Waynesville Task Force on Homelessness is looking ahead to the future. The panel has finalized a series of recommendations for how town officials should work to reduce the transient population and its impacts on residents and businesses in coming years. The task force recommendations and action plan follow more than a year of research on … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – You may have felt the earth move after a magnitude 2.5 earthquake shook nearby Asheville, just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was detected just west northwest of of neighboring Asheville. -0-
The design phase of the new Jackson County indoor pool at the Cullowhee Recreation Center is almost finished. The Board of Commissioners recently got an update from developers who said they took feedback from the community as to how the building should look. The next step in the process is to complete the construction documents … Read more
Students in Jackson County Public Schools will soon have access to more mental health resources thanks to a five-year grant from Project ACTIVATE. The federally funded program was created by the North Carolina Departments of Public Instruction and Health and Human Services to promote student wellbeing and address mental health problems before they occur. Jackson … Read more
Jackson County drivers will be relieved to hear U.S. 23/441 over Cowee Mountain will open back to five lanes before Christmas. Construction has reduced lanes of traffic since fall of 2019 causing big backups, as crews repair the troublesome stretch of road. NCDOT expects work to wrap up by Dec. 15. -0-
Jackson County’s Keeping our Mountains Clean and Green Litter Task Force is still looking for volunteers for the fall litter pickup. The bi-annual event runs through Saturday. Anyone interested in registering should reach out to organizers with Jackson County’s Keeping our Mountains Clean and Green Litter Task Force. -0-
Jackson County Public Schools annunced that parents can no longer just drop off their kids at sporting events. The school system sent out a message last Friday saying “Due to increasing disruptive behavior, K-8 students must now have an adult at all JCPS athletic events.” The Smoky Mountain High School newsletter said the new requirement … Read more
A Glenville man and woman are facing charges in connection to a shooting last week that left one man wounded. Christian Ryan Sammons, 28, is identified as the alleged suspect, and Felisha Faye Coggins, 33, as his accomplise, in a shooting at a home on Big Ridge Rd., Sept. 15, in which the victim, David … Read more
The Confederate monument known as ‘Sylva Sam’ is Jackson County now has its updated plaque. County commissioners in August voted to change the plaque on the statue outside the old Jackson County courthouse to remove the Confederate flag on it as well the inscription to ‘Our Heroes of the Confederacy.’ The changes were completed Monday, … Read more
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Help is still available for Haywood County non profits impacted by Tropical Storm Fred. About $500,000 still remains in grant funding for nonprofit organizations in the mountains that are helping with flood relief or were impacted by flooding from Fred. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) opened up … Read more