From left, David Sawyer, Chris Cox, Sharon Underwood, Keith Powell and Phil Ogle, are pictured in Bryson City on Election Day.
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Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
Chris Cox, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., founder of Bikers for Trump, was in Bryson City on Tuesday, Nov. 5 for Election Day, but campaigning was secondary to why he was in this red county.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
A woman has been charged with driving while impaired after crashing a vehicle into Ridgeline Mechanical on Main Street in Bryson City.
DWI charges follow vehicle crash into Main St. building
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The driver of a vehicle that crashed through a Main Street building was charged with driving while impaired.
Around 9:50 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, Bryson City Police received a call of a vehicle crash at Ridgeline Mechanical, located at 344 Main Street, across from IGA.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
A letter about Lead and Copper Rule
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Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
Starting next week, Town of Bryson City water customers will be receiving a mailed notice as part of a requirement with the U.S. Environmental Project Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule.
This isn’t reason for alarm, said Nate Bowe, town engineer.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Holiday tourism season leaves the station
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Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
It’s Nov. 7, and although there are still a few fall decorations lingering about, most of Bryson City is transformed for the most magical time of year coinciding with Polar Express rides starting on Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Moving out at Ela Campground after flood, evictions
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Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
It has been over a month since the Tuckasegee River flooded Ela Campground during Hurricane Helene. Kituwah LLC has doubled down on the closure of the campground— having issued eviction notices by mail Oct. 24, terminating leases Nov.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Free medicine event to return
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Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
N.C. MedAssist will once again bring back a free, over-the-counter medicine event to Swain County, following a budget amendment approval by the Swain County Board of Commissioners.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Ballot measures for beer and wine
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Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
Swain County voters in the 2024 General Election are choosing, among candidates and a state constitutional amendment, a decision on the sale of beer and wine in the county.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The aeration tanks were finished in 1967 with the second side completed in 1981. The Town of Bryson City is in the design phase for a new wastewater treatment plant.
Touring Bryson City’s wastewater treatment plant
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Jessica Webb
editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com
A bedsheet. A prisoner’s uniform. A basketball. Money. Toy figurines. So many baby and “flushable” wipes. These are a few of the unusual and unwelcome items Dale Wick with Environmental Inc.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Army veteran couldn’t sleep after Powerball win
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Donald Smiley of Cherokee got so excited that he couldn’t fall asleep after he won a $150,000 Powerball prize.
“I was so excited I didn’t even know what to do,” Smiley laughed. “I definitely couldn’t sleep.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Jessica Webb/SMT - Russell Ball, director of the town water plant, holds up samples of the finished water. The plant frequently conducts a variety of tests on the water at various stages of the process.
Turn on the tap
Jessica Webb
If you want to have a conversation about water, Russell Ball, who has been operating the Town of Bryson City’s water plant for 25 years, can talk your ear off. When I toured the plant, I spent an hour and 45 minutes there, and there wasn’t a dull moment.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024