Gov. Roy Cooper sign on a legislative “mini-budget” providing the final $16.5 million appropriation to fund replacement of Western Carolina University’s decades-old steam plant. University officials say that late Chancellor David O. Belcher must be smiling down from above. The “mini budget” was signed on Friday, June 19. Belcher, who died in June 2018 after […]
Governor signs legislative ‘mini-budget’ providing final $16.5 million for WCU steam plant project
June 22, 2020 by
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. […]
Is now the right time to open North Carolina’s economy? Students share their opinions
May 9, 2020 by
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced on April 23 that the stay at home order would be extended until May 8. After that, the state will begin to reopen with a three-phase plan. Phase one of Cooper’s plan to reopen the state started Friday, May 8. The stay at home order remains in place with […]
The election for the Republican nominee of the 11th Congressional District is set have a second primary
May 6, 2020 by
The Jackson County Board of Elections is preparing for a second primary for the Congressional District 11 Republican nominee between Lynda Bennett and Madison Cawthorn. Bennett had 22.7 percent while Cawthorn amassed 20.4 percent of the vote. In North Carolina, if the first-place candidate does not get more than 30 percent, the second-place finisher can […]
