Whittier News

Our freedom has been preserved at great cost. As Independence Day approaches, it is fitting to look at a small sampling of those we have depended on to keep our liberty.

A North Carolina grower-shipper said his tomato yields have increased since he switched to Purshade plant protectant.

A Tuckasegee man wanted on kidnapping and other charges was found and arrested early this morning in Whittier.

For nearly a decade, a group of Jackson County residents have envisioned a greenway that would meander for miles from one end of the county to the other.

Jackson County leaders have finished the first draft of a planning ordinance they hope will transform the U.S. 441 corridor in Whittier from a mish mash of billboards and unregulated growth into a model of tidy landscaping and mountain-themed architecture.

Raleigh Two major highways in western North Carolina will be repaired thanks to funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Bond was set at $6,000. * Paul Jones Jr., 28, 39 Tiffany Lane, Waynesville, was charged April 6 with misdemeanor assault and battery and misdemeanor resisting a public officer.

Emma Luginbuhl, 8, of Cullowhee, NC, admires Sophie the dog held by Terry Aldridge of Whittier, NC, before the Dillsboro Easter Hat Parade in downtown Dillsboro, NC, Saturday, April 15, 2006.

Jon Ostendorff * JOstendorff@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published March 27, 2009 12:15 am MURPHY Authorities and friends said a Cherokee County man who killed himself after robbing a bank spent a career serving the public as a paramedic and had no criminal record.

This morning, emergency crews on the Cherokee Reservation hope to determine if a small plane crashed in that area.

CHEROKEE Cherokee fire and rescue workers were combing a remote region near Whittier this morning, after a report of a plane crash Sunday, but no wreckage had been found so far.

People in Cherokee will no longer have to drive or hitch rides into Bryson City to cast ballots during early voting.

Published: Monday, March 2, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 2, 2009 at 2:49 p.m. Jennifer Alicia Corn, of Waynesville and Jimmy Wayne Dyer of Waynesville were married on Saturday, January 31, ...

William Ray Davey, 45, 57 Treetop Lane, Canton, was charged Jan. 13 with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon and second-degree trespassing.

Ela hydroelectric dam on the Oconaluftee River generates power based on stream flow, which was healthy last week.

ASHEVILLE The nine-week winter session of various art classes begins Jan. 5 at Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, 236 Clingman Ave.

Six-year-old Tabitha Frisbee has picked out her favorite star to look at when she wakes up at 5:45 a.m. for another day of school and another hourlong bus ride to get there.