RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed September 15 – October 15, 2021 as Hispanic Heritage Month to recognize the culture, history and achievements of the Hispanic and Latinx community in North Carolina. This year’s theme is Esperanza: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Hope to celebrate the community’s resilience, strength and hope. “North Carolina’s diversity is […]
Read More »Black Bear Festival October 16th & 17th 2021 Chatsworth, GA
Black Bear Festival October 16th & 17th 2021 Chatsworth, GA! The Frontmen of Country!!! Featuring Richie McDonald (Lonestar) Larry Stewart (Restless Heart) & Tim Rushlow (Little Texas)
Read More »Healthier Together Announces Additional $500K in Grants to Support Equitable COVID-19 Response
RALEIGH — Healthier Together, a public-private partnership between the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and NC Counts Coalition, released the second round of funding of up to $500,000 for community-based organizations to apply for grants to help North Carolina achieve its goal of delivering equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. Grants will range from $10,000–$25,000 each […]
Read More »FDA fully approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization […]
Read More »Sylva woman pleads guilty to drug trafficking
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said a Sylva woman pleaded guilty July 8 in Jackson County Superior Court to two counts of trafficking in illegal drugs. Megan Tate, 27, will spend at least 140 months and as much as 186 months in the N.C. Department of Public Corrections. Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Bradley B. […]
Read More »Sylva man pleads guilty to motor vehicle larceny, meth possession
Last August, Jackson County deputies responded to reports of a vehicle fire on Parris Branch. They arrived to find a 2008 Mercury Mariner burning. A torn shirt sleeve, shoved into the gas tank, served as a rough-hewn wick. When a car sped by, deputies followed. They stopped the car. Among the six people inside they […]
Read More »Former Cherokee Casino employee pleas to sexually assaulting two clients
Former massage therapist Anthony Brian Robinson, who worked at Mandara Spa in Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, entered Alford pleas to sexually assaulting two clients, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said. Suspects who enter Alford pleas do not admit guilt but accept there is sufficient evidence to convict and agree to be treated as guilty. The […]
Read More »Larceny suspect pleas guilty, sentenced to two years
Deundra Lamarze Rodgers, 29, will spend at least two years in prison for breaking into multiple buildings in Sylva. Rodgers, of no known address, pleaded guilty late last month (May 24) in Jackson County Superior Court to six counts of felony breaking and entering and six counts of felony larceny, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch […]
Read More »Shooting On Big Time Road in Jackson County
On December 10, 2020, at around 2 p.m., the Jackson County 911 Dispatch Center received a call indicating there had been a shooting on Big Time Road off of Thomas Valley Road in the Barkers Creek Community of Jackson County. Deputies arrived on scene and located the shooting victim suffering from a serious, but non-life […]
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