Jackson County

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…

Jackson County residents can now hear Blue Ridge Public Radio’s all news and information channel, BPR News, on 90.5 FM. The signal expansion reflects…

Downtown Sylva has a new addition - a sculpture of Harriet Tubman. Meet the local woman behind the sculpture. The 9-ft bronze sculpture called “Journey to…

The Confederate monument known as 'Sylva Sam' is Jackson County now has its updated plaque. County commissioners in August voted to change the plaque on…

If you drive through downtown Sylva, you might see a new mural. The mural is the opening act for the town’s first Pride parade.On the side of an antique…

Sylva Town Commissioners voted Thursday to reject plans to update the base of Jackson County’s Confederate monument. ‘Sylva Sam’ sits outside the historic…