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By Lindsay Marchello

Carolina Journal News Service

Joseph A. Greene, 84, of Bryson City passed away Monday, May 18, 2020. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late Glen and Dessie Jones Greene.

The North Carolina Rural Center hosted the first of a series of virtual panels on Thursday, May 7 with the first topic covering broadband.

Swain County has hardly been bustling since mid-March when government orders sent people to quarantine at home to prevent a surge of coronavirus cases.

Harrah’s has announced it will begin a gradual reopening of its local casinos in Cherokee and Murphy beginning Monday, May 18.

In a press release issued by Swain County Health Department Thursday evening, the department shared that there has been an individual who was working at a long-term care facility in Swain County wh

On Tuesday evening, May 5, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued executive order 138, initiating Phase 1 of easing restrictions on travel, business and mass gatherings.

Swain County High School English and Cherokee Studies teacher Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s debut novel, “Even As We Breathe” will be released by Fireside Industries with the University Press of Ke

Swain County Tourism and Development Authority held its work session virtually on Wednesday, April 29, since rules limiting gatherings and social distancing measures because of coronavirus are stil

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