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Marcia Barnes/ Clay County Progress Dr. Sue Lynn Ledford, executive director of Four Square Community Action based in Andrews, speaks before the Clay County Board of Commissioners in Hayesville on Aug. 1.

Marcia Barnes/ Clay County Progress Dr. Sue Lynn Ledford, executive director of Four Square Community Action based in Andrews, speaks before the Clay County Board of Commissioners in Hayesville on Aug. 1.

Quick Reads

News Staff
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body PEACHTREE Commission, schools meet

Program giving help to Murphy

News Staff
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body Murphy – The town has welcomed Ona Elkins, a recent graduate and valedictorian of UNC Asheville, as part of the Lead for North Carolina program, an initiative by the UNC School of
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Cherokee County Schools board members, staff and administrators arrive Thursday for the first time in Marble at the relocated Central Office at 2230 Airport Road.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Cherokee County Schools board members, staff and administrators arrive Thursday for the first time in Marble at the relocated Central Office at 2230 Airport Road.

School year set to begin

Randy Foster
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body Board meets as parents can appeal non-district rejections

Ex-editor of Scout dies at 47

News Staff
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body Osborne was a journalist for 25 years, starting in 1999 as a sports writer at the Lake City (Fla.) Reporter after graduating from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He had been editor of The Northeast Georgian since 2019.
Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com: Children swarm around LifeForce 6, a helicopter ambulance based at Western Carolina Regional Airport in Andrews, during STEM Camp at Tri-County Community College in Peachtree on Aug. 8.

Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com: Children swarm around LifeForce 6, a helicopter ambulance based at Western Carolina Regional Airport in Andrews, during STEM Camp at Tri-County Community College in Peachtree on Aug. 8.

Happy STEM campers

Randy Foster
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Guest reader Kristen George of One Dozen Who Care read as part of the Summer Reading Program at the Andrews Public Library on Aug. 7. George read selections from the Purel Miller African-American Book Collection to the young and young at heart crowd. Different community leaders were invited to read recently at each of the four branches in the Nantahala Regional Library system.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Guest reader Kristen George of One Dozen Who Care read as part of the Summer Reading Program at the Andrews Public Library on Aug. 7. George read selections from the Purel Miller African-American Book Collection to the young and young at heart crowd. Different community leaders were invited to read recently at each of the four branches in the Nantahala Regional Library system.

Guest readers bring books to life

Nicole Wright
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body Andrews – Youth Services Librarian Bridget Wilson of the Nantahala Regional Library hosted a series of guest readers for the Summer Reading Program at each of the four branches fro
Photos by Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Crowds gathered in downtown Andrews on Aug. 10 for the fifth annual Andrews VFW Post 7620 Hot Summer Nights car show. A variety of vintage and new model vehicles were on display for the annual fundraiser benefitting the local post’s refurbishing projects as well as scholarship funds.

Photos by Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Crowds gathered in downtown Andrews on Aug. 10 for the fifth annual Andrews VFW Post 7620 Hot Summer Nights car show. A variety of vintage and new model vehicles were on display for the annual fundraiser benefitting the local post’s refurbishing projects as well as scholarship funds.

VFW Hot Summer Nights delights town crowds

Nicole Wright
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body Andrews – Veterans Foreign Wars Post 7620 held its fifth annual Hot Summer Nights Car Show & Fundraiser on Aug. 10 along Main Street downtown.