Opinion

Local company riding to rescue

David Brown
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Body A local company and one of its drivers made a trip to Texas last month to bring needed supplies to people hurting from a harsh winter snowstorm.

Broadband comes to county in space

News Staff
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Body One of the biggest challenges to working, and even conducting some basic modern home functions, in Cherokee County has been the lack of broadband high-speed internet service in many of the more rur
This unidentified man, who at least does not litter, casually flips an old guitar case into a Dumpster at the Caney Creek convenience center last month, even though he should have known an eye in the sky was watching.

This unidentified man, who at least does not litter, casually flips an old guitar case into a Dumpster at the Caney Creek convenience center last month, even though he should have known an eye in the sky was watching.

Be careful when taking out the trash

David Brown
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Body I have tried to live a decent life. I try to follow the rules, at least when they’re good for me. I try to do the right thing, even when I don’t necessarily want to.

‘Unworthy Republic’ deepens histories

News Staff
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Body     Completing the year tomorrow as a celebrated non-fiction finalist in the National Book Awards is Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indi
This article was on the front page of the April 2, 1942 edition of the Cherokee Scout.

This article was on the front page of the April 2, 1942 edition of the Cherokee Scout.

My View: When ducks get liquored

David Brown
Friday, November 6, 2020
Body     I was going to write something on the general election, making wildly inaccurate prognostications and trying in vain to find something positive to say about it, but then I read a
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Scout office reopening Friday

David Brown
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Body     As we reported last week, the Cherokee Scout closed your local newspaper’s office to the public on Aug. 14, then for the entire week of Aug.
Bryson City merchant Lance Holland writes Nantahala history in his new book The Nantahala River A History & Guide.

Bryson City merchant Lance Holland writes Nantahala history in his new book The Nantahala River A History & Guide.

Nantahala history detailed in new Lance Holland book

Wally Avett
Friday, August 14, 2020
Body     Early last week, I drove through the Nantahala Gorge, where the N.C. Department of Transportation was finishing cleanup after yet another landslide.