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Early voting for municipal begins

News Staff
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Staff reports   If all goes as anticipated, the Bryson City Municipal Election for 2023 will come and go uneventfully, as there are four candidates on the ballot this year who are all running unopposed.
Shana Bushyhead Condill, executive director of the Museum of the Cherokee People, is excited about modernizing the museum to focus more on local interests in Cherokee.

Shana Bushyhead Condill, executive director of the Museum of the Cherokee People, is excited about modernizing the museum to focus more on local interests in Cherokee.

Museum of the Cherokee Indian rebrands to focus on locals

News Staff
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Larry Griffin lgriffin@thesmokymountaintimes.com   The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has long been a haven for tourists, with the museum proudly visible at the main junction right before tourists would drive to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
From left: Mikel Laws, BJ Taylor, Tim Williams, Jamie Mason and Kenneth Rymer make up Appalachian Smoke. The band has a new album coming out in early 2024, Laws says.

From left: Mikel Laws, BJ Taylor, Tim Williams, Jamie Mason and Kenneth Rymer make up Appalachian Smoke. The band has a new album coming out in early 2024, Laws says.

Appalachian Smoke signs with Mountain Fever

News Staff
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Larry Griffin lgriffin@thesmokymountaintimes.com   Bryson City based bluegrass band Appalachian Smoke, now signed to a new label and poised to release their second album, feels like bluegrass isn’t going anywhere.
Larry Griffin/SMT - Trucks drive through Everett Street on Tuesday, Oct. 10 as the construction has begun moving up the road, opening off the part of the street that was closed for the last two months.

Larry Griffin/SMT - Trucks drive through Everett Street on Tuesday, Oct. 10 as the construction has begun moving up the road, opening off the part of the street that was closed for the last two months.

Town looks at moving Everett St. utility work to night

Larry Griffin
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
The Town of Bryson City’s utilities work is progressing, and Everett Street is open again, though town officials don’t have concrete dates for the finishing the rest of it – possibly, the end of October, they said.
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Broadband service, firefighter pay draw sparks at workshop

Larry Griffin
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
The Swain County Board of Commissioners workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 3 included topics such as what more could be done with the event park, a presentation regarding broadband in the county and debating whether to raise taxes to implement more paid firefighter positions.
Larry Griffin | SMT - Elam takes a horse for a stroll.

Larry Griffin | SMT - Elam takes a horse for a stroll.

Double 00 Farm offers second chances for horses

Larry Griffin
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Carroll Ensley once returned home to his farm in rural Robbinsville to find two random horses in his family’s barn. No information about why they were there and no knowledge of their particular ticks or ailments – they were simply left there.
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Indivisible to host health forum and fair

News Staff
Friday, October 6, 2023
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com   It’s never the wrong time to check in on your health. After learning Swain County’s population has lower health outcomes and lower life expectancies than the state, Indivisible Swain decided to set a focus on health.

Solomon convicted of accessory after the fact

News Staff
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Larry Griffin lgriffin@thesmokymountaintimes.com   The case of Jeremy Solomon, arrested in 2019 in the murder of local resident Jackie Thomason along with co-defendant Daniel Sutton, ended on Monday, Oct. 2 with a reduced charge.
Ricky Sanford, president of the Community Theatre Association, looks at some of the costumes still needing to be assessed to see if they’ll ever be usable again after flooding damage a couple of years ago.

Ricky Sanford, president of the Community Theatre Association, looks at some of the costumes still needing to be assessed to see if they’ll ever be usable again after flooding damage a couple of years ago.

Community theatre continues work on damaged building

News Staff
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Larry Griffin lgriffin@thesmokymountaintimes.com   The Smoky Mountain Community Theatre is doing better these days, raising funds through several boisterous theatrical productions. Though, the theatre itself is still several years off from being operational.