By: Sheriff Joe Shook
Unused and expired medications in the United States and other countries
exact an incredible toll on patient safety and public health. In the
United States, an estimated $1 billion of prescription drugs are thrown
away each year. Increasing availability, marketing, and purchase of
prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products, coupled with
the tendency of patients to stockpile [...]

I’m a democrat and I’m voting for Pat Margo for Clay County Commissioner in the May 4th primary election. Pat Margo is a republican and our political views are very different on the national level, but this is a county election and I don’t believe there’s any place for partisanship in county politics. Pat Margo [...]

It is not how many pages that are in the health care bill, it’s what’s in the bill that makes it good or bad.  To summarize the reasons why the Democrat health care bill is bad:
1) There are no meaningful cost controls in the Democrat medical care bill.  Premium costs will skyrocket.  When has a [...]

Frank E & Brooke Leatherwood and Christopher & Alicia Moore and Frank Sult-TR sold 0.76 acres, Lot 4 (Sharons Valley) in Hiawassee Township to Gunther E & April L Krieger for $ 23,500 on March 6, 2010.
Panorama Land Company, Inc. sold 1.958 acres, Lots 21 & 23 (Panorama Forest Estates) in Hayesville Township to Carroll A, [...]

Amy Nicole Moss, 30, of Hayesville, NC arrested for possess schedule I controlled substance; possess marijuana greater than 1/2 oz to 1/1/2 oz; maintain place controlled substance on March 8, 2010 and released on March 9, 2010.
Christopher Lee Lindsey, 23, of Hiawassee, GA arrested for simple possession schedule IV controlled substance on March 9, 2010 [...]

CHARLES H. TRULL

Charles H. Trull, 83, of Hayesville died Sunday, March 7, 2010 in a Towns County, GA care center. He was a native of Union County, NC, but had lived in Shelby, NC most of his life before moving to Clay County seven years ago. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in [...]

HAZEL C. REGAN

Hazel C. Regan, 67, of Hayesville died Sunday, March 7, 2010 in a Murphy medical center. She was a native of Suffolk County, NY, but had lived in Florida before moving to Clay County. She had worked as a receptionist and was of the Lutheran faith.
Surviving are a daughter, Dawn Draughn of [...]

RITA MARIE CIANCIULLI
Rita Marie Cianciulli, 96, of Hayesville died Monday, March 8, 2010 at her residence. A native of New York, she lived in New Jersey before moving to Clay County in 2007. She was a member of the Summit, NJ Golden Age Program and the Verizon Pioneers Club. She was of the Catholic faith.
She [...]

Haley Marie Bohannon.
Murphy Medical Center staff would like to congratulate Kenneth and Christina Bohannon of Murphy on the birth of their daughter.  Harley Marie    was born March 1, 2010  at Murphy Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds and was 19.5 inches in length at birth. You can view her picture and our other new arrivals [...]

The deadline to apply for a plot in the community garden has been extended.  Cold wet weather has delayed garden preparations.  If you are still interested in participating in the community garden this year, please call the extension office at 837-2210 to get an application or go to the Cherokee County Extension website: www.cccommunitygarden.blogspot.com.  The [...]