MURPHY
Council set to tourold police building
The Murphy Town Council has scheduled a tour and work session at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, before the regular monthly board meeting, at 93 Peachtree St., the former Murphy Police Department building.
This session will allow town council members to walk through the vacant building and start considering potential options for its future use. No decisions about the building’s usage will be made during this work session or at the regular meeting. This is intended to facilitate initial exploration and discussion.
Details: Visit townofmurphync.com.
CHEROKEE COUNTY
County moves up into state’s ‘Tier 2’
Eighteen North Carolina counties have economic designation changes in 2025, which could make a difference in the grants they receive from the state for economic development.
Cherokee, Chowan, Duplin, Gates, Granville, Haywood, Jones, Onslow and Pasquotank counties are moving to a “less distressed” tier of counties, according to the N.C. Department of Commerce. Alexander, Caldwell, Camden, Cleveland, Davie, McDowell, Montgomery, Randolph and Surry counties will move to a “more distressed” tier.
The states uses four economic factors to analyze and rank each county: unemployment rate, median household income, population growth and assessed property value per capita. The tier rankings are then used to make decisions on several grant programs.
The most economically distressed counties are in Tier 1, with Tier 3 the least distressed. Cherokee County had been in Tier 1 for a number of years.
Details: Read the full report in the Dec. 11 edition of the Cherokee Scout.
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Public meetings
THIS WEEK
- Local, state and federal government offices, and the Cherokee Scout, will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 25, for the Christmas holiday. The Scout will also close at noon Tuesday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve. The Scout will reopen at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 26.
COMING SOON
- Local, state and federal government offices, and the Cherokee Scout, will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 1, for the New Year’s holiday. The Scout will reopen at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.
- Murphy Town Council meets at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at Murphy Electric Power Board, 5 Wofford St. downtown. Live-streamed on the Scout’s Facebook page.
- Cherokee County Board of Commissioners meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at the Cherokee County Courthouse, 75 Peachtree St. in downtown Murphy. Live-streamed on the Scout’s Facebook page.
Compiled by Publisher David Brown.