Local residents Pav and Kate Templeton are ready to welcome customers to Rare Bird Emporium on Andrews Road in Murphy. Photo by Samantha Sinclair
Local residents Pav and Kate Templeton are ready to welcome customers to Rare Bird Emporium on Andrews Road in Murphy. Photo by Samantha Sinclair
Wendy Megyese, owner of Muttigans in Murphy, prepares a drink for a customer. Photo by Samantha Sinclair
Anne Daley and Adam Molny flying in one of their planes. Daley purchased land more than 20 years ago that she recently donated to Cherokee County and will be sold through a sealed bid process.
As early voting began Thursday morning, the line to vote wrapped along the side of the Cherokee County Courthouse Annex in downtown Murphy and along the edge of the parking lot for PNC Bank next door. Photo by Samantha Sinclair
Waiting for your work to download without broadband internet service can make users want to pull their hair out in rural Cherokee County. Photo illustration by Sam Jokich
IOPL Hometown Debate with N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell, left, Spectrum’s Loretta Boniti, and Democrat candidate Ronnie Chatterji. (Spectrum News screenshot)