Jackson County confirms fourth COVID death

  The Jackson County Department of Public Health (JCDPH) has confirmed that a recent death in a Jackson County resident is related to COVID-19, bringing the total COVID-19 deaths in the county to four. The individual was between the ages of 65-74 years of age and...

Slide closes U.S. 19/74 in Nantahala Gorge 

  BRYSON CITY – A band of heavy rains late Friday night, July 31 started a mudslide that closed U.S. 19/74 in the Nantahala Gorge. N.C. Department of Transportation officials arrived on the scene, about three miles west of the Nantahala Outdoor Center, after 9...