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A rigorous game of stickball is demonstrated at last year’s fair.

A rigorous game of stickball is demonstrated at last year’s fair.

Cherokee County Fair coming soon

Sarah Foster
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Body Andrews – From Ferris wheels to funnel cakes, the 2023 Cherokee County Fair returns from Oct.13-15 for its second year in Valleytown. Advance ticket sales are available now.
Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent The cast of Something Wicked This Way Comes, which is playing at the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center this weekend.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent The cast of Something Wicked This Way Comes, which is playing at the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center this weekend.

‘Something Wicked’ brings frights & delights

Nicole Wright
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Body Andrews – The ACT2 Players’ 2023-24 performance season opened Friday night at the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center to a nearly full house with a two-act production of Ray Bradbury’s
Photos by Robert Grand/Contributing Photographer The sights and sounds of Appalachia come to life at John C. Campbell Folk School’s annual Fall Festival.

Photos by Robert Grand/Contributing Photographer The sights and sounds of Appalachia come to life at John C. Campbell Folk School’s annual Fall Festival.

Fall Festival coming to folk school

News Staff
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Body Brasstown – John C. Campbell Folk School’s Fall Festival returns from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Plenty of folks came out to the Friends of the Murphy Public Library fundraising yard sale on Sept. 15-16.

Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Plenty of folks came out to the Friends of the Murphy Public Library fundraising yard sale on Sept. 15-16.

Murphy Public Library needs help getting sign

News Staff
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Body Murphy – Friends of the Murphy Public Library held a fundraising yard sale Sept. 15-16, and the community came out to show support as well as get some great deals.
Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent UPS is only coming to Valleytown three days per week, picking up packages at the Andrews Chamber of Commerce’s office on Main Street downtown.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent UPS is only coming to Valleytown three days per week, picking up packages at the Andrews Chamber of Commerce’s office on Main Street downtown.

UPS halts daily service in Andrews, other communities

Nicole Wright
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Body Andrews – When Smoky Mountain Hobbies closed in December 2022, Andrews was close to losing its only brick and mortar location for UPS return drop-off service.