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Things are anything but business as usual for local restaurants like ShoeBooties Cafe in downtown Murphy, which have had to operate as take-out only since the state’s first Stay-at-Home Order. Photo by Sam Jokich

Things are anything but business as usual for local restaurants like ShoeBooties Cafe in downtown Murphy, which have had to operate as take-out only since the state’s first Stay-at-Home Order. Photo by Sam Jokich

Businesses wait to reopen

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Body     Murphy – Although business is not normal in downtown, the Murphy Business Association is brainstorming ways to bring people back downtown once it’s safe.
The Curiosity Shop Bookstore in downtown Murphy, one of only a few bookstores in Cherokee County, has been listed for sale.

The Curiosity Shop Bookstore in downtown Murphy, one of only a few bookstores in Cherokee County, has been listed for sale.

Bookstore up for sale

Penny Ray
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Body     Murphy – A books and gift shop that has been a downtown staple for 20 years is on the market.
Keith Kilpatrick holds his book, Kilpatrick: A Family of Colonial North Carolina, outside the potato house on his family’s property. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Keith Kilpatrick holds his book, Kilpatrick: A Family of Colonial North Carolina, outside the potato house on his family’s property. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Book shares Kilpatrick family and local history

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Body     Turtletown, Tenn. - Keith Kilpatrick never thought of himself as writer, but he is one today.
Valley View Care and Rehabiltation Center

Valley View Care and Rehabiltation Center

Visiting through calls, windows

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Body     Andrews – Danny Anderson would visit his mom, Annie Juanita Anderson, every day – sometimes twice day – at Valley View Care & Rehabilitation.
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County keeps numbers low

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Body     Murphy – Although Cherokee County had four more cases of COVID-19 announced last week, things are trending better for the county and reopening local businesses.
Photo by Samuel Jokich/For the Cherokee Scout

Photo by Samuel Jokich/For the Cherokee Scout

Families on parade at nursing home

News Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Body Murphy Rehab & Nursing at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Peachtree hosted a family parade Friday afternoon.