Jackson County News

Federal authorities are investigating whether 13 buyers in an upscale Jackson County development fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in loans, according to new court filings in a related civil case.

Fifty-three acts performed during Catch the Spirit of Appalachia's recent Heritage Alive Mountain Youth Talent Contest on stage at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts.

The Jackson County airport has reached a crossroads. For years the little aviation field above the clouds has been a financial burden on the county.

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.

Dr. David Trigg, medical director at the Good Samaritan Clinic of Jackson County, doesn't know if he should do more or less to treat the uninsured.

The State Bureau of Investigation's top polygraph agent is charged with assaulting a man suspected of molesting a child in Jackson County.

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.

Several western counties have been scrambling to create an in-house child support enforcement program after the state announced it would no longer handle the job of tracking down delinquent parents.

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.