Mountain Xpress - Sun Nov 08
The Sylva Herald posted this photo gallery of 27 shots by Nick Breedlove. The Dillsboro Pottery Festival was this weekend.
WCU sculptor receives awardAsheville Citizen-Times - Sun Nov 08
Western Carolina University graduate student Tracy Bochnak Kirchmann recently received an honorable mention in the 2009 Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture competition from the International Sculpture Center.
Sylva man Matthew Allen Burrell charged with cruelty in dog shootingsAsheville Citizen-Times - Sat Nov 07
A Jackson County man faces felony charges after investigators say he shot and killed two dogs on a roadside.
Voters return familiar faces to seats on Sylva, Dillsboro town boardsMountain Xpress - Thu Nov 05
Town elections are over, and voters in both Sylva and Dillsboro Tuesday returned former officials to their boards.
21 write-ins get votes in WebsterSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
In an unusual election storyline, voters in Webster cast ballots for a total of 21 write-in candidates because too few candidates signed up to run for the five available seats on the town council.
Tracing the roots of WNCa s signature styleSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
Love it or hate it, mountain vernacular architecture has stubbornly planted its roots in Western North Carolina and shows no signs of abandoning the area.
Enamored with stacked stone and timber, planners push mountain lookSmoky Mountain News - Wed Nov 04
Western North Carolina has so embraced mountain vernacular architecture that local planning boards across the area are prodding developers into adopting the style.
Daily Leaf Peep for SundayAsheville Citizen-Times - Sun Nov 01
What to do and where to go to enjoy a colorful fall: What: Western North Carolina Pottery Festival.
Dillsboro pottery fest features more artistsAsheville Citizen-Times - Sun Nov 01
The Western North Carolina Pottery Festival returns for its fifth year on Saturday with an expanded lineup and a special clay "Olympics" competition on Friday.
Utility worker fatally electrocutedAsheville Citizen-Times - Fri Oct 30
A man working on utility lines in Jackson County was electrocuted Thursday morning.
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