Sylva News

Players at Harrah's Cherokee Casino can now have a stiff drink between games. And under an arrangement approved last week by state officials, their purchase will benefit both Swain and Jackson counties.

The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission signed off Tuesday on allowing the Asheville ABC board to put a liquor store in Arden.

Jackson County Commissioners pondered paint samples at their meeting this week in an attempt to pick an exterior color for the new library beside the historic courthouse.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission on Tuesday could approve a new liquor store in Arden that is the subject of a turf battle.

In an effort to boost recruitment of doctors to the region, hospitals across Western North Carolina are following in the footsteps of a national trend to employ physicians in-house. Historically, doctors set up independent, private practices.

In July only two candidates signed up to get on the ballot for the five spots up for grabs in Webster's town board election, posing a quandary for the tiny Jackson County town of just over 250 registered voters.

Police and state arson investigators on Monday were trying to determine the cause of a retirement home fire that killed a 76-year-old Jackson County man.

One person died and another was injured in a fire at a retirement community in western North Carolina.

One person died and another was injured in an early morning fire at a retirement community in Sylva.

A Jackson County man faces felony charges after investigators say he shot and killed two dogs on a roadside.

Town elections are over, and voters in both Sylva and Dillsboro Tuesday returned former officials to their boards.

Love it or hate it, mountain vernacular architecture has stubbornly planted its roots in Western North Carolina and shows no signs of abandoning the area.

From the Sylva Herald: Residents of the county's four municipalities - Sylva, Dillsboro, Webster and Forest Hills - will decide who will govern their towns Tuesday .

Editor's note: This story appeared following the July 1, 1997 rock slide that shut down Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge for several months.

Two of the five seats on the Sylva town board are up for election. Both incumbents are running for re-election and will face three additional challengers.

Towns across Western North Carolina will hold elections for town board and mayor on Nov.

The election for Sylva town board next week will determine the philosophical direction for the town.

Champion Eye Center already had the eye care market cornered around Asheville, N.C., and now they have it totally surrounded with the addition of Dr.

An annual meteor shower delighted at least one Western North Carolina resident who caught a glimpse of it Tuesday night.