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

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… ...

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… ...

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,… ...

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

The new Cherokee County Clinic site, a satellite clinic of the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, has a projected completion ...

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent The Fabulous Five contestants of Andrews Idol season 3 at The Blue Stage are (from left) ...

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

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

April McNabb/Contributing Photographer Hiwassee Dam varsity volleyball players proudly hold their Little Smoky Mountain ...

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