Autumn leaves and the natural beauty of fall colors across Western North Carolina are a seasonal sensation that draw thousands of visitors and locals alike – and prompts an annual prognostication by Western Carolina University biology professor Beverly Collins. 

Smokey Mountain Elementary School would like to thank the Steve Youngdeer American Legion Post 143 Auxiliary. 

The stage and spotlight are nothing new to Cece Lambert. 

Shay Barker, a senior at Cherokee High School, has been selected to serve as the 2020-21 North Carolina Western Region representative for HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America).  In her position, she will represent the western North Carolina counties of Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, and Transylvania. 

Tucked away in a small room in Western Carolina University’s Stillwell Building is the university’s herbarium, which consists of roughly 36,500 plant specimens, mostly from the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

It was a short meeting for the School Board, and most of the discussion was focused on one thing – remote learning.

Following are two PDFs detailing the Swain County Schools Reopening Plan for school this fall.