Fundraising Lunch

March 6 from 11am – 1:30pm at the Yellowhill Community Building.  This is a benefit for Correna Elders Barker who is running for county commissioner in Swain County.  The lunch will consist of spaghetti, salad, dessert and drink for $7.

Autism Society Parent meeting

March 10 at 6pm in the Smoky Mountain Elementary School.  This meeting of the Jackson, Swain and Qualla Boundary Chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina is for parents of kids on the autism spectrum in those counties including “Dreamcatcher” parents whose...

Kassie L. (Wolfe) Driver – obituary

Mrs. Kassie L. (Wolfe) Driver, 33, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 25, 2014 in her home of 495 Tooni Branch Road. Kassie is the daughter of the late Larry Armachain, Sr. and surviving mother Pearl Wolfe of Cherokee.  She was the loving wife of Henry...

Emily Timmons Russell – obituary

    Emily Timmons Russell was born Feb. 27, 1920 in Canton, of the family of George Hasque and Rhetta Morgan Timmons. She died Feb. 19, 2014 in Waynesville. Emily was married to Joseph Turner Russell Jr. on July 17, 1938. They had four children, six...