nick Breedlove Duke Energy this morning took the first step toward removing the Dillsboro Dam and its powerhouse. After a five-plus year legal battle over the future of the 80-plus year-old dam, Superior Court Judge Zoro Guice last week cleared the way for dam and powerhouse demolition to proceed. Guice refused… »
Special reading set for Sunday in Cherokee
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian will host a reading and book signing Sunday, Jan. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Education and Research Center. Michell Hicks, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will introduce Cherokee writers featured in the new issue of “Appalachian Heritage: A… »
Sylva’s old and new board agree, Dogs OKAY at Bridge Park
Sylva leaders voted 3-2 last Thursday (Jan. 7) for dogs to continue being allowed in Bridge Park. The town’s former board voted last August for dogs to be allowed in the park on a 90 day trial basis. Three months later, the town’s new board revisited the decision and came to the same conclusion. “I… »
WCU commencement to go on even in inclement weather
Western Carolina University’s fall commencement scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, will go on as planned, regardless of the inclement weather that is forecast to strike the region, university officials said. “It is not possible to postpone commencement to a later date, and so we will hold the ceremony for those students and families… »
