CJ’s Barry Smith reports on the Taxpayer Protection Alliance’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ taxpayer-funded internet projects that have cost the public more than $2 billion. One North Carolina network makes the ‘Dirty…
Tryon Town Commissioner Crys Armbrust brought up a discussion amongst his peers about making meetings more transparent. Council came to a consensus to look into both archiving recordings of the…
While the good people of the earth are strategically analyzing best practices for making sure they in no way indirectly finance organizations that behead for publicity stunts, thoroughly developing personality…
Where are you going for Christmas? I hope you are forgetting friends and family and going somewhere with an exciting, vibrant streetscape. Who wants to catch up with people that…
Happy McLeod resigned her post as Tryon commissioner three days after the election. She said there were many reasons, but low-voter turnout had a lot to do with it. McLeod’s…
The American Legion in Tryon recently decided to fix up their building, inside and out, and the organization borrowed $15,000 for the work. In choosing an exterior paint, they decided…
Newspapers are filled with stories of opposition to Duke Energy’s Western Carolinas Modernization Project. An exception occurred in Tryon, where, rather than signing a petition to reject power transmission from…
Tryon is now an official NC Main Street community. In order to get the status, the town had to hire a permanent Main Street director, organize the community according to…
Tryon has created and filled the position of Community Development Director. The job description includes code enforcement, grant administration, stormwater management, and economic development.
The Town of Tryon was going to purchase a new backhoe for $53,500 plus trade-in value, but they changed their minds after they couldn’t talk Caterpillar down on the price.…
In trying to figure out if the Town of Tryon should purchase an ABC Store building, Mayor Jim Wright and Commissioner Happy McLeod put the question to their email lists.
The Saluda Commissioners were taken to task for calling an illegal meeting. Reminiscent of Martin Luther, somebody tacked a notice to the police department door, and figured that would suffice.…