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Cherokee County Arrest Report

News Staff
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Body The following people were booked through the Cherokee County Detention Center from Jan . 21-27, 2024, and federal law enforcement officers handled the cases.
This map shows the location of a Fort Butler Street property being looked at for an affordable housing development, relative to its location to downtown Murphy.

This map shows the location of a Fort Butler Street property being looked at for an affordable housing development, relative to its location to downtown Murphy.

Quick Reads

News Staff
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Body MURPHY Town looks into housing
Ethan Hedrick of Hiwassee Dam was an animal lover.

Ethan Hedrick of Hiwassee Dam was an animal lover.

Firefighter killed in wreck

Randy Foster
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Body Hiwassee Dam – Firefighters around Cherokee County are mourning the loss of one of their own, a volunteer firefighter who was killed in a traffic collision sometime late Saturday o
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Warning signs were placed outside this property in Martins Creek that is being seized as a nuisance to the community.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Warning signs were placed outside this property in Martins Creek that is being seized as a nuisance to the community.

‘Nuisance to the community’

Randy Foster
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Body County working to seize land
Bill Belian/Contributing Photographer Project engineer Gary Smith shows areas that will receive high-speed broadband fiber service in a meeting at the Unaka Community Development Club on Saturday.

Bill Belian/Contributing Photographer Project engineer Gary Smith shows areas that will receive high-speed broadband fiber service in a meeting at the Unaka Community Development Club on Saturday.

High-speed internet coming to rural areas

Anngee Quinones-Belian
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Body Unaka – About 80 people came out to the Unaka Community Development Club on Saturday afternoon under rainy skies to attend a town meeting regarding an update on receiving high-spee