Swain County News

Many people have a dream of helping the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the counties of Swain and Jackson and public schools all over the state, all at the same time.

Actors Jeff Douglas Messer and Rob Storrs appear as historical luminaries Horace Kephart and Granville Calhoun, respectively, in the Parkway Playhouse's world premiere production of Outlander.

Haywood County Election Board members Grover Bradshaw, front left, Chairman O.L. Yates and Sarah Warren work with Andy Long, who works with the countys IT department and Robbie Inman, election director, to recount the votes in 119 Democratic House District race.

In 2011, the state investigated 6,077 cases of unemployment fraud and referred 286 of them, or about 5 percent, to law enforcement.

New Hanover County residents can breathe a bit easier, with the recent announcement that the county's ozone levels are some of the lowest in the state.