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County debates future of airport

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Body “The update on the airport, if I’m right, Maria, is that Gaylund got served with the papers and that’s about the only real update we have?” Commissioner Ben Adams asked during the board’s Jan 3 meeting.
Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent  Investigator Milton “Sport” Teasdale (left) and Sheriff Dustin Smith work in the evidence room at the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.

Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent  Investigator Milton “Sport” Teasdale (left) and Sheriff Dustin Smith work in the evidence room at the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.

Victims can be forced to pay for evidence

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Body “They are ordered by hospitals when they need them directly from a company called Tri-Tech Forensics Inc., which produces the kits for North Carolina,” said Julie Butler, forensic scientist supervisor for Western Laboratory-Forensic Biology.
Madelyn Waller of Spartanburg, S.C., granddaughter of local resident Edith Lloyd, was the special speaker.

Madelyn Waller of Spartanburg, S.C., granddaughter of local resident Edith Lloyd, was the special speaker.

Life lessons taught at MLK breakfast

David Brown
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Body Texana – After taking two years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast returned to a full house Monday morning.
Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Pat Sherrill works with student Eli Kaufman in her quest to educate youth about the power of language.

Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Pat Sherrill works with student Eli Kaufman in her quest to educate youth about the power of language.

Essay contest lures with big reward

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Body It started as a question among several local leaders: “How can we get youth actively engaged in discourse and civic conversations?”
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Town says roundabout adds safety

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Body The roundabout will be located on the town square at the intersection of Valley River Avenue and Tennessee, Hiwassee and Peachtree streets. The project, which is being handled by the N.C. Department of Transportation, could begin work in early 2024.

County officially turns down grant

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Body Cherokee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Cal Stiles informed the N.C. Department of Public Instruction of the move in a Jan. 4 letter to State Superintendent Catherine Truitt. The superintendent wrote to Stiles in December and asked for a decision by Jan. 4.