Burrell, Setzer plug plan for Southern Loop
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
Members of Jackson County Smart Roads Alliance are sifting through paperwork at the North Carolina Department of Transportation Division 14 office in Webster to find out how the Southern Loop road project suddenly appeared on the state priority list.
Cherokee asks for input into corridor planning
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
As Jackson County officials work to develop a plan to regulate commercial growth along U.S. 441, officials from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians say a partnership needs to be formed to ensure that the area’s economic development fits both parties’ needs.
Studying the future: With public sewer on the way, Jackson aims to temper the tide of uncontrolled development along U.S. 441 corridor
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
The rural landscape of U.S. 441 heading into Cherokee is changing. Drivers can see numerous realty signs touting “land for sale” along the four-lane roadway that leads into the Qualla Boundary’s business district.
Highlands prepares for mixed drinks, beer
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
Restaurant patrons in Highlands will soon be able to sip on rum and coke while eating a steak or order a pitcher of beer while eating pizza now that citizens voted “yes” to an alcohol referendum.
Tuckasegee quarry permit denied
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
Tuckasegee community members are at ease now that the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources denied a quarry permit to Carolina Boulder and Stone.
Jackson Airport study OK’d
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
Jackson County commissioners have decided to invest money in the county’s airport.
Commissioners voted 4-1 on Monday (Nov. 5) to award $65,000 to the airport authority to conduct a feasibility study of the mountaintop airport. Commissioners Tom Massie, Mark Jones, William Shelton, and Brain McMahan voted in favor of the award. Commissioner Joe Cowan opposed the vote.
Smart Roads Alliance seeks answers on Southern Loop
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
In their fight to stop progress to the proposed Southern Loop, members of the Jackson County Smart Roads Alliance filed a public records request last week with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to obtain all written material pertaining to the road.
Decision expected soon on quarry permit
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
Tuckasegee community members will learn next week if a rock quarry gets state approval to be placed in their neighborhood.
Jackson library group needs to raise up to $1 million
By Jennifer Garlesky • Staff Writer
Now that a site has been chosen for the new Jackson County library, the Friends of the Library have a huge undertaking — raising up to $1 million for furnishing the interior of the building.
Dillsboro dam debate rages on
A plan by Duke Energy to tear down the century-old Dillsboro dam drew a crowd of opponents to a public hearing last week held by the N.C. Division of Water Quality.
