Donald Hale/Contributing Photographer There was an accident on the afternoon of Aug. 5 near the Hot Spot at the intersection of U.S. 19/129 and U.S. 64/74 in Ranger, causing traffic delays for about an hour. One eyewitness blamed driving too fast as the culprit.

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Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent   Meghan Torres of Martins Creek appeared to loose her balance and clearly wasn’t able to walk on the white line of the simulated roadway. The N.C. Highway Patrol brought out their DUI goggles for folks to put on, giving the wearer the illusion of being impaired by alcohol or drugs.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent The Andrews High School Senior 2025 class banners made an appearance recently after an anonymous donor provided the funding for the annual honors to each year’s graduating class. The banners run alongside Main Street from the U.S. 19/74 exit.

Photos by Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Reach of Cherokee & Graham Counties advocate Renee Deweese shows off the back to school backpacks with crayons and notebooks offered at the Back to School Pool Party on Saturday at Andrews Recreation Park. The school supplies were offered free to families during Saturday’s event. Sponsored by the Andrews Housing Authority, Reach of Cherokee County and the Town of Andrews, families were encouraged to come enjoy the last days of freedom and summer before the school

Correction: A photo with the article “HIGHTS Career Connect and Summer Career Academy” on page 5B in the Aug. 6 edition of the Cherokee Scout should have identified Lillian Grace Whitener, a rising junior at Robbinsville High School, as the student trying out equipment as part of Tri-County Community College’s new CDL program. In another photo with that article, Lily Holland, a junior at Robbinsville High School, was not listed in the caption. The Scout regrets the error.