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Winter weather (image from National Weather Service)

Winter weather (image from National Weather Service)

Winter storm Izzy has people in a tizzy

News Staff
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Hannah Styles hstyles@thesmokymountaintimes.com   Time to get your bread and milk now as a major winter storm is spiraling through the Midwest headed for the East Coast, looking to enter our area by Saturday.
Kayla Kirkland is the new coordinator of Swain County's Parents as Teachers program.

Kayla Kirkland is the new coordinator of Swain County's Parents as Teachers program.

Support, connection available through Parents as Teachers program

News Staff
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com   There’s no set rule book for parenting, and every parent could use a little extra support getting their children ready for that big first day of kindergarten.

Candidate filing set to resume Feb. 24

News Staff
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Staff Reports   Candidate filing for North Carolina’s 2022 primary elections, as well as rescheduled municipal elections, will resume at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, and end at noon on Friday, March 4, under an order issued Tuesday by the Superior Court of Wake County.

Covid numbers still high in Swain County

News Staff
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com   Covid-19 is still heavily present in Swain County between the post-holidays surge and the spread of the omicron variant, which is far more contagious.
Workers with WNC Roofing began work on the roof at the Smoky Mountain Community Theatre on Monday. The work is anticipated to be completed in two weeks.

Workers with WNC Roofing began work on the roof at the Smoky Mountain Community Theatre on Monday. The work is anticipated to be completed in two weeks.

Roof is leaking but sky’s not falling

News Staff
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Hannah Styles hstyles@thesmokymountaintimes.
Shannon Royce, center, thanked her daughter Kenzie and husband Chris for all their help with opening her personal training studio, Live Life Healthy TOA, during a ribbon cutting ceremony held Dec. 10.

Shannon Royce, center, thanked her daughter Kenzie and husband Chris for all their help with opening her personal training studio, Live Life Healthy TOA, during a ribbon cutting ceremony held Dec. 10.

Training for the Older Adult studio opens in town

News Staff
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com   Shannon Royce celebrated the opening of her own personal training studio, Live.
Wayne Dickert reads to students during the 2019 summer reading camp. The theme was “Reading Is Out of This World.”

Wayne Dickert reads to students during the 2019 summer reading camp. The theme was “Reading Is Out of This World.”

C4C helping Swain students read, succeed

News Staff
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com   Any child of 1980s remembers Reading Rainbow, the television program that was all about the wonder of books.

Omicron explodes number of those testing positive for virus

News Staff
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com   Like combining baking soda and vinegar for a homemade volcano, the combination of Christmas gatherings and the far more contagious Covid-19 variant omicron, have caused an eruption in positive Covid cases. On Tuesday, Dec.