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Governor Cooper Proclaims September 15 – October 15, 2021 as Hispanic Heritage Month

RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed September 15 - October 15, 2021 as Hispanic Heritage Month to recognize the culture, history…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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,…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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,…

5 years ago

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…

6 years ago