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Cherokee County Commissioner Randy Phillips’ campaign signs placed in the right-of-way on both sides of U.S. 19/74/129 near Western Carolina Regional Airport appear to violate state law, which allows placement of campaign signs no sooner than 30 days before one-stop voting begins on Feb. 15.

Cherokee County Commissioner Randy Phillips’ campaign signs placed in the right-of-way on both sides of U.S. 19/74/129 near Western Carolina Regional Airport appear to violate state law, which allows placement of campaign signs no sooner than 30 days before one-stop voting begins on Feb. 15.

County to test absentee ballot signature verification program

News Staff
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Body Murphy – Cherokee County is one of 10 North Carolina counties included in a pilot program to match and verify signatures on absentee ballots against a database of on-file signature

Cherokee County Arrest Report

News Staff
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Body The following people were booked through the Cherokee County Detention Center from Dec. 29, 2023-Jan. 6, 2024, and federal law enforcement officers handled the cases.
This map shows overall county-by-county rankings from a study of child needs in North Carolina. View the complete Roadmap online and read the front-page report in the Jan. 3 edition of the Cherokee Scout.

This map shows overall county-by-county rankings from a study of child needs in North Carolina. View the complete Roadmap online and read the front-page report in the Jan. 3 edition of the Cherokee Scout.

Quick Reads

News Staff
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Body TEXANA Breakfast with King

Missing local girl found safe

Randy Foster
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Body Andrews – Missing 17-year-old Addison Faith Dartez is safe and appeared in juvenile court in Murphy on Tuesday morning for an emancipation hearing.

Woman accused of drug murder

News Staff
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Body Preliminary information from the autopsy and the investigation revealed that Hughes died of a fentanyl overdose, according to the release from the GBI.