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This satellite image from Google Earth shows the proposed Will High Top summit, foreground, with Marble to its east.

This satellite image from Google Earth shows the proposed Will High Top summit, foreground, with Marble to its east.

Unofficial mountain name may become official soon

Body Owl Creek – An unnamed mountain summit between Tomotla and Hanging Dog Mountain may get named, thanks to local tradition and Cherokee Scout articles published in the 1920s
John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown held its annual Friends & Family Day on May 4. Despite rain, the school welcomed hundreds of kids and adults to campus for a fun-filled day of hands-on crafting, demonstrations, music and dance activities. Details: Visit folkschool.org/events/friends-family-day.

John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown held its annual Friends & Family Day on May 4. Despite rain, the school welcomed hundreds of kids and adults to campus for a fun-filled day of hands-on crafting, demonstrations, music and dance activities. Details: Visit folkschool.org/events/friends-family-day.

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Cherokee County Arrest Report

Body The following people were booked through the Cherokee County Detention Center from May 12-18, 2024, and federal law enforcement officers handled the cases.

Mother eligible for death penalty

Body Murphy – A local woman accused in the drowning deaths of her twin sons appeared in court Monday, when the prosecution identified aggravating circumstances in the case that would make her eli