Sylva News

Several board members of the taxpayer-funded N.C. Rural Economic Development Center said this week they are concerned about practices brought to light in a recent News & Observer series and welcome additional oversight.

The Canary Coalition will hold its annual membership gathering in Sylva, on Saturday, June 29, 2-4 PM, at the Community Table, 23 Central Street.

ASHEVILLE - Community Choreography Projects returns to Diana Wortham Theatre this Thursday-Saturday with more movement-based stories from real life to benefit Four Seasons Hospice, a nonprofit offering end-of-life care in Western North Carolina.

A clause in the North Carolina constitution designed to ensure just and equitable taxation by local governments is being put to the test by companies the state has barred to do business.

We only have half of our shirts paid for so far so please come out and support your local junior roller team with girls ages 11-17 from all over Western North Carolina who are working hard to represent the mountains!

Get Ready for Working Class Bluegrass in Sylva on June 14SYLVA, N.C. -- Unspoken Tradition brings its hard-charging brand of "working class bluegrass" to Sylva's Concerts on the Creek series on Friday, June 14. The six-member band - considered a rising force on the bluegrass scene - performs a free two-hour show from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the downtown ... (more)

Cherryville-based Unspoken Tradition brings its hard-charging brand of "working class bluegrass" to Sylva's Concerts on the Creek series on Friday.

Natasha Hooper of Waynesville, left, Hunter Gass of Sylva, center, and Jacklyn Arrington of Waynesville, right, are the recipients of the 2013 Jackson Paper Manufacturing Co.

In the 19th century home tanning, the conversion of animal hides into leather was a standard practice in much of North Carolina.

The Concerts on the Creek summer music series returns for its fifth season with 14 weeks of Friday evening concerts from late May through August.

Brian Railsback, dean of Western Carolina University's Honors College, is directing proceeds from the sale of his post-apocalyptic novel "A Going Concern" to his daughter's upcoming mission trip through the World Race organization.

The Concerts on the Creek summer music series returns for its fifth season Friday with the Rye Holler Boys kicking off 14 weeks of Friday evening concerts through August.

Standing on the balcony of my room and listening to the waters of the famous Tuckasegee River near Dillsboro and Sylva, North Carolina, flashing visions of leaping trout went through my head.

Got an idea that makes the grade? Send it to JBuchanan@CITIZEN-TIMES.com A to the angels among us.

The Smoky Mountain Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at noon, Saturday, May 25, at Ryan's Steakhouse, 374 Walmart Plaza, in Sylva.

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