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Covid outbreak adds stress at jail

Hannah Styles hstyles@thesmokymountaintimes.com   A now almost contained recent Covid outbreak at Swain County Detention Center caused problems for not just inmates but put detention officers and their families at an increased risk.
Karen Marcus and Henry Chambers place flowers on a grave

Karen Marcus and Henry Chambers place flowers on a grave

Tradition continues at Mitchell Cemetery Decoration

Hannah Styles hstyles@thesmokymountaintimes.com   A group dedicated to maintaining the North Shore cemeteries that are no longer accessible by road, had their monthly decoration this past Saturday for Mitchell Cemetery.
Fifty-eight veterans were honored

Fifty-eight veterans were honored

SCHS Class of 1965 honors 58 Veterans at 56th reunion

The SCHS class of 1965 held its 56th reunion at The Chestnut Tree Inn on Saturday, Sept. 25. This was a special Veterans Appreciation Reunion. All veteran classmates and spouses were honored. The group included many family members of the 58 veterans represented as many are now deceased.
From left: Swain County paramedics Cory Winchester, Kaitlyn Simonds, Jason Dunker, Rusty Wiggins, and Operation Supervisor Brandon Wiggins.

From left: Swain County paramedics Cory Winchester, Kaitlyn Simonds, Jason Dunker, Rusty Wiggins, and Operation Supervisor Brandon Wiggins.

Swain EMS responding to about 3 Covid calls a day

Editor’s note: This is the first story of a series interviewing those on the front lines of the pandemic.   Hannah Styles hstyles@thesmokymountaintimes.

Federal jury finds Swimmer guilty of second degree murder

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A federal jury in Asheville convicted Shane McKinley Swimmer,            21, of Cherokee, N.C., of second degree murder late yesterday, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Chief U.S.