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DMV has 3-month wait time

Tracy Barnes
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Body Some locals are driving to DMV locations in Asheville or Hendersonville. Others with appointments in Andrews try walking in instead to get their license sooner.
Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Freshman Iris Diaz, Principal Jason Forrester, senior Isaac Jenen and sophomore Cameron Woody prepare for the Veterans Celebration on Friday at Tri-County Early College.

Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Freshman Iris Diaz, Principal Jason Forrester, senior Isaac Jenen and sophomore Cameron Woody prepare for the Veterans Celebration on Friday at Tri-County Early College.

School honors veterans

News Staff
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Body Capt. Reid Woody is very good at eating. This is what he told an auditorium full of students from Tri-County Early College on Friday during the high school’s Veterans Celebration.
Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent A family impresses with their costumes from The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy-Scarlett Mclure, Wicked Witch-Mayah McClure, Lion-Payton Hyde, Scarecrow-Kylie Cross and Tin Man-Sam Cross.

Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent A family impresses with their costumes from The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy-Scarlett Mclure, Wicked Witch-Mayah McClure, Lion-Payton Hyde, Scarecrow-Kylie Cross and Tin Man-Sam Cross.

Valley’s Halloween party suitable for all ages

Abigail Blythe Batton
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Body Andrews – The Andrews Chamber of Commerce was not going to let a little soggy rain spoil their annual Trunk or Treat party on Oct. 30.
David Brown/dbrown@cherokeescout.com Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sherry Raines (middle) confers with board member/emcee Tim Radford and vice president Kathryn Jenkins during the online annual membership meeting Thursday.

David Brown/dbrown@cherokeescout.com Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sherry Raines (middle) confers with board member/emcee Tim Radford and vice president Kathryn Jenkins during the online annual membership meeting Thursday.

Chamber honors community

News Staff
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Body Murphy – The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce honored a longstanding local business, a nonprofit community group, a volunteering couple and a man whose memory will always i