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This aircraft is similar to the 1965 model Beechcraft 35 Bonanza that crashed into a mountain Sunday night.

This aircraft is similar to the 1965 model Beechcraft 35 Bonanza that crashed into a mountain Sunday night.

Plane crash kills two

Penny Ray
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Body Authorities are investigating the cause of an airplane crash that claimed the lives of two people.

Your Views

News Staff
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Body Building sale a wrong deal Hello, citizens of Cherokee County.
This home – which “was built by family, for family” – off U.S. 19/129 in Bellview is scheduled to be demolished as part of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s highway widening project.

This home – which “was built by family, for family” – off U.S. 19/129 in Bellview is scheduled to be demolished as part of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s highway widening project.

DOT to remove homes on U.S. 19

Charlie Benton
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Body As the N.C. Department of Transportation’s N.C. 19/129 widening project moves forward, uncertainty remains for homeowners and business owners to be affected by the project’s right of way.
Cherokee County sheriff's vehicle

Cherokee County sheriff's vehicle

Settlement reached in wrongful death suit

Penny Ray
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Body Parties in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Cherokee County last year have reached a settlement, which will likely result in a monetary payout from the county’s insurance company.
Casey Cooper, chief executive officer of the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, spoke on behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians during the Clay County Board of Commissioners meeting on Sept. 2. He also spoke about Medicaid expansion before the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 7.

Casey Cooper, chief executive officer of the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, spoke on behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians during the Clay County Board of Commissioners meeting on Sept. 2. He also spoke about Medicaid expansion before the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 7.

Is Medicaid expansion a good deal for N.C.?

News Staff
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Body Rebecca Cerese readily admits that she stays angry, and the frustration in her voice comes through as clear as her message. The engagement coordinator for the Health Advocacy Project at the N.C.
Newly named bridge No. 5/N.C. 141 sign in Cherokee County.

Newly named bridge No. 5/N.C. 141 sign in Cherokee County.

A bridge by no other name

Anngee Quinones-Belian
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Body Marble – Lifelong local resident Fred Lunsford was honored Friday, when the N.C. Department of Transportation named a bridge in his honor.