Asheville Citizen-Times - Sun Nov 22
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.
SBI agent charged with assault of Jackson suspectAsheville Citizen-Times - Wed Nov 18
The State Bureau of Investigation's top polygraph agent is charged with assaulting a man suspected of molesting a child in Jackson County.
Medical community supports hospital affiliationThe Mountaineer Publishing Company - Wed Nov 18
With a new operating company and affiliation just around the corner, those in the Haywood County medical community are generally optimistic about the hospitala s future.A Haywood Regional Medical Center, along with WestCare, entered into a formal agreement earlier this year to affiliate together with Carolinas HealthCare.
Commissioners perplexed by paint samplesSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 18
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.
NC textile conference held on military marketsMyrtle Beach Online - Tue Nov 10
Textile opportunities in the military will be the main discussion at a North Carolina conference featuring speakers from both state and federal government.
Fatal Sylva fire under investigationAsheville Citizen-Times - Tue Nov 10
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.
WCU sculptor receives awardAsheville Citizen-Times - Sun Nov 08
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.
Sylva man Matthew Allen Burrell charged with cruelty in dog shootingsAsheville Citizen-Times - Sat Nov 07
A Jackson County man faces felony charges after investigators say he shot and killed two dogs on a roadside.
21 write-ins get votes in WebsterSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
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.
Tracing the roots of WNCa s signature styleSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
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.
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