Ghana Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Nii Adjah Obodai, commander, 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, presents U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Fisher, Defense Medical Readiness Institute’s Academic Support Branch noncommissioned-officer-in-charge, with a gift of appreciation for establishing a tactical combat casualty care training site in March 2022. (Courtesy photo)
Vaping especially in high school bathrooms is a concern (stock image).
Swain County Clerk of Courts Misti Jones (right) led each of the new members in the swearing-in ceremony, held at the BOE office. The board includes from left Jeramy Shuler, John Herrin, Hannah Smith (chairwoman), Frances “Nannett” Powell and Mary K Buranosky.
The Verkada security system used by Swain County Schools allows a variety of officials to view security feeds for the insides and outsides of the schools, which they hope will help them stave off threats of violence or intruders going forward. Leaders with the schools have been taking measures and outside opinions to eliminate any blind spots for security.
Commissioners have been asked to help with HVAC repairs at Whittier Community Building
Artist Elizabeth Ellison got a visit from a friend as she was working in the studio one summer afternoon.
Colorful tubes wait to get picked at Deep Creek Lodge and Tube Outpost, one of two properties at the end of West Deep Creek that want to be annexed into Bryson City town limits.
The Swain County Courthouse handles all the criminal cases for the county, but some of them are taking long amounts of time.
Some new housing in town could be the start of solutions to the county’s affordable housing issues.