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  • 1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Hannah McLeod

    Commissioners listened to residents but had no discussion regarding county libraries and the Fontana Regional Library system. A new agreement between the three counties that make up the Fontana Regional Library system — Jackson, Macon and Swain — had been reached in November, signaling what was thought to be the end of almost two years of controversy over the merits of the regional library system and libraries themselves.

  • 1 week ago | smokymountainnews.com | Hannah McLeod

    Outdoors Latest Damage is done: Macon to make changes following damage caused by debris removal Over the last few months, Maconians have sounded the alarm on what they see as excessive debris removal in the county’s waterways.

  • 3 weeks ago | smokymountainnews.com | Hannah McLeod

    Latest ‘It’s got to go’: Commissioners want to remove Jackson libraries from FRL Anyone who thought that two years, dozens of meetings, thousands of dollars and hours of public comment to reach a new interlocal agreement between Jackson, Macon and Swain counties for the Fontana Regional Library would spell the end of the controversy over local libraries thought wrong. Last week a majority of commissioners in Jackson County expressed their desire to withdraw from the Fontana Regional Library...

  • 3 weeks ago | smokymountainnews.com | Hannah McLeod

    The total ask from Jackson County Public Schools is $14.1 million, up about $1 million dollars for the 2025-26 school year as compared the 2024-25 school year. Most of that increase is attributed to a higher price for covering free school lunches, a larger sum moving through the JCPS budget to charter schools, funding the new JROTC program and a new HVAC and fire alarm system at Jackson Community School. “Those are our large asks,” Ayers told commissioners.

  • 1 month ago | smokymountainnews.com | Hannah McLeod

    Latest ‘Paradise will be some kind of library’: Carden cements legacy with historic library donation Gary Carden has accomplished a great deal in his life.

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