Readiness program helps to expand opportunities
With the start of a new year and semester, the staff in Tri-County Community College’s College and Career Readiness program are revamping key areas and kicking off a slate of initiatives to provide...
View ArticleSmall Town in fifth season
Hayesville Small Town Main Street is in the 5th year of promoting the four points of the program designed with public partnerships dependent on broad-based community support for our historic downtown....
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Industrial Opportunities, Inc. was awarded the Evergreen Foundation grant this summer which in turn made it possible for IOI to purchase a 2017 Ford transit van. This van will allow the company to...
View ArticleFlu cases continue to rise
“Clay County has one possible, but unconfirmed death from flu at this time,” Clay County Health Department Nursing Supervisor Tanya Long said Tuesday. “Without factual confirmation, I cannot say that...
View ArticleNew life for historic courthouse
Refurbishing work could be done by end of summerWhen local craftsmen worked together to create the Clay County Courthouse on the square in 1888, they probably had no idea the building would still be...
View ArticleSchool plans move ahead
The Clay County Board of Education, meeting in closed session Monday night, gave a green light to moving ahead with updated architectural plans for a new primary school building. The compensation...
View ArticleErlanger to take over Murphy Medical
Murphy Medical Center is potentially days away from a merger with Erlanger Health that will ensure the financial viability of Cherokee County’s only hospital for the foreseeable future.The hospital...
View ArticleCourts battling over N.C. voting districts
The Supreme Court has blocked a lower federal court’s ruling that would have required North Carolina’s legislature to redraw the state’s congressional district boundaries in time for this year’s...
View ArticleDrug charges lodged in stolen truck investigation
Investigators following up on an anonymous tip in reference to a stolen 2012 Ram 2500 Quad Cab found themselves involved in short chase that resulted in recovery of the truck and seizure of drugs on...
View ArticleBoard approves ground floor residential space
Only one item was on the agenda of the Hayesville Board of Adjustment meeting Jan. 11, at town hall. Ed and Trudy Hingley, newcomers to this area, have purchased the building on Church Street that used...
View ArticleErratic driving leads to meth charges
A woman and two men face methamphetamine charges after officers on Monday observed their vehicle “weaving and crossing” into the other lane on Highway 64, according to a press release from Clay County...
View ArticleMiddle schoolers gain first-hand knowledge about variety of professions
“What do you want to do when you grow up?” Almost every child has been asked that simple question at some point. But the answers given by some Hayesville Middle School students prompted their teacher,...
View ArticleMother, child die of complications
Cherokee County residents have taken to social media to mourn the tragic death of a mother and her unborn child after what family members say was a medical mistake.Victoria Spurlock, a mother of four...
View ArticleErlanger soon to take over medical center
Changeover date April 1Murphy Medical Center likely will disappear into history on April 1, as the local hospital and Erlanger Hospital boards have voted to transfer ownership to Erlanger Health...
View ArticleLifetime achievements noted
Nancy Simpson Brantley celebrates many years’ experience and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her field. She has been included...
View ArticleCommissioners vote for new sales tax referendum
The Clay County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to hold a special election for an advisory referendum on whether to levy a quarter-percent local option sales and use tax. The board...
View ArticleChamber relocates downtown
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, workers for the Clay County Chamber of Commerce moved their first boxes into their new building on the square. The new location is on the corner of the square, in the former...
View ArticleCounty manager to oversee new school project
The Clay County Board of Commissioners, meeting in special session Monday evening, expressed frustration at the slow pace of the new primary school project now that a grant to fund it is in place. They...
View ArticleSickness closes Clay schools
It is not the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918, which infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide and became the deadliest in modern history, but local influenza and other illnesses are bad...
View ArticleScott Penland named interim school superintendent
The Clay County Board of Education, in a special called meeting Wednesday evening, named Scott Penland interim school superintendent to ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires...
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