Blue Ridge Mountain Little League Opening Day at Konehete Park in Murphy on Saturday morning started with a free breakfast for all players.

The crash involved a box truck and an SUV.

A drone view shows a two-vehicle crash on N.C. 294 in Hiwassee Dam on Friday.

Main Street Champion: From left are Erin Barnes, Main Street America president & CEO; Victoria Ivie, Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce executive director; and Reginald Speight, assistant secretary for the N.C. Department of Commerce on Thursday in New Bern.

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Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com A boat ramp on Lake Hiwassee in the Ramsey Bluff area Friday shows smoke from a controlled burn nearby.