Opinion

    It has been a bad year for Derrick and Cindy Palmer to be on Facebook. Then again, they’re not alone.

    The Grinch is back in style on the silver screen, but some folks seem determined to top him in the Christmas-hating department.

   The State Bureau of Investigation reportedly spent more than three years looking into missing guns and a wide variety of other alleged misdeeds at the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office during Kei

    We just went through an election where folks’ biggest complaint was that the Republican dominance did not give Democrat or independent voters enough say in our local officials.

    The caravan from Honduras that traveled through Mexico to reach the U.S. border has raised many concerns, as stated by Hugh Williamson in the Nov. 28 edition of the Cherokee Scout.

    Any resident of the western North Carolina mountains knows there are plenty of roads that need fixing.

    Since my family didn’t make “mall” money, I spent plenty of time at flea markets while growing up.

    The brain needs time to relax after an election – whether you are a candidate, a poll worker, a strong supporter or a newspaper editor.

   This,” more than one elected official told me this year, “has to be the craziest election I’ve ever seen in Cherokee County.” And for several reasons, they were absolutely right.

    Perhaps it wasn’t a coincidence that on Election Day, Cherokee County residents woke up to three severe thunderstorm warnings, while Mother Nature battered much of the country with rain and wor

    One of the constant arguments in the Cherokee County commissioners’ boardroom and the community has been the need – or lack thereof – for an animal control officer.

   Today is Halloween, also known as All Hallow’s Eve or All Saints’ Eve, a day when tricks are played if treats aren’t given, a day when everyone gets to dress up and pretend they’re someone or so

    Just 20 days ago, I came closer to dying than anytime since I was in a undiagnosed coma for three days as a teenager.