Submitted photo. Tubers listen to live music at Deep Creek Lodge and Tube Outpost in July 2025. The lodge will host its second running free Deep Creek Community Day this weekend.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Mike Shakar, Swain County United Gift Fund chair, meets with area nonprofits at United Community Bank Thursday, March 27, 2025.
Photo/Kent Maxey. Following Hurricane Helene, the Chamber froze membership dues in order to assist local businesses as they recovered from the storm.
Submitted photo. An upward 225 visitors and congregants attend the 75th anniversary of Victory Baptist Church Sunday, Aug. 17.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Light foot and vehicle traffic in the streets of Bryson City on the afternoon of Saturday, July 26.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. The Fryemont Inn plays a monumental role in the lives of these four couples, Luke and Terry McBee, Mike and Honey Burrell, Charles and Sarah Jane Rice, and Joe and Lucy Fleming, as they celebrate their anniversaries.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Al Desilets, Bryson City Pickle Ball organizer, returns a volley from Andrea Hachtel at a Swain County Recreation Park court Monday, Aug. 25. Bryson City Pickle Ball members play seven days per week.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. A member of the local sobriety group that meets at Bryson City Presbyterian Church holds a sobriety chip Monday, Aug. 11. The group is open to anyone who wishes to attend.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Tanner Lawson chairs a commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, Aug. 19. Seagle had taken a pre-approved vacation, with his effective resignation date being Sunday, Aug. 31.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Public officials and staff members with Swain County and Bryson City attend a Communications and Safety Meeting, led by Lottie Barker, county administrator, and Sam Patillo, city manager, Wednesday, Aug. 20.