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Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  The path of a brush fire that was started when a tree limb fell on a power line March 22.

Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  The path of a brush fire that was started when a tree limb fell on a power line March 22.

Law & Order

Body RANGER Limb starts a brush fire
Donald Hale/Contributing Photographer Workers with Murphy Electric Power Board trim trees in Murphy to keep their lines – and the public – safe from falling limbs. One onlooker said the power company was “exceeding expectations.”

Donald Hale/Contributing Photographer Workers with Murphy Electric Power Board trim trees in Murphy to keep their lines – and the public – safe from falling limbs. One onlooker said the power company was “exceeding expectations.”

Quick Reads

Body MURPHY $35K for attorneys
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Two people were killed in a house fire on March 27 at 134 Preserve Road. The names of the victims could not be confirmed by the Cherokee Scout’s press time Tuesday.

Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Two people were killed in a house fire on March 27 at 134 Preserve Road. The names of the victims could not be confirmed by the Cherokee Scout’s press time Tuesday.

Fire kills couple

Body Fire officials were distraught and unable to provide details at the scene. The Ranger Volunteer Fire Department later issued a statement on its Facebook page.

Schools have not responded to emails

Body The Cherokee Scout submitted a Freedom of Information Act request on March 13 to Cherokee County Schools for all emails – internal and external, incoming and outgoing – about school consolidation, reorganization, zoning, infrastructure, funding and staffing since Jan. 1.
Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Massage therapist Renee Lamance and her husband, Zach Kilmer, practice stretching exercises as a form of therapy.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Massage therapist Renee Lamance and her husband, Zach Kilmer, practice stretching exercises as a form of therapy.

‘Soul Work’

Body Therapy revitalizes the spirit
Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Six-year-old Hazel Beck of Peachtree found a golden egg during a hunt at High Lonesome Therapeutic Equestrian Center in Unaka on March 23. She said about finding the eggs, “I feel like it’s really easy because I can see them all.” She’ll be starting riding lessons at the center in April, riding atop Daniel.

Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Six-year-old Hazel Beck of Peachtree found a golden egg during a hunt at High Lonesome Therapeutic Equestrian Center in Unaka on March 23. She said about finding the eggs, “I feel like it’s really easy because I can see them all.” She’ll be starting riding lessons at the center in April, riding atop Daniel.

Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Andrews police, with backup from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, question a motorist following a traffic stop off of Main Street on March 17.

Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Andrews police, with backup from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, question a motorist following a traffic stop off of Main Street on March 17.

Andrews public safety gets boost with police, fire

Body Andrews – Not that long ago, public safety was in disarray in town.