While the war between Ukraine and Russia may seem foreign or irrelevant to some in the United States, the implications are global, and according to local reporter Cory Vaillancourt, it will and has already impacted the U.S. Vaillancourt, a reporter and politics editor for The Smoky Mountain News, traveled to Odesa, Ukraine in December 2022. […]
Archives for February 2023
A WCU artist makes her mark as a tattoo apprentice
February 28, 2023 by
Aleaha Waldroup, a fine arts major, is trading her paint and brushes for ink, needles and human canvases as an apprentice at a tattoo shop in Hayesville, North Carolina. Waldroup enrolled at WCU in 2018 hoping to get a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in painting. Instead of finishing her last six credits she […]
Communication contract renewal gets OK
February 27, 2023 by
Story originally published in The Sylva Herald, Feb. 15 edition Jackson County Sheriff Doug Farmer and County Attorney Heather Baker requested renewal of the NCIC Correctional Communication Agreement for a three-year contract to provide services to the Detention Center. The contract allows communication for inmates and visitors by telephone, video visitation, messaging, picture attachments and […]
Jackson County is looking in tourism priorities for this year
February 27, 2023 by
Story originally published in The Sylva Herald, Feb. 15 edition. Tuesday Feb. 7 the Jackson County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation from Nick Breedlove, director of Tourism Development Authority. Breedlove presented the board with updates on capital projects, tourism numbers and campaigns. The TDA released its capital project policy in 2022 with certain projects […]
The legacy WCU’s “Fight Song” composer left behind
February 23, 2023 by
The well-known Catamount “Fight Song” has been a staple of Western Carolina University since 1981. Since then, it is often performed at WCU football games, convocations, basketball games and other university events. The song was written and composed by WCU long time music professor, Robert Richard “Dick” Trevarthen, who passed away in the summer of […]
Bridge Church Celebrates 10 Years of Ministry
February 23, 2023 by
What began as a small idea shared by WCU students in 2009 has grown into a well-established ministry in Cullowhee. The Bridge is a non-denominational church in Cullowhee that has been an active ministry since 2013. Background “The first thoughts of what became The Bridge Church happened during my personal prayer time in 2009. I […]
