It’s been 73 years, and the federal government still has not fully compensated Swain County for flooding a road with the creation of Fontana Dam. According to the terms of a settlement drafted in 2010, the county should have gotten $4 million of $52 million total in 2012. That money never appeared. Thursday, the county commissioners agreed to sue the federal government for the balance.
by Leslee Kulba
Wild West blogger