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Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Katie Snow, program director with Project MARS; Mayor Tim Radford; and Susan Dean, AmeriCorps program director with Volunteer N.C. in Raleigh, pitch in Oct. 22 at Konehete Veterans Park during Make a Difference Day.

Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Katie Snow, program director with Project MARS; Mayor Tim Radford; and Susan Dean, AmeriCorps program director with Volunteer N.C. in Raleigh, pitch in Oct. 22 at Konehete Veterans Park during Make a Difference Day.

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News Staff
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Body CHEROKEE COUNTY Scout wins CNI awards
Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent John Ivie prepares to welcome the bereaved inside Ivie Funeral Home in downtown Murphy.

Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent John Ivie prepares to welcome the bereaved inside Ivie Funeral Home in downtown Murphy.

Facing death means more preparation

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Body While the family makes emotional decisions to usher their dearly departed from life to death in the arrangement room, the body is going through its own transformation in the preparation room.
Tom Caley cuts out old teller stations at the Murphy Art Center’s new home in the former Entegra Bank building, 12 Peachtree St. on the square downtown.

Tom Caley cuts out old teller stations at the Murphy Art Center’s new home in the former Entegra Bank building, 12 Peachtree St. on the square downtown.

MAC to celebrate its grand opening

Anngee Quinones-Belian
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Body The official opening of the new Murphy Art Center was Oct. 31. However, the grand opening will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday to coincide with the monthly Art Walk, which is sponsored by the Valley River Arts Guild.
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Willow Crisp has her face painted by Hope Ledford during Shepherd of the Mountains’ Trunk or Treat event Saturday in Murphy. More photos, page 10A.

Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Willow Crisp has her face painted by Hope Ledford during Shepherd of the Mountains’ Trunk or Treat event Saturday in Murphy. More photos, page 10A.

Happiest of Halloweens

News Staff
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Voters make call Tuesday

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Body “In 2018, we voted about 5,500 people early,” Director of Elections Leighsa Jones said Monday afternoon. “We’re at 3,100 right now, so we may be just a tad ahead of what we did four years ago.
Wayne Kephart, Rebecca (Beau) Allen Hudgins, Rolf Grassler, Rita Grassler and Andreas Grassler (from left).

Wayne Kephart, Rebecca (Beau) Allen Hudgins, Rolf Grassler, Rita Grassler and Andreas Grassler (from left).

Ancestry’s DNA test leads to family ties

News Staff
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Body I have always had a love of history, and at a young age I got interested in learning more about my own family history.