Organization revived with new funding possibilities
By Lizz Harold Staff Writer
Members from the community gathered on Tuesday, October 30th, to discuss the future of the Cherokee County Drug Coalition. The public was invited to comment on the alcohol issue and the Andrews and Murphy city vote slated for January. More...
Cherokee County Sheriff Keith Lovin Monday said there is no truth to claims made on behalf of a convicted drug dealer that he influenced a harsher sentence by a federal judge. Roxanne Cosner read a statement during the portion of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners meeting in which citizen... More...
Woman's Enrichment Center offers alternative to abortion
By Dwight Otwell Editor
About 550 people from an estimated 50 churches came together Thursday to raise money for a woman's center that provides alternatives to abortion. The largest fund raiser of the year was held for Woman's Enrichment Center, with centers in Andrews, NC and Blairsville and Dalton, GA. The banquet wa... More...
The Murphy City Council has decided to apply for a grant that will will provide funding for up to one half of water and sewer infrastructure costs, or a maximum of $500,000. The matching grant has been described as a high priority for the city and included in Murphy's 10 year plan. More...
Alzheimer's Support Group of Murphy meets the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at the Murphy Senior Center. Contact Laura Harris at 828-644-0650 for more information. Action team The Far West Small Scale Agricultural Action Team meets the second Monday of each month in the St. Andrews Lu... More...
Local volunteers are collecting simple shoe box gifts personally packed by children, families, and individuals here in Cherokee County. From Cherokee County, the shoe box gifts will be sorted and sent using whatever means necessary sea containers, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, helicopters, boa... More...
We are in the middle of a drought and because I fear that our well may run out of water, I conserve. When I shave my face or brush my teeth, I run the water for only the needed moments, not during the entire process as I previously did. I take showers as quickly as possible. And of course, I wate... More...
"I will not be brought under the power of anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12 I grew up in a very conservative, somewhat legalistic church, and I heard a lot of redfaced pulpit pounding about the awfulness of alcohol. That attitude in the pulpit quickly translated into a lot of judging in the pews. More...
Bonnie L. Cearley, 97 of Hiawassee, GA formerly of the Culberson Community of Murphy, NC, died Saturday, November 3, 2007, at the Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee, GA. Bonnie was a native of Clay County, NC but had lived most of her life in the Culberson Community. She was a great mothe... More...
New York City is known for its exciting people, places and things- The Donald, the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center, and also for skyscrapers, Broadway plays, pricey restaurants, cheesecake- and the Italian Mafia. More...
With the memory of news and pictures of the disastrous west coast forest fires, and the evacuation of almost a million home owners fresh in mind, with thousands of homes destroyed, now is a good time to remind you all that we live in a high risk area for wild land fires. More...
Despite a powerful running attack from Tyler Edwards, Hayesville defeated Andrews Friday in the final conference game of the season 54-17. The jackets' passing attack was on as they have Jonathan Shively, the top passer in the conference. More...
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