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Penny Ray/pennyray@cherokeescout.com Front row (from left) are Cherokee County Commissioners Dan Eichenbaum, Gary “Hippie” Westmoreland, Roy Dickey, C.B. McKinnon and Cal Stiles. Back row (from left) are county attorney Darryl Brown and County Manager Randy Wiggins.

Penny Ray/pennyray@cherokeescout.com Front row (from left) are Cherokee County Commissioners Dan Eichenbaum, Gary “Hippie” Westmoreland, Roy Dickey, C.B. McKinnon and Cal Stiles. Back row (from left) are county attorney Darryl Brown and County Manager Randy Wiggins.

Dickey retires from politics, McKinnon open to future

Penny Ray
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Body When Roy Dickey of Hiwassee Dam was appointed to the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners to fill an at-large seat vacated by Cal Stiles in 2014, he wasn’t sure if his abbreviated two-year term w
The Tilford family of Hiwassee Dam stops to watch as Jordan Mixon and Jill Kernea of the Festive Fairies fluff out Murphy’s Christmas Tree. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

The Tilford family of Hiwassee Dam stops to watch as Jordan Mixon and Jill Kernea of the Festive Fairies fluff out Murphy’s Christmas Tree. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Season's greetings

News Staff
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Body The Andrews Chamber of Commerce’s annual Magic on Main Electric Christmas Parade was held after dark Saturday before a nice crowd in downtown Andrews.
Steve Beavers and his wife, Patricia Rife-Beavers, are shown delivering gifts of frozen turkeys to the Sharing Center food pantry given in honor of her father, Ed Rife, who died recently but had been a volunteer worker at the center well into his 80s. 

Steve Beavers and his wife, Patricia Rife-Beavers, are shown delivering gifts of frozen turkeys to the Sharing Center food pantry given in honor of her father, Ed Rife, who died recently but had been a volunteer worker at the center well into his 80s. 

Food bank serves increased demand

Wally Avett
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Body Murphy – More large families than usual are coming to the Sharing Center, largest food bank in the county, during the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic.
The newest Little Free Library in Cherokee County is on Marrestop Road, near the intersection with Johnsonville Road in Hothouse.

The newest Little Free Library in Cherokee County is on Marrestop Road, near the intersection with Johnsonville Road in Hothouse.

New Little Free Library opens

Samantha Sinclair
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Body Hothouse – There’s a new library on the western end of Cherokee County.