Fontana Regional Library begins search for new director

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Tuesday, 10/02/2026

A week and a half after Fontana Regional Library Director Tracy Fitzmaurice tendered her resignation, the board is moving forward to find a replacement. 

At a specially called Feb. 9 meeting at the Jackson County Library’s community room, the board went into a closed session to discuss details. 

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Near to where her soul is: Missing hiker Melissa McDevitt is coming home

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Wednesday, 20/12/2023

Almost exactly a year after a hiker vanished in the backcountry of British Columbia the night before a trip home to Haywood County for Christmas, her remains have been located. 

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