Sylva News

Western North Carolina Fit Club is a free, weekly gathering for exercise, nutrition and support.

Two four-lane roads in Jackson County will be repaved and five bridges on Interstate 40 in Haywood County repainted this year under contracts awarded by state Transportation Secretary Gene Conti.

Dr. William Charles Lovett, 66, of Sylva, N.C., formerly of Venice, Fla., died unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan.

"The almanac hung from a loop of string fastened to a nail alongside the fireplace where it was handy for ready reference 365 days of the year." - John Parris, 1914-1999 We were reading one of John Parris's old columns recently and ran across a reference to "The Old Farmer's Almanac." He noted that it came with a hole in the corner, so it could be ... (more)

Four short plays by local playwright Gary Cardin will be featured in "Land's End and Beyond" at HART's Feichter Studio this weekend.

Brent Martin works in Sylva and is Southern Appalachian Regional Director for The Wilderness Society.

AdCare Health Systems can be described as a company that owns and manages nursing homes and assisted living facilities that, prior to becoming a publicly traded company in November of 2006, operated as a private company for 18 years in Ohio.

Thursday, Jan. 26 Rootsy singer-songwriter Alex Krug , host of One Stop Deli and Bar 's weekly Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, is best known for performing with the Alex Krug Trio.

Just before the new year, Kirtiben Patel bought a winning Powerball ticket at the Mountain Breeze Mart on Main Street in Sylva.

A Jackson County couple that once owned a Sylva funeral home was charged by state investigators Tuesday, for allegedly taking almost $50,000.00 from customers and not delivering services.

Good Life Publications began distribution this week of the 2012 edition of The Guide to Craft Breweries and Pubs of Western North Carolina.