Rail Southern Railroad services Addie, Balsam, Dillsboro and Sylva in northern Jackson County. Jackson County Library in Sylva Learning Resources Center at Southwestern Community College in Webster Newspapers Local to Jackson County is the Sylva Herald, published weekly. The Asheville Citizen-Times is the only daily and is distributed throughout the larger communities of Jackson County. With our modern technology, television reception is no longer much of a challenge. True, there are a lot of trees in the county but the only real obstructions to satellite reception are other buildings and over-shadowing mountains.
Cable service is available in the larger communities.
The cable service here does not, yet, include access to the Internet. North Carolina Public Broadcasting Service is also received in most of the county. Cellular service is available through Bell Atlantic Mobile. Collaboration with Mission St. Josephs Hospital in Asheville has resulted in the establishment of the 'Mountain Region Cancer Center' which has become highly respected. Total enrollment is about 3,500 and about 245 teachers.