Everett Street work will pause during Labor Day weekend and the road will be open to traffic.
Larry Griffin /SMT The tiny homes on Highway 19 adjacent to the bus garage are owned by a new company called River’s Rest
the Maroon Devils cross country team placed 9th in the championship 5K at the WNC Cross Country Carnival.
Maroon Devils Leland LeQuire (from left), Andrew Cody and Josh Collins make plays and try to keep the ball in the team’s hands during the Aug. 25 game against Smoky Mountain. The Devils won the game 14-10.
Larry Griffin lgriffin@thesmokymountaintimes.com A new proposed change to the rules for appointing members to the board of the three-county Fontana Regional Library Board of Trustees could put more power in the county commissioners’ hands. A resolution signed by the managers of the three counties under the umbrella of the Fontana Regional Library – Swain, Macon and Jackson – posits that the commissioners would be better suited to approve new Board of Trustees members as opposed to the local county library
Work on boring under the railroad went on last week and this week as the town works on replacing the water and sewer lines under Everett Street.
The TDA’s van recently got a facelift with a new advertising wrap. The TDA uses it to deliver visitor guides to businesses outside of the downtown corridor and for regional conferences.
Swain has closed out-of-district enrollment for some grade levels at some of its schools including ninth-grade at Swain High
Construction takes place at the county pool where new buildings are being built including restrooms and meeting rooms.
Swain County Middle School has new leadership in Principal Ryan McMahan (right) and Assistant Principal Eric Stephenson.