Neither Jackson County nor Swain County commissions have agreed to approve the changes Macon County proposed to the Fontana Regional Library agreement, citing legal and logistical concerns.

The Jackson County Board of Commissioners has hired Kevin King as the new manager for Jackson County. 

After more than seven years as county manager, Don Adams will leave the post by the end of the year. 

Jackson County Commissioners voted unanimously to offer County Manager Don Adams a four-year contract extension following a closed-session discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Jackson County’s new county manager is now on the job, and commissioners are looking forward to start working with him on goals and tasks for the years ahead.

Jackson County commissioners last week unanimously named a new county manager with a long and successful local government track record in the mountains.