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Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com The shores of Hiwassee Lake are shown during a low-level period. The Tennessee Valley Authority adjusts the lake level for flood control downriver of Hiwassee Dam. A push to transfer the Hanging Dog campground from U.S. Forest Service to state parks management is being thwarted in part by fluctuating lake levels.
Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Above: Don Reynolds, president of the Valley River Humane Society Board of Directors, provides information about the animal shelter in Marble to an overflow crowd at the July 29 meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners. Below: Some of the humane society’s supporters carried signs into the commissioners’ meeting.
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com The Town of Murphy plans to build a boardwalk along banks of the Hiwassee River following this primitive trail, photographed in December 2023. The boardwalk keeps this section of trail open year-round.
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Folks gathered together for a benefit in Peachtree on July 26 to help raise money for Kelly Smith, who has had to take a leave of absence from her job in order to deal with serious medical issues.