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Escaped Inmate Captured An escaped inmate is back behind bars in Swain County. 37-year-old Jody Smallwood escaped from a holding cell in the county courthouse around 11:30 Monday morning.

BRYSON CITY Swain County sheriff's deputies have captured an inmate who escaped earlier today from the holding cell at the Swain County Courthouse.

By Karen Martin Staff Reporter kamartin@elkintribune.com The first week of July brought a narrowing of candidates for Elkin Schools systema s superintendent; the closing of Lawrence Dry Cleaners after 89 years ...

Two renowned Southern gospel groups will join Bolivia's own Guiding Lights Quartet and Kindred Spirit for the annual New Year's Gospel Concert at Odell Williamson Auditorium this weekend.

Ira Lively, fitness trainer at the Bryson City Health and Fitness Center, demonstrates the squat press exercise on the Speedflex machine.

Ela hydroelectric dam on the Oconaluftee River generates power based on stream flow, which was healthy last week.

Times Staff Since being hired by the Swain County High School three years ago, Math Supervisor Terri Caron has spent much of her time teaching math and physics, coaching math teachers and working to make sure ...

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION MEETS, 4:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville and at 2:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Silver Bluff Care Center, ...

Carol Motsinger * CMotsinger@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published December 12, 2008 12:15 am CULLOWHEE In the past six years, more and more members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have rekindled interest in ...

Our sand is truly tough stuff. Some beach sand was stuck to the bottom of my kayak when I left for the mountains in August.

At the Lake Julian Festival of Lights, they've added extra lights and even a dinosaur.

The Swain County Department of Social Services declined to release any records that could show whether workers had warnings of abuse before 4-month-old twin boys were hospitalized with broken legs and toes.

The 2008 Bryson City Christmas Parade is set to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The theme for this year's parade is "Christmas Stories." There are close to 60 entries in the parade including floats, marching ...

Times Staff Due to the increasing number of fire calls outside town limits, the Bryson City Board of Aldermen wants to scrap an old contract with the county.

BRYSON CITY If you want to raise money to find a cure for a grueling disease, you might as well ask people to share the pain.

Press photo/Melanie Lebert Superintendent Dan Brigman presents Susie McCoy, Donnie Edwards and Roberta Swank with plaques in appreciation of their dedication and time spent on the Board of Education.

Hey, guys! I've arrived in New York and everything is grand, though the movers just rolled up to my front door, so I still have a lot of work ahead of me.

Bryson City police officer Brian Jenkins "arrested" First Citizens Bank executive Keniethea Hyatt on Friday during a Jail-A-Thon to raise money for, among other DSS projects, Christmas presents for foster ...

Times Staff The various pieces are in town, but the whole has yet to be put together.

Although Connie Gregory has been teaching long enough to now have children of her former students in her cosmetology classroom at Southwestern Community College, she encountered a surprising situation this ...