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Cherokee County Arrest Report

News Staff
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Body The following people were booked through the Cherokee County Detention Center from April 7-13, 2024, and federal law enforcement officers handled the cases.
This is the front page of the April 17, 1958, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 66 years ago today.

This is the front page of the April 17, 1958, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 66 years ago today.

This Week in Local History

David Brown
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Body In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent A meeting to continue discussing plans for a new youth center in Cherokee County was held at Downtown Pizza in Murphy on March 29. Among community leaders, business owners and members of a variety of organizations were young folks eager to join in the conversation with their ideas. In addition, a “Youth Day” kickoff event was held Saturday at the Unaka Community Development Center.

Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent A meeting to continue discussing plans for a new youth center in Cherokee County was held at Downtown Pizza in Murphy on March 29. Among community leaders, business owners and members of a variety of organizations were young folks eager to join in the conversation with their ideas. In addition, a “Youth Day” kickoff event was held Saturday at the Unaka Community Development Center.

Quick Reads

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Body HANGING DOG Utility adds substation
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com This is the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ sprawling cannabis production facility off of Coopers Creek Road in Ela, an area in Swain County.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com This is the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ sprawling cannabis production facility off of Coopers Creek Road in Ela, an area in Swain County.

Medical cannabis dispensary opens on 4/20

Randy Foster
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Body The dispensary is at 91 Bingo Loop Road in Cherokee, a 10,000-square-foot building that once housed the defunct Cherokee Tribal Bingo.

Juries convict 3 of drug trafficking

Randy Foster
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Body A Cherokee County jury convicted methamphetamine trafficker Mandy Jane Fortner, 34, of Marble, during a trial that started April 1 at Cherokee County Superior Court in Murphy.