Vincent Henry Jackson – obituary

     Vincent Henry Jackson, 46, of Sylva, died June 18, 2012.  He was the son of Helen Harriet Bradley Jackson of Whittier, NC and the late Boyd Stonewall Jackson.  He was a construction worker and a member of The Church of Latter Day Saints.  He was preceded in death...

Billy David Carter – obituary

     Billy David Carter passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Utah Valley Specialty Hospital after a long illness. Billy, born November 16, 1954 in Asheville, was adopted by Wesley C. and Mary Hall Carter. He was sealed to them in 1958 in the Salt Lake Temple by...

Sequoyah signs to play basketball at NSU

     Tsalidi Sequoyah, a recent graduate of Cherokee High School and EBCI tribal member, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla. this fall.  Head coach Larry Gipson made the announcement last week....

Smoky Mountain Roller Girls have match on June 30

     Swain County’s Smoky Mountain Roller Girls travel to Haywood County to take on the Thunder Road Roller Girls in the upcoming “Debut Taunt Brawl.”  This event marks Smoky Mountain’s first away bout as well as Thunder Road’s first ever bout.      The hard-hitting,...