Starting Tuesday, March 4, a section of the Murphy River Walk & Canoe Trail boardwalk will be closed for needed repairs. This section goes from the McClelland Street parking area to the covered bridge (shown in the photo above). Walkers will be able to bypass this section by using the section from the Thomas Street parking area to the covered bridge, where it rejoins the main path. This area will be closed for a few days as rotted posts and boards are replaced.

This is the front page of the March 5, 1964, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 61 years ago today.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com A fire gutted Jolly Roger’s Treasure Chest thrift store at 584 Main St. in Andrews Town Centre and destroyed a trailer on Sept. 27, 2024. The remains of the store were recently razed, making room for the next business in town.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokee-scout.com Vehicles negotiate the traffic circle in downtown Murphy on Monday, one week after the DOT’s initial unveiling.

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Anngee Quinones-Belian/ Staff Correspondent A semi-truck flipped on its side, scattering the trailer’s load along the highway, over a guardrail and into the embankment on U.S. 64 West at Tilson Road about 6:18 p.m. Feb. 25 in Ranger. Calls went out about 6:18 p.m. No one was injured. Traffic was rerouted until an incident involving another truck had drivers turning around and going back toward the four-lane highway again. The scene lasted for several hours.