Jackson County

Over the weekend, a Pride parade was held in Sylva for the second year in a row. Sylva Pride parade

The film, “Where There Are Bees, There Is Honey,” features some of performers behind the growing drag scene in Jackson County including local performers: Calcutta, Marigold Showers and Beulah Land.

Tuesday is election day for Jackson and Graham Counties. Following the May primary election, both counties had to schedule second races to determine the winner who will be on the ballot in November during the general election.

Early voting is underway across the state. Voters in half a dozen cities are choosing mayors and other municipal positions. The only elections here in Western North Carolina are runoffs. Graham County will choose a Republican sheriff and Jackson County will choose a school board seat.

A Jackson County storyteller has spun tall tales for decades to preserve mountain culture. The Liars Bench with Gary Carden will be at the Jackson County Library on July 12th at 7 pm in an event hosted by The Smoky Mountain News.

A social district is launching this weekend at the Greening Up The Mountain’s festival in Sylva. Folks over 21 will be allowed to drink alcohol in public starting Saturday.

Harris Regional Hospital in Jackson County and Swain Community Hospital have a new CEO: Christopher Munton.

Ride along on a five-site tour of Black history across Jackson, Macon and Swain counties.

Virgil Bryson was a free Black man who helped register voters in Jackson County after the Civil War in 1868. He was threatened by the early version of the…

The CEO of Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital, Steve Heatherly, has moved on to a new role in Henderson County.Heatherly started as…