Bryson City, North Carolina

• Swain passes moratorium on utility projects
  

  The setting may have been humble -- a nondescript meeting room in a county administration building -- but the Swain County commissioners' vote to pass a moratorium on communications and utility projects may prove monumental.

• Easter egg hunt season in WNC begins March 27
  

  Smith-McDowell House Museum will host an Easter Egg Hunt from 10:30 a.m.-noon on March 27 on the grounds of the home, a restored circa 1840 mansion.

• Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Hotel Honors Top-10 Outstanding Employees
  

  CHEROKEE, NC a ' Harraha TMs CherokeeA CasinoA & HotelA honored its top performersA at a special banquetA Wednesday,A presentingA the 2009 Yonah of the YearA A Award and 2010A A Property Chairmana TMs AwardA toA 10 area employees from Cherokee, Sylva, Cullowhee, Bryson City, Waynesville and Lake Junaluska.

• Swain County moratorium could stop Duke substation
  

  Swain County has entered the fight over Duke Energy's proposed electrical substation that would mar views in a rural farming valley near a highly sacred Cherokee site.

• Bench holds tradition of balanced temperament
  

  Steve Bryant was fresh out of law school and just learning his way around the courtroom when the judge hearing his case one day threatened to throw him in jail.

• Beer City Asheville: news and notes
  

  Some of what I've picked up lately about the Asheville and Western North Carolina craft beer scene: Beer City Brew Fest: So we have the date, but still no word on where it will be held, or where and when we can buy tickets.

• Swain starts to budge on Deala s Gap debate
  

  Despite Graham County pledging to end all emergency services to Deal's Gap starting Jan.

• WNC judge races previewed by Smoky Mountain News
  

  There's at least nine and possibly 10 candidates running for the three seats. Two of three seats are being vacated by retiring judges.

• AG Cooper to speak at meeting of western NC sheriffs
  

  Events , Hayesville , Murphy - By admin on February 23, 2010 at 12:38 pm Bryson City: Attorney General Roy Cooper will speak to sheriffs from western North Carolina on Wednesday, February 17 around 12:00 noon in Bryson City.

• WNC weather's fine - get outdoors
  

  For the first time in the past couple of months, the weekend is arriving without the risk of a snowfall in Asheville.

• Cooper Addresses Drug Abuse Among Kids
  

  Prescription drug abuse is a popular trend among young people. Wednesday, February 17, 2010 That is one of the issues state Attorney General Roy Cooper will discuss with sheriffs from all over Western North Carolina Wednesday in Bryson City.

• Swain jail may finally see return of federal prisoners to help offset costs
  

  In rare good news for Swain County's jail, a new agreement will soon usher federal prisoners into the often half-empty facility.

• Chocolate cook-off this Saturday
  

  The Friends of the Marianna Black Library will host the third annual Chocolate Cook-Off from 2-4 p.m. Feb.

• Changing consumer habits spell trouble for video stores
  

  Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 12:36 a.m. How many of you know the first song played on MTV when it launched Aug.

• Swain County workshop promotes environmental networking
  

  Swain County workshop promotes environmental networking The first Swain Green Networking and Planning Workshop will meet Thursday in Bryson City to look at the threats and challenges to the western region's landscape and to explore opportunities to clean up litter, monitor and protect streams such as Alarka Creek and the Nantahala River.

• Rediscovered photos, marker keep history alive
  

  The story of the highest-ranking Mason in Asheville history - attorney Thomas Joshua Harkins, sovereign grand commander of the Southern Jurisdiction in the 1950s - came to light recently because of an interest in his library, enshrined for perpetuity in Asheville's Masonic Temple.

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park's "Road to Nowhere" Saga Set to End Saturday
  

  A decades-long dispute is expected to come to an end Saturday when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar travels to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to sign off on a monetary settlement over the "Road to Nowhere" saga.

• Editorial: Smokies road saga coming to an end
  

  The long-standing saga over the North Shore Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is expected to end this morning with a vote of the Swain County, N.C., Board of Commissioners.

• Feds to pay $52M for NC road still going nowhere
  

  The federal government has agreed to pay a $52 million settlement so it will not have to complete the so-called "road-to-nowhere" through North Carolina's mountain wilderness, officials said Tuesday, ending a dispute that began during World War II.The payments destined for Swain County will be a boon for the area: The settlement is four times the ...

City Description

Bryson City is a town in Swain County, North Carolina in the United States. The population was 1,411 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Swain County. Bryson City is located at 35°25′37″N 83°26′52″W / 35.42694°N 83.44778°W / 35.42694; -83.44778 (35.426982, -83.447681), just west of the confluence of the Tuckasegee River, which flows westward from its source in the mountains to the east, and Deep Creek, which flows south from its source near Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains. After passing through Bryson City, the Tuckasegee flows southwestward for another 12 miles (19 km) before emptying into the Little Tennessee River. Fontana Lake, an impoundment of the Little Tennessee, covers the lower 11 miles (18 km) of the Tuckasegee. The town is surrounded on all sides by high mountains. The Great Smoky Mountains rise to the north, the Cowee Mountains rise to the south, and the Plott Balsams rise to the east. The boundary of the Nantahala National Forest passes just south of the city and the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park passes just to the north. The Qualla Boundary, which comprises the bulk of the reservation of the Eastern Band of Cherokee

City Contained By:

• Swain County
• North Carolina
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Swain County Courthouse

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 5.69797384274 km squared

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