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Anngee Quinones-Belian/ Staff Correspondent  Laker Young, almost 2, was busy scooping up as many eggs as he could during High Lonesome Therapeutic Equestrian Center’s first Easter event on April 8 in Unaka. 

Anngee Quinones-Belian/ Staff Correspondent  Laker Young, almost 2, was busy scooping up as many eggs as he could during High Lonesome Therapeutic Equestrian Center’s first Easter event on April 8 in Unaka. 

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News Staff
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Body CHEROKEE COUNTY 2 events for Memorial Day There will be Memorial Day ceremonies Monday in both Andrews and Murphy.
hotos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com   Above: Murphy firefighters approach the entrance of a burning home near the intersection of Texana Road and Joe Brown Highway on Monday.

hotos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com   Above: Murphy firefighters approach the entrance of a burning home near the intersection of Texana Road and Joe Brown Highway on Monday.

12 cats die in blaze

Randy Foster
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Body Around lunchtime, fire broke out in the bedroom where Dickhaus was sleeping. Acrid smoke from the smoldering fire caused him to cough, a cough that woke him up and likely saved many lives.
Photos by Tami Mileti-Rayburn/Contributing Photographer Damage was sustained to the house but all of the occupants, including a tenant and three dogs, got out safely May 8. 

Photos by Tami Mileti-Rayburn/Contributing Photographer Damage was sustained to the house but all of the occupants, including a tenant and three dogs, got out safely May 8. 

Family escapes Brasstown fire

Anngee Quinones-Belian
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Body As she peered out of the second-floor window, it wasn’t the moon or stars that caught her eye – it was flames from her own house.   
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com   Kristen Cooper (left) and Mayor Tim Radford lead an entourage while walking along Peachtree Street in downtown Murphy on Friday afternoon.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com   Kristen Cooper (left) and Mayor Tim Radford lead an entourage while walking along Peachtree Street in downtown Murphy on Friday afternoon.

State’s first lady visits Murphy

Randy Foster
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Body Cooper, who is referred to as North Carolina’s first lady, stopped at Murphy Town Hall on Friday afternoon before embarking on a walking town of downtown.
Photos Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Manna Community FoodBank and volunteers brought some relief to local residents at the Hiwassee Dam Community Center on May 17.

Photos Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Manna Community FoodBank and volunteers brought some relief to local residents at the Hiwassee Dam Community Center on May 17.

Good folks helping good folks

Anngee Quinones-Belian
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Body Hiwassee Dam – At 11:30 a.m.
Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent A summa cum laude and North Carolina academic scholar, Dylan Ritz, laughs with Early College classmates Antonio Vega and Braylee Miles-Anderson before their graduation at Tri-County Community College on Saturday.

Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent A summa cum laude and North Carolina academic scholar, Dylan Ritz, laughs with Early College classmates Antonio Vega and Braylee Miles-Anderson before their graduation at Tri-County Community College on Saturday.

Early College graduates ambitious class of students

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Body Peachtree – “It took courage to get through high school, and it will take courage to become our generation’s innovative thinkers and leaders.”