The November elections are drawing closer and election officials in the state say the number of North Carolinians voting early in lieu of waiting in line on Election Day is on the rise. Gary Bartlett, North Carolina Elections Director told SGRToday.com all-time highs for early voting occurred in the last presidential election, “We set a…
(by Craig Salmon WRBN-FM) The body found in Rabun County last weekend has been identified. Friday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Division of Forensic Science confirmed that the body found on Saturday, September 15th off the Bartram Trail in the Darnell Creek area is Richard Arnold Masters of Kennesaw, Georgia. Sheriff Frank Andrews gave the…
A traffic stop in Macon County leads to the arrest of a Jackson County teenager. Madison Nicole Woods, age 18, of Sylva faces a felony charge of possession of psilocybin mushrooms and a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession .Reports filed by Sheriff’s Deputies indicate she was in possession of 15 mushrooms. Woods was arrested on…
Responders from Highway Patrol, Clarks Chapel and Otto Fire Departments were on scene of a fatal accident in Macon County Monday afternoon. According to the Bryson City Post of the NC Highway Patrol the head-on collision occurred on Addington Bridge Road at approximately 3:59 p.m. Troopers say 20-year old Matthew Ryan Hodgin, of Bates Branch…
Water levels on the By-pass reach of the Nantahala River will be going up later this month as Duke Energy will release water flows for the first time in this stretch of the this river. The water releases will take place on September 29 and 30 and are part of a total of 8 days…
North Carolina’s obesity rate is 29 percent but a national health group says it could hit 60 percent by 2030 if changes aren’t made. “We have to take personal responsibility for our actions. We have to watch what we eat, build activity into our lives, but most important as a society we have to make…
