Originally published in The Sylva Herald on July 30, 2020. The Nov. 3 general election is fewer than 100 days away, and Jackson County residents have some big decisions to make. Below is a sample of some of the candidates in the running. For the Jackson County Board of Commissioners District 3 seat, Democrat Susan […]
Monumental issue: Debate over statue draws varied perspectives
June 25, 2020 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on June 25, 2020. As signatures increase on dueling change.org petitions – one to remove Sylva’s Confederate monument and one to leave it alone – and the number of marchers grows, government officials and others have responded to the issue. Sylva has seen a vigil and two marches supporting […]
Elections 2020: Republican runoff for NC 11 is today
June 22, 2020 by
The second primary in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District is on June 23. The two candidates in the Republican block, Madison Cawthorn and Lynda Bennett, face each other again when neither got the 30 % threshold in the primaries in March. The significance of this primary goes beyond which Republican candidate will face Moe Davis, who won […]
Community again debates monument
June 19, 2020 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on June 18, 2020. He stands sentinel over Sylva as silent as a tomb, but the Confederate soldier statue on the Courthouse steps has set tongues to wagging and fingers to typing. Dueling petitions about the monument have sprung up on change.org, a website used to draw support […]
Coronavirus cases mount in Jackson County
June 19, 2020 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on June 18, 2020. Jackson County COVID-19 cases have more than doubled in the last month. On Tuesday, May 19, health officials reported 25 cases. As of Tuesday of this week (June 16), 61 cases were reported. That includes six more cases of COVID-19 in full-time residents of Jackson […]
COVID-19 cases spike in WNC
June 2, 2020 by
Western North Carolina counties continue to see a rise in COVID-19 cases as the state moves forward with reopening. COVID-19 cases continue to rise in North Carolina as the governor’s Phase Two executive order goes into effect. North Carolina has had over 28,000 cases with over 800 deaths thus far, those numbers expected to rise. […]
