The 20th annual Greening Up the Mountains festival was April 22. According to event coordinator, Amy Ammons Garza, she’s estimating there were around 1,200 visitors, this is 2,000 more than last year. Garza said the streets of downtown Sylva were very crowded, not even the rain could discourage visitors. “When it rained, I think people went into […]
Archives for April 2017
WCU walks for Alzheimer’s
April 29, 2017 by
On April 23, over 60 participants gathered on a sunny Saturday morning on the UC lawn to run, walk and volunteer for a great cause. The recreational therapy program and the Alzheimer’s Association partnered to raise money for research of the Alzheimer disease through a 5k run/walk. Alzheimer effects approximately 200,000 Americans under the age of […]
Family fun day for a good cause – stop bullying in schools
April 28, 2017 by
Sylva’s Mountain Mediation Services is hosting a Bridges to Peace Family Fun Day at the Jackson County Recreation Center in Cullowhee this Saturday, April 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This carnival-style family fun day is a fundraiser to support upcoming programs to spread awareness and prevention for bullying in schools. During the day, there […]
WNC communities organize Town Hall on healthcare; Mark Meadows plays hooky
April 27, 2017 by
People from 16 Western North Carolina counties and over a dozen organizations from North Carolina’s District 11 gathered outside of the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville on Sunday, April 23. “Where is Mark Meadows?” was the question on many signs of an estimated 450 people standing outside the courthouse in the heavy rain. Meadows currently serves as […]
How was senior thesis film “Creating Joseph” created?
April 27, 2017 by
Films aren’t easy things to make. According to the new program director for Film & Television production, Joshua Russell, films are a sophisticated, populist art for people and by people in their ways of telling a compelling visual story. Not everything in film makes it to their final cuts, and the Spring student thesis film “Creating […]
Reduce, reuse…now what?
April 27, 2017 by
This story was co-written with Jessica Wooten. Every year, according to a 2015 study, North Carolinians throw away 23.6 billion pounds of trash. That is enough trash to circle the earth twice. It isn’t spite that makes NC residents throw away their recyclables, but ignorance. Ipsos, a market research company, performed a study in 2011 during […]
