Did you know that since 1981 in the small, rural village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been reportedly appearing and giving messages to the world?  This unprecedented series of apparitions to six youths continues to this day with one objective: to bring the world back to God.  Her message is meant [...]

Western NC counties believe they’re getting the shaft on road funds
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
If it were real estate money, they would call it illegally commingling funds. But since it’s road money, there’s no name for it. It’s just the way the General Legislature with the help of North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (DOT) mixes up [...]

Town of Murphy to expand water and sewer to Regal Road and Pleasant Valley Road
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Failing septic systems in the Pleasant Valley Road and Regal Road areas are contributing to high fecal coli form counts in areas streams and pose a serious threat to drinking water sources, but some big money provided to [...]

By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Bennie Jo Palmer, Director of the Murphy Housing Authority, told the Murphy town board on Monday that a recent  $155,000 federal stimulus grant is helping to alleviate the problem of crowded parking and the flow of traffic for Murphy public housing.
It is helping with us additional parking in the back of our [...]

American Legion Post wants to build community facility near Chatuge Dam
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Old timers may remember the sordid reputation of the little building that sits at the fork of Myers Chapel Road and the road leading to the Chatuge Dam when it was the scene of drinking, dancing and partying in the 1940’s. That [...]

The Hayesville High School multi-class reunion brings back some of their memories.
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
It was summertime and the living easy for the almost 200 Hayesville High School graduates and their spouses who attended last Saturday’s multi-class reunion in the basement of the Truett Memorial Baptist Church. The weather also cooperated with a tint of [...]

Last week volunteers from Cherokee and Clay Counties “pushed up” the walls on the extension to our only local homeless shelter, the Hurlburt-Johnson Friendship House.
The building will be a community/dining room to help serve the residents and will also house the staff office.  This year, they have sheltered almost twice as many men, women and children [...]

Former Young Harris College outfielder and pitcher Nick Markakis has been nominated for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award, awarded annually to the Major League Baseball player who combines a dedication to giving back to the community with outstanding skills on the baseball field.
Markakis, who played at Young Harris in 2002 and 2003 and was the [...]

The Hayesville Civitan Club has collected from it’s members a plethora of items- such as backpacks, pencils, notebooks, binders, etc. and donated them to Hayesville Middle School Special Needs Department. There are many of the students who don’t have the means to purchase their own school supplies, so everything that was donated is certainly appreciate. [...]

NON-FICTION:
“Night” by Elie Wiesel–A survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald Wiesel presents the most accurate details of what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this must never happen again. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
“Grace” by Robert Lacy reveals new details about the accident that caused Grace Kelly’s death and is the [...]