In the crisp morning hours, bikers around Sylva joined together to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Saturday, Sept. 23. The ride started in the parking lot of the Sylva Walmart and went through the Blue Ridge Parkway. Leo Craig, the organizer, has hosted the CMN bike ride for roughly 20 years. He […]
Innovation Brewery is brewing up some community fun
September 15, 2023 by
Innovation Brewery invites the whole community to come eat, drink, throw axes, and play at their 10-year anniversary party at Bridge Park in Sylva from noon to 6 p.m. on Sept. 16. Innovation’s marketing director Skylar Ballew said the brewery wants the celebration to be accessible to the entire local community as well as those […]
Greening Up set to kick off festival season
March 9, 2023 by
Story originally published in The Sylva Herald, March 9 edition. The first leaves to fall are on the top of the mountain. There is no festival.But when the first green at the bottom of the mountainsides starts working its way up it is time to wear bright clothes, get out into fresh spring air and […]
Vintage shop offers treasures from the past
February 10, 2022 by
This story was originally published in The Sylva Herald, Feb. 9 edition. Shoppers at Kel-Save Drugs can pick up prescriptions and Barbie and Ken dressed in classic Star Trek regalia in one stop. Bob Kelley owned Kel-Save until he passed away in November 2020, leading his wife, Jeannie Kelley, to consider selling her house and […]
Open mic is going live on the internet
March 8, 2021 by
This story was originally published in The Sylva Herald on March 3. City Lights Bookstore in downtown Sylva and the NetWest program of the N.C. Writers Network will be hosting their first virtual Open Mic Night at 7:30 p.m. Friday. “We waited for the pandemic to ease up; it hasn’t eased up,” City Lights explained […]
Mountain Faith returns home
September 11, 2015 by
People from the community packed Main Street in Sylva, Thursday, Sept. 10, with the hopes of getting just a glimmer of the returning hometown band, Mountain Faith. Firetrucks, Triple Threat dancers, and finally Mountain Faith paraded down Main Street toward Bridge Park. The band was welcomed with open arms by approximately 1,500 people, according to […]
