Murphy – Nantahala Regional Libraries are open for express use after being closed for almost one year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With North Carolina students returning to the classroom full time, Cherokee County’s health director said it’s a safe move.
Ranger – A young couple purchased a doublewide trailer that burned down the day they signed the closing papers.
Murphy – A former jail officer accused of assaulting an inmate inside the Cherokee County Detention Center has admitted to the crime.
Murphy – On each day of the trial charging Jackie Slaughter with attempted murder, the judge instructed jurors not to research media reports about the defendant’s past.
Martins Creek – A rooster pecked through the charred remains of a residential mobile home Monday morning.
Cherokee County Schools is looking further into the possibility that its new School of Innovation & Technology is being built on a sensitive historic site in Peachtree.
Andrews – Lucky number seven. Town aldermen appointed a new police chief at the March 9 meeting, making Colin Gillespie the seventh person to lead the department in the past three
Murphy Local leaders say a handful of non-native plants scatter seeds that cause overgrowth and strangles native plants, overtaking landscapes.