Regina Marlana Maney, 25, of Murphy, NC was arrested for probation violation (2 counts) on October 12, 2009.
Jimmy Parker, 69, of Warne, NC was arrested for driving while license revoked on October 12, 2009 and released on October 12, 2009.
Steve Darren Stewart, 40, of Hayesville, NC was arrested for driving while impaired on October 12, [...]

William Richard Boyd, Jr.-TR and Linn R. & Julie Bolton sold 1.885 acres in Shooting Creek Township to United Community Bank for $ 57,000 on October 12, 2009.
Marv & Barbara Foley sold 1.67 acres, Lot 76 (Shiloh Development) in Shooting Creek Township to Jimmy & Jeffery P. Stewart for $ 65,000 on October 14, 2009.
Jimmy, [...]

by William V. Reynolds
Columnist
I’m not sure when the story of beauty and the beast was first told. Very likely, no one else knows
either. The idea seems to be as old as the human race. There is even a version of it told in the book of
Judges in the Bible, i.e., Samson, the strongman and Delilah, [...]

By Ellen Schofield
Contributing Writer
The Cherokee called it “Tumbling Waters”. Today it’s known as one of Georgia’s Seven Wonders. Set deep in the rolling Blue Ridge Mountains, Amicalola (am-ick-a-lola) Falls is the tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi River, cascading majestically down a steep rock face for 729 feet. Visit, and you’ll wonder why you didn’t [...]

By Emolyn LidenSentinel Writer
The Folk Fiber Guild of the Tri-state area was started by Bernice Connor, a spinner, weaver, natural dyer, and basket maker who wanted to share her passion for art.   Twenty-five years later the group she founded still meets once a month.

”Bernice was a great leader because she was project-oriented.  In the [...]

Because of the weakness of the U.S. dollar (it hit a 14-month low versus the euro last week) energy markets and crude oil are attracting investors and that has pushed crude oil to close Friday at $71.77 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
Nationwide, the 1-cent per gallon increase this past week is [...]

Rep. Heath Shuler had a great time playing basketball against President Obama and his White House team on Thursday night.
“The President is really good. He runs the court,” said Rep. Shuler, D-N.C. “And despite being the President, he’s not shown extra deference on the court.”
Shuler was one of about 16 who played a pick-up basketball [...]

Hunnie Beth  Lance, age 29, of  Hayesville, NC passed away October 8, 2009 at Mission Hospital in Asheville with her family and fiancé, Christopher Blaylock by her side, following a life long battle with Cystic Fibrosis.
She was born on December 26, 1979 in Cherokee County, NC, the daughter of Billy and Tracey  Lance. She was [...]

Brenda Kay Ledford received the 2009 Paul Green Multimedia Award for her poetry book, SACRED FIRE, from North Carolina Society of Historians at the History Place in Morehead City, NC, during their award’s ceremony in October.
This is the fourth time Ledford has received the prestigious Paul Green Award. She got the 2005 award for her [...]

Roger Dale Coffey, 49, of Hayesville, NC was arrested for communicating threats on October 5, 2009 and released on October 5, 2009.
Johhny Kevin Eller, 36, of Murphy, NC was arrested for possess CS prison/all premises; simple possession SCH II(m) 2 counts on October 6, 2009.
Christopher E. Carson, 38, of Hayesville, NC was arrested for failure [...]