Jackson County News

Western Carolina University graduate student Tracy Bochnak Kirchmann recently received an honorable mention in the 2009 Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture competition from the International Sculpture Center.

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.

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.

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

In an unusual election storyline, voters in Webster cast ballots for a total of 21 write-in candidates because too few candidates signed up to run for the five available seats on the town council.

Western North Carolina has so embraced mountain vernacular architecture that local planning boards across the area are prodding developers into adopting the style.

What to do and where to go to enjoy a colorful fall: What: Western North Carolina Pottery Festival.

Nominations are now being accepted by the Franklin Chamber of Commerce for several annual awards including Citizen of the Year, Civic Club or Community Organization of the Year and Chamber Member of the Year.

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.

The holiday celebration of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia's writing program will begin at 7 p.m. Nov.

This November, the Town of Dillsboro will elect all five members of its town board, along with a new mayor to replace Jean Hartbarger, who is stepping down after eight years as mayor and eight years as alderwoman.

Western Carolina University's Center for Service Learning will coordinate four community service projects on Wednesday in honor of Homecoming 2009.

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will open in Jackson County today as part of a weekend of veterans appreciation events.

Priceless artifacts often end up tucked safely away behind the protective glass cases of museums - but not Judaculla Rock.

The National Weather Service has updated its flood watch for Western North Carolina, dropping Macon County but leaving it in effect for southern Jackson and Transylvania counties, along with parts of update South Carolina.

While neighboring hospitals count down the days until an affiliation is finalized, Angel Medical Center in Franklin continues to stand alone during a time when independent hospitals are becoming increasingly rare.

Caldwell County authorities are searching for a man who abducted a woman, stabbed her and then left her in the North Carolina mountains.

Add more local politicians to the list of those calling for a change in the way Appalachian Development Highway System money is distributed.

Caldwell County- A Caldwell County woman said that she was abducted and forced to drive to Jackson County, North Carolina.