SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Tanner Lawson was formally appointed vice-chair during the Swain County Board of Commissioners meeting Dec. 2. Lawson was first appointed to serve as vice-chair on Dec. 3, 2024.
SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Troy Burns (left to right), Tammy Burns, Briar Lowe and Ethan McNelly (not present is Daniel Neal) of the Troy Burns Family band perform in front of Swain County Visitors Center and Heritage Museum before town’s Christmas tree lighting celebration.
Photo/ Michelle Cochran. Ellie Hatton poses with Santa Claus aka Tim Marks at Portraits by Michelle this Aug.
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SMT photo/Sara Eisinger. Howard Baker (left to right), Melissa Owen and Donna Baker have fun at Art Explorations of WNC on Nov. 20. Donna and Howard Wood Design is one of 16 vendors with art for sale at the studio.
Photo/Lauren Waggoner. The community and disaster relief victims enjoy a free Thanksgiving meal in the Volunteer Hall at Camp Living Water last November.
Submitted photo. A Kia K5 belonging to Melissa Schlarb, 28, of Robbinsville, gets hit by a cat falling an estimated 100 feet from a bald eagle’s grip when driving on US-74 in Swain County at approximately 8 a.m. Nov. 19.
Photo/Sara Eisinger. Toby Allman (left to right), Mike Drinkwater, Kenzie Cochran, Michelle Cochran, Tony Cochran, Tim Marks, Monica Brown and Ricky Sanford celebrate the opening of Portraits by Michelle in a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 13
Photo/Sara Eisinger. Swain County Commissioners voted to approve the Swain County Board of Education’s request for $115,000 to address equipment needs during their Nov. 18 meeting.