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Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Pastor Tim Huff with his service dog, Gus, enjoying each other and the nice weather outside Murphy Free Methodist Church.

Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Pastor Tim Huff with his service dog, Gus, enjoying each other and the nice weather outside Murphy Free Methodist Church.

Local lives of the homeless

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Body According to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, Land is one of North Carolina’s 9,280 total homeless citizens on any given day. 
Detention Center

Detention Center

Settling jail suit will cost $1.8M

Charlie Benton
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Body Long’s family filed a lawsuit against the county’s insurer and Sheriff Derrick Palmer in 2020. In September, both parties agreed to settle the lawsuit, with a notice of settlement being filed on Sept. 20.
Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Cherokee County Schools Superintendent Jeana Conley watches as teacher Michael Kernea steps on a $20 bill.

Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Cherokee County Schools Superintendent Jeana Conley watches as teacher Michael Kernea steps on a $20 bill.

HAVEN dazzles, raffles in elegant dinner fundraiser

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Body Murphy – The historic Hackney Warehouse buzzed with fancily dressed people laughing, drinking and aggressively bidding on coveted items during a live auction on Nov. 13.
Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Mother Shanda Bias, daughter Madison Adamovish and son Stephen Adamovish make three generations watching the Veterans Parade.

Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Mother Shanda Bias, daughter Madison Adamovish and son Stephen Adamovish make three generations watching the Veterans Parade.

Students, neighbors honor veterans with parade

Abigail Blythe Batton
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Body Andrews – Despite Andrews High School vice principal Joslyn Parker-Booth’s insistence that the Veterans Parade was “not about the students. We don’t want to make them the focus.

COVID takes 99th local resident

News Staff
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Body Murphy – A 99th local resident, who was in their early 60s, died from COVID-19 last week, one of 27 new positive test results for the coronavirus reported by the Cherokee County He
Jared Putnam/Clay County Progress Workers tear down the Big D Convenience Store at Old Highway 64 on Nov. 2 in Hayesville. The company will soon move into a larger building directly behind the old facility. The building housed Hilltop Store in the 1960s.

Jared Putnam/Clay County Progress Workers tear down the Big D Convenience Store at Old Highway 64 on Nov. 2 in Hayesville. The company will soon move into a larger building directly behind the old facility. The building housed Hilltop Store in the 1960s.

Law & Order

News Staff
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Body ROBBINSVILLE Smith trial delayed again
Photos by Steve Butts/ Contributing Photographer

Photos by Steve Butts/ Contributing Photographer

Quick Reads

News Staff
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Body MURPHY Rotary has no trees to sell