/tags/jackson-county Jackson County en-US Copyright Fri, 03 May 2024 12:01:25 GMT /news/2024-05-03/dillsboro-historical-marker-convict-laborers-civil-war-slavery The North Carolina roadside history marker commemorates the Cowee Tunnel disaster near Dillsboro, an 1882 construction accident that killed 19 Black inmate workers. Fri, 03 May 2024 12:01:25 GMT /news/2024-05-03/dillsboro-historical-marker-convict-laborers-civil-war-slavery Jay Price /arts-culture/2021-09-27/how-dance-helped-create-this-jackson-county-celebration-of-harriet-tubman Downtown Sylva has a new addition - a sculpture of Harriet Tubman. Meet the local woman behind the sculpture. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:53:43 GMT /arts-culture/2021-09-27/how-dance-helped-create-this-jackson-county-celebration-of-harriet-tubman Lilly Knoepp /news/2021-09-22/e-pluribus-unum-jackson-county-confederate-monument-updated County commissioners in August voted to change the plaque on the statue outside the old Jackson County courthouse to remove the Confederate flag on it as well the inscription to ‘Our Heroes of the Confederacy.’ The changes were completed Monday afternoon, says Commissioner Gayle Woody. Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:25:14 GMT /news/2021-09-22/e-pluribus-unum-jackson-county-confederate-monument-updated Lilly Knoepp /arts-culture/2020-08-24/triumphing-over-rejection-to-break-through-as-a-native-writer-meet-annette-saunooke-clapsaddle Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle spent years writing her first novel, and it garnered critical acclaim: she won an award and became a finalist for another. Yet… Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:54:48 GMT /arts-culture/2020-08-24/triumphing-over-rejection-to-break-through-as-a-native-writer-meet-annette-saunooke-clapsaddle Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-24/triumphing-over-rejection-to-break-through-as-a-native-writer-meet-annette-saunooke-clapsaddle Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle spent years writing her first novel, and it garnered critical acclaim: she won an award and became a finalist for another. Yet… Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:54:48 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-24/triumphing-over-rejection-to-break-through-as-a-native-writer-meet-annette-saunooke-clapsaddle Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-06-25/jackson-county-will-discuss-confederate-monument-again-in-july Jackson County commissioners will discuss the future of the statue of a Confederate soldier on the old courthouse steps in Sylva next month.... Thu, 25 Jun 2020 19:51:15 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-25/jackson-county-will-discuss-confederate-monument-again-in-july Lilly Knoepp