Hiwassee Dam – From lost truckers to incorrectly identified road closures, lingering side effects of Tropical Storm Helene continue to affect Cherokee County. Increased traffic among truck drivers… ...

Murphy – Cherokee County commissioners approved $288,085 in sales tax expenditures for several Cherokee County Schools projects, but rejected one – $69,750, reimbursable by the state – for equipment… ...

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Franklin – District Attorney Ashley Welch announced Monday that, in separate cases, two Macon County men pleaded guilty this month to trafficking methamphetamine. Thomas “Tom” Howard Giesy, 67,… ...

The tale of one of the rarest wildflowers in North America begins with a French botanist who explored our Carolina mountains ...

Do you find yourself worrying about everything that is going on around you? It can be very tiring and depressing to constantly worry about your family, your job, your health and everything else… ...

There are 28 dams in Cherokee County, according to the National Inventory of Dams website, 11 of them are considered highly hazardous and lack a plan of action to improve that status. Considering… ...

The Unaka Volunteer Fire Department celebrated the grand opening of its new station Saturday after 90 days of reconstruction ...

Randy Foster/[email protected] Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at the Cherokee County Board of Elections ...

Until 2031, Cherokee County taxpayers will be burdened by a higher property tax rate, thanks to its Department of Social Services. Twenty-six lawsuits were filed against the county in 2018 and 2019,… ...

Murphy – The October edition of Our State Magazine, a statewide publication that promotes tourism, includes a series of ...

Andrew Zenobi/Contributing Photographer Murphy High School announcer J.R. Carroll (middle) gets a Bulldog sign from retired ...