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Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Rotarian Trevis Hicks prepares for the final draw during Saturday’s Rotary Poker Run. The event raises money for scholarships to Cherokee County students.

Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Rotarian Trevis Hicks prepares for the final draw during Saturday’s Rotary Poker Run. The event raises money for scholarships to Cherokee County students.

Rotary Club raises money for scholarships with Poker Run

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Body Murphy – When Trevis Hicks’ grandfather died in 2020 from COVID-19, he sparked a legacy that would have made him proud.
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Greta Gibson offered a presentation on identity theft and prevention on March 22.

Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Greta Gibson offered a presentation on identity theft and prevention on March 22.

Spring Clean Out Day helps community declutter

Anngee Quinones-Belian
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Body Murphy – Rain hindered but didn’t stop folks from coming out to the N.C. Cooperative Extension building on March 22 for a Spring Clean Out Day community event.
Aaron Park, the Rev. Fred Lunsford and Dr. P. Douglass Small (from left) enjoy a meal together Saturday night.

Aaron Park, the Rev. Fred Lunsford and Dr. P. Douglass Small (from left) enjoy a meal together Saturday night.

Hearts united by hunger for revival in WNC

News Staff
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Body How did a retired Southern Baptist preacher, a Pentecostal revivalist and a Korean Baptist who heads the South Korean World School of Prayer (mostly Presbyterians) come to be at the same table?

MountainTrue against forest plan

News Staff
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Body On March 20, after 10 years of public input and planning, the Forest Service adopted its new management plan for the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests – a disappointing document that is significant
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Making plans: The Cherokee County Planning Board is sworn in during its inaugural meeting on March 21. The oath is administered by assistant county manager Maria Hass (from left) – with legal advice provided by county attorney Darryl Brown – with board members Dan Eichenbaum, Ben Adams, Randy Phillips, Jan Griggs and Cal Stiles – all of whom are also county commissioners – taking the oath.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Making plans: The Cherokee County Planning Board is sworn in during its inaugural meeting on March 21. The oath is administered by assistant county manager Maria Hass (from left) – with legal advice provided by county attorney Darryl Brown – with board members Dan Eichenbaum, Ben Adams, Randy Phillips, Jan Griggs and Cal Stiles – all of whom are also county commissioners – taking the oath.

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David Brown
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Body MURPHY Board begins future plans