Jackson County Health officials say the recent COVID-19 vaccination clinics have been successful. The county said Wednesday that it has now depleted its supply of vaccine shots, but still has more than 6,000 people on the waiting list to get the vaccine. That seems like a tall mountain to climb, considering the county is only … Read more
Stealing a leaf blower in Haywood County ended last week with a hefty prison sentence for an Asheville man, who fled from – then assaulted and spit on – law-enforcement officers, after driving at a high rate of speed through a crowded parking lot. District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said 40 year-old Jeremy Revis will … Read more
Rich Price, a passionate and proud 1988 graduate of Western Carolina University, has spent the last seven years as the director of economic development for Jackson County. Now he will get a chance to marry his love of both WCU and Western North Carolina in his new role as the university’s executive director of economic … Read more
The COVID-19 vaccination effort is expanding in Jackson County. Jackson County Department of Public Health says in a statement that they continue with the phase 1a group, which is frontline health care workers and long term care facility residents and staff. They’ve also now mpoved into phase 1B, gropup 1, which includes all residents 75 … Read more
A community bid farewell to its beloved fire chief on Sunday. A funeral procession of fire trucks and other emergency responders led the procession for fire chief Darrell Woodard, who died after a battle with COVID-19. Woodard was one of the only original members of the Savannah Volunteer Fire Department since its inception in 1978. … Read more