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Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent  Murphy Downtown Development Director Laura Lachance and Mayor Tim Radford (from left) display projections for the new roundabout at the four-way intersection, including the four pocket parks. Another view, 8A.

Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent  Murphy Downtown Development Director Laura Lachance and Mayor Tim Radford (from left) display projections for the new roundabout at the four-way intersection, including the four pocket parks. Another view, 8A.

Community talking in circles

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Body While it’s true that those tea drinkers in England started the roundabout craze in the early 1900s, Americans largely ignored their four-way stop solution.
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County set to hire airport ‘manager’

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Body The proposal was made by assistant county manager Maria Hass, who also serves as airport manager. The move became necessary after commissioners unanimously voted Dec. 5 to terminate the county’s fixed-base operator agreement with Gaylund Trull by Friday.
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Fire destroyed a two-story residential home in Bellview on Jan. 12, despite the efforts of firefighters to control it. Read the article and see more photos in the Jan. 18 edition.

Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Fire destroyed a two-story residential home in Bellview on Jan. 12, despite the efforts of firefighters to control it. Read the article and see more photos in the Jan. 18 edition.

QuickReads

News Staff
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Body MURPHY Burger King settles lawsuit
Jason Harley Kloepfer during happier times on Facebook.

Jason Harley Kloepfer during happier times on Facebook.

Shooting video sparks concerns

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Body Bear Paw – Dramatic video of a Murphy man being shot by the Cherokee Indian Police Department SWAT team appears to contradict key details of a press release issued by the Cherokee

Noise ordinance closer to approval

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Body “I’ve heard some valid points on some of the issues we might modify somewhat, but not a great deal,” board Chairman Cal Stiles said Monday night. “I think what we’ve got here is a pretty good document. ...