Opinion

Body Holy Father or character?He was born Robert Francis Prevost on Sept. 14, 1955. On May 8, 2025, his name was changed to Leo the 14th, when elected pope of the Catholic Church.

Cherokee Scout Publisher David Brown awards a medal to one of the Cherokee & Clay County Senior Games’ winners on April 24 at the Rock Gym in Murphy.

David Brown: April showed best of Cherokee County

David Brown

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Body April Fool’s Day kicks off that month every year, but thankfully we have a whole lot more to be thankful for than to make fun of in Cherokee County.

The current model of the Nantahala Regional Library’s Bookmobile. It still rolls, serving western North Carolina.

Roads Less Traveled: Wonder of books in the mountains of Western NC

Bruce Voyles

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Body A boy is sitting on the bench of a store porch in Hiwassee Dam. It is a summer day, warm, the kind of afternoon where not much is moving.

Darren Gorney

Your Opinion Matters: April 29, 2026

Anngee Quinones-Belian

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Body "You can't go back. Look, we used to have to own property to vote. That's because those were the people that had the most to loose, they had a skin in the game, so to speak.

Dr. James Vollmer is shown with his wife, Sandra, after his graduation from dental school.

Andrews Journaling: Dentist leaving legacy of service

Kandy Barnard

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Body This is the first of a three-part series.

You gotta fake it to make it

Anngee Quinones-Belian

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Body My neighbor came over last week cryin' that his wife just left him. I asked if she said she was going out to get milk or cigarettes?