Dillisboro began their 28th annual festival of lights and luminaries to kick off the holiday season on December 2. The festival was opened on Friday with a Western Carolina University night encouraging all students, faculty, and staff to visit the town. Chancellor David Belcher and his wife opened the night with a horse and buggy […]
Dillsboro lights up WNC holiday season
December 1, 2011 by
The first two weekends in December the town of Dillsboro will be hosting their 28thannual Festival of Lights and Luminaries. The town will be lit with over 2,500 candles around their shops and studios. The shopkeepers provide hot cocoa, holiday treats and live entertainment. Horse and buggy rides will be available each night from 5 to – […]
Big stars visit this “Small Town U.S.A.”
November 11, 2011 by
Justin Moore, Thompson Square, and The Buchanan Boys rocked The Ramsey Center at WCU on Thursday night. College kids and locals packed the arena as they sang and swayed to the country and southern rock music. Justin Moore got the crowd going with his well-known songs Bait a Hook, Small town U.S.A., and If Heaven […]
Jackson County Get Fit Challenge
September 8, 2011 by
The Jackson County Get Fit Challenge kicked off August 29 and will continue with the first round through December 5. The challenge is to get Jackson County residents off the couch and have them put their running shoes on and be active. For a segment on the radio Power 90.5 Dr. Randy Provost of Med […]
The rise of prescription drug abuse in Jackson County, NC
April 26, 2011 by
She got her hair from her mom, her eyes from her dad and her drugs from her grandmother’s medicine cabinet. Is this what you want people to say about someone close to you? Jackson County, in April, hosted a “Lunch and Learn” class at the Community Service Center about the growing prescription drug abuse problem. The […]
Safety Fair planned for March 23
February 15, 2011 by
Members of CatTracker and other local emergency organizations planned a safety fair potentially set for March 23. Various members of the police, fire department, and EMS, of Jackson County as well as campus police organized the fair. “The primary purposes of the safety fair are to increase awareness of CatTracker as well as general safety awareness,” says Tammi […]
