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Samantha Sinclair/scoutingaround @cherokeescout.com Surrounded by her paintings and teapots made by the Mountain Potters Network, artist Ann Miller Woodford chats with Esther Manchester during the Murphy Art Walk on Friday night.

Samantha Sinclair/scoutingaround @cherokeescout.com Surrounded by her paintings and teapots made by the Mountain Potters Network, artist Ann Miller Woodford chats with Esther Manchester during the Murphy Art Walk on Friday night.

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Council features two exhibits

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Body Murphy – Two exhibits are featured in the Cherokee County Arts Council’s Cultural Calendar Room at the Murphy Art Center this month. 
Samantha Sinclair/scoutingaround@cherokeescout.com Janet Beall uses a stylus to draw a design with wax on a cleaned out chicken egg during Friday night’s Art Walk.

Samantha Sinclair/scoutingaround@cherokeescout.com Janet Beall uses a stylus to draw a design with wax on a cleaned out chicken egg during Friday night’s Art Walk.

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Bringing Christmas back

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Body Murphy – As Tim Ford looked down the sidewalk at the people enjoying the Art Walk on Friday night, he remarked the activity looked normal for November.
Cherokee County Board of Education member Joe Wood (left) listens as student Jason Wolfe and teacher John Worden explain the features of the district’s new Parent Engagement Bus, or the LearnIn Bus.

Cherokee County Board of Education member Joe Wood (left) listens as student Jason Wolfe and teacher John Worden explain the features of the district’s new Parent Engagement Bus, or the LearnIn Bus.

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New bus joins fleet

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Body Murphy –  A project that started in September 2019 in John Worden’s science classroom was completed and unveiled on Oct. 23.
U.S. Marines veteran Richard Ferris (right), who lives in Murphy today, reads his Bible while serving in the jungles of wartime Vietnam from 1966-68.

U.S. Marines veteran Richard Ferris (right), who lives in Murphy today, reads his Bible while serving in the jungles of wartime Vietnam from 1966-68.

Local veteran wasn’t expected to make it home alive

Noah Shatzer
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Body Murphy –  Midway through the Vietnam War, Richard Ferris received a Christmas present that would change his life permanently.

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Internet outage takes down email

News Staff
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Body Murphy – As if a global pandemic and polarizing political campaigns weren’t enough, the Cherokee Scout’s internet system failed in the wee hours of Friday morning.
Photo by Sam Jokich/

Photo by Sam Jokich/

Ringing out again

News Staff
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Body The bell tower and clapper at Episcopal Church of the Messiah in downtown Murphy have spent the last few weeks being cleaned and restored at the Cherokee County Quarry, and last week they were put
A Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corp. crew pulls a tap line Thursday across the Toccoa River in Suches, Ga., at Cavender Gap and Georgia 60. Lineman Chase Hemphill is in the bucket, while crew members Kelly Cruse, Clayton Wood, Jeff Odom, Terrence Kane, Chris Busbee, Jesse Miller and Josh Bryant wait to finish their duties after the tap line gets across the river.

A Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corp. crew pulls a tap line Thursday across the Toccoa River in Suches, Ga., at Cavender Gap and Georgia 60. Lineman Chase Hemphill is in the bucket, while crew members Kelly Cruse, Clayton Wood, Jeff Odom, Terrence Kane, Chris Busbee, Jesse Miller and Josh Bryant wait to finish their duties after the tap line gets across the river.

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Storm cuts power across county, but no serious accidents, injuries

News Staff
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Body The first Tropical Storm warning in Cherokee County’s history led to downed limbs and widespread power outages, but the area was reportedly free from serious accidents and injuries.