• Jerry Gaines achieved the unbelievable feat of making All-American in three different sports when he was named to the ...

On Sunday, July 6, in cooperation with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the North Shore Cemetery Association will host decorations on the North Shore of Fontana Lake at Proctor ...

- Herald photo by Lisa Majors-DuffRebecca Dutsch of Andrews, whose mother, Kathy Dutsch, did not receive a paycheck for three weeks in December from her employer, Immediate Med Services, began ...

The man generally considered the greatest athlete ever produced in Jackson County has died. Jimmy Streater, 46, passed away Friday at Blue Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Asheville.

According to Department on Aging Director Helen Bryson, the number of services provided by the department has grown exponentially since the entity began in 1980 as the Council on Aging. That group ...

Judge Brad Letts sentenced Tracy Ann Curtis, 45, to not less than 52 nor more than 72 months with the N.C. Department of Corrections. Curtis, who listed a Beechwood Drive address in Sylva, was charged ...

Friday night accident claims life of Sylva man By Carey Phillips A Sylva man died in a one-vehicle accident around 11 p.m. Friday on Fisher Creek Road. Trooper Denny Wood of the N.C. Highway Patrol ...

Blue Ridge baseball standout Cody Goodwin has been named to the 1-A All-State team by the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association. He really put together a terrific year and is very deserving of these ...

The 31-year-old Pry, who listed an address of Red Barn Lane, Sylva, is charged with driving while impaired and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to Capt. R.S. Sutton of ...

Following a weekend sting operation in the Cullowhee area, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office arrested six individuals on drug charges. "We will be filing more charges in this sting operation," ...

Although they were eligible to play according to school rules, Coach Jamie Extine elected to hold them out of Friday’s 9-8 win over Bandys in the first round of the state 2-A playoffs. Extine said ...

• Were shown copies of information that will be sent home with every high school student on the Common Core State Standards for mathematics. Common Core is a set of standards that establishes goals at ...