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Cliff Kevill

Special contribution to SMT

In a special session Friday, Jan. 22, the Swain County Board of Education unanimously agreed to continue with Plan C remote learning for the school system for the next week.

The latest message from Swain County Health Department is they are working with what they have.

Swain County responders were dispatched to 134 Ela Lane off Hyatt Creek Road at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14 for a structure fire.

In its work session meeting Tuesday, Jan.

In the past, there was a tremendous amount of overlap between the Swain County Chamber of Commerce and Swain County Tourism and Development Authority, but efforts to create more clarity between the

Swain County Schools announced Monday night the district would go to Plan C, full remote learning, effective immediately for two weeks, due to a rising number of teachers and staff people either te

Swain County Health Department started providing COVID-19 vaccines to those in Phase 1b, group 1, those 75 years or older, on Tuesday, Jan. 12.

In a year marked by economic uncertainties, the local real estate market in 2020 turned out to be an exceedingly good bet— with demand and sales western North Carolina hasn’t seen since before the

For people who drive the stretch of US 74 between Bryson City and Hyatt Creek, slowing into the one-lane pattern has become second nature.