• Murphy City Council approves budget, non-partisan elections

    MURPHY, N.C. – At the Monday, June 4, meeting, the Murphy City Council unanimously approved and adopted the city budget for fiscal year 2018-19. The council began the meeting by opening the floor for a public hearing on the proposed budget. Receiving no public comments regarding the budget, the council, later in the meeting, briefly discussed […]

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  • City council receives request for funding of wellness center

    MURPHY, N.C. – A request for funding was made by the Hiwassee Valley Recreation Foundation to the Murphy City Council at the council’s Monday, April 2, meeting. Representing the Foundation was Dr. Brian Mitchell and Ralph Robinson, director and operator of the Hiwassee Valley Pool and Wellness Center. Mitchell requested an annual financial subsidy in […]

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  • State officials assume operations of Cherokee County child welfare services

    MURPHY, N.C. – After an executive session at the March 19 Cherokee County Board of Commissioners meeting, Michael Becketts, assistant secretary for human services with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), spoke to the commissioners about the recent NCDHHS oversight into the county Department of Social Services (DSS) child welfare services. […]

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  • Severe thunderstorms possible today in Cherokee County

    NORMAN, Okla. – The National Weather Service (NWS) in Norman, Oklahoma, is predicting a potential for strong thunderstorms for a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as a storm system sweeps across the Mid-South and into the southern Appalachian region. According to the NWS: …THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE…CENTRAL/NORTHERN […]

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  • Courthouse dome lantern plans discussed at commissioners meeting

    MURPHY, N.C. – Restoration plans for the Cherokee County Courthouse lantern were discussed at length by the Board of Commissioners during their Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting. Specific action was approved by the board to move the lantern from the Western Carolina Regional Airport to the former Cherokee Well Drilling property located off of U.S. 64. […]

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  • Early release for Cherokee County Schools

    MURPHY, N.C. – Cherokee County Schools announced on its Facebook page earlier today (Jan. 16) the early release of schools due to incoming winter weather: Schools closing at 11:30 a.m. The Cherokee County School System is closely monitoring today’s weather. The National Weather Service webinar held this morning at 4:00 a.m. indicated the winter weather […]

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  • No county commissioners meeting tonight

    MURPHY, N.C. – According to Maria Hass, assistant county manager and clerk to the Board of Commissioners, the regular Cherokee County commissioners meeting scheduled for tonight (May 21) has been cancelled due to a light agenda. In addition, Hass added the public hearing concerning the proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19 that was also to […]

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  • Darryl Brown hired as county attorney

    [Featured image: Judge Tessa Sellers congratulates Murphy attorney Darryl Brown after being sworn in as the new Cherokee County attorney Tuesday, April 3. (Photo courtesy of Maria Hass)] MURPHY, N.C. – After an extended executive session at Monday night’s meeting, the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners reconvened to hire Darryl Brown as county attorney. County […]

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  • Commissioners, Sheriff Palmer hear of bull situation in Unaka community

    MURPHY, N.C. – The future of a red, nocturnal bull loose in the Unaka community was discussed at the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners April 2 meeting. Linda Dubois spoke in public commentary on behalf of herself and her husband, Jon Dubois. Linda DuBois explained they have been residents in the Unaka community for over […]

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  • Two-hour delay for Cherokee County Schools Wednesday

    MURPHY, N.C. – Due to the threat of inclement weather this morning, all Cherokee County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay today (Wednesday, March 21), according to a post issued on the school system’s website. The school system will continue to monitor and access the weather situation and stated a possibility of closure is […]

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  • Graham appears in Superior Court Tuesday

    MURPHY, N.C. – Thomas Graham, the Murphy High School principal charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a student stemming from incidents occurring in January and February of 2016, appeared before Judicial District 30A Judge William H. Coward in Superior Court Tuesday, March 6, in Murphy. Graham is represented by Murphy attorney Gerald R. Collins, […]

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  • Candidates set in Cherokee primary election

    MURPHY, N.C. – With the qualifying period for potential candidates ending last Wednesday, Feb. 28, the ballot for the upcoming primary election in Cherokee County May 8, 2018, looks much clearer. Locally, several posts will be on the ballot in the primary. Among those is Cherokee County Sheriff, which will feature incumbent Sheriff Derrick Palmer […]

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  • Rep. Meadows moves on to November, Palmer to remain sheriff

    MURPHY, N.C. – Tuesday’s primary election yielded two tight local races and decided several other local races with no Democratic opposition moving into the November general election, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections. Nationally, incumbent Mark Meadows won in a landslide over challenger Chuck Archerd both at the county level and […]

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  • Commissioners hear road name dispute, tell of DC visit

    MURPHY, N.C. – A dispute over the name of a road was presented to the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners during their Monday, March 19, meeting. On the agenda was Anthony McCray, who is a 25-year resident of Lambert Road in Marble. McCray told the commissioners the road had formerly been known as Lower Vengeance […]

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  • Commissioners consider opiod litigation

    MURPHY, N.C. – At its Thursday, May 10, meeting, the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners heard from Garry Whitaker, a Winston-Salem attorney involved with federal litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors concerning the national opiod epidemic. Whitaker told commissioners 643 government entities nationwide are apart of the litigation seeking compensation for damages incurred from the […]

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