Early voting is ending this Saturday, Feb. 29 so you still have time to cast your early vote in North Carolina primaries. You can vote on campus in the U.C. Multipurpose room. Having the polling place on the campus is a major plus, but being a college student and living between school and home can […]
N.C law pushes Jackson county to update voting system
February 25, 2020 by
North Carolina General Assemble passed Session Law 2013-381 (HB 589), VIVA Election Reform, requiring all 100 counties to use a voting system that produces a paper ballot, ‘an individual paper document that bears marks made by the voter by hand or through electronic means.’ Prior to 2020, Jackson and the 34 other counties used Direct Record […]
Hunter Safety returns to Smoky Mountain curriculum
February 21, 2020 by
Smoky Mountain High School is bringing back its hunter safety course after an eight-year hiatus. The course will be taught by the schools agriculture teacher Blake Fox. He has been teaching agriculture at Smoky Mountain since July of 2019. Fox received his agriculture education and extension education degree from N.C. State University. He has been […]
Smoky Mountain High School spreads loves and breaks records on Valentine’s Day
February 21, 2020 by
Story co-written with Sara Stanley. Story was originally published in The Sylva Herald on Feb. 20, 2020 Smoky Mountain High School attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the ‘most people hugging soft toys simultaneously’ on Friday, Feb. 14 in the school’s new gymnasium. Over 800 students and staff from SMHS and the Catamount School […]
WCU student leader David Benoit campaigned in Iowa for Sen. Elizabeth Warren
February 19, 2020 by
As the primaries rage on and the Democratic presidential candidates continue to rally and campaign for voters, one student heavily involved in civic engagement has decided to help. On campus, David Benoit served on the Student Government Association (SGA) as a senator and currently holds a position in the executive board as the Association of […]
‘Homeless to Harvard’ Liz Murray to Speak at WCU
February 13, 2020 by
Liz Murray lost her mother, dropped out of school and became homeless at the age of 15. Now, she is a successful Harvard graduate who inspired Lifetime Television’s original movie, “Homeless to Harvard.” Murray will be the keynote speaker for Western Carolina University’s ceremony honoring students who made the Chancellor’s List in fall 2019. The […]
