Flu Season Arriving as Expected
Mission Hospital in Asheville has announced visitation limitations due to the seasonal increase of influenza.  “I expect other local and regional hospitals and long-term care facilities to follow this trend as influenza becomes more prevalent in our communities”, according to Janice Patterson, Clay County Health Director.
February is typically the peak month [...]

North Carolina Reports Season’s First Death From Flu
RALEIGH — North Carolina has reported its first child death from flu for the 2010-2011 flu season.  A 15-year old died on January 5 of complications from an influenza infection. (To protect the family’s privacy, the youth’s hometown, county and sex are not being released.) The child [...]

Dr. Jill Schenk Joins Murphy Group Practice
Murphy, NC – Tri-County residents have access to another family physician with the recent addition of Jill Schenk, M.D., to the staff of Murphy Group Practice.  Dr. Schenk, a board-certified Family Physician, has extensive experience in family medicine, pregnancy care, colonoscopy, and cosmetic services.
Originally from east Tennessee, Dr. Schenk [...]

Dennis R & Leslie M Woody sold 1.384 acres, Lot 3 in Shooting Creek Township to Clint & Susan Woody for $15.000  on January 18, 2011.
Dennis R & Leslie M Woody sold 1.168 acres, Lot 2 in Shooting Creek Township to Clay & Lauren R Woody for $15,000 on January 18, 2011.
Bobby W & Brenda [...]

Charlie Arthur Kent, Jr., 32, of Hayesville, NC arrested for assault on a female on January 19, 2011 and released on January 21, 2011.
Michael Dean Hopkins, 31, of Franklin, NC arrested on January 20, 2011.
Jonathan Andrew Ledford, 18, of Franklin, NC arrested for driving after consuming<21; driving while impaired; possess marijuana up to 1/2 oz; [...]

CCCRA Thanks Community For A Successful 2010
Thanks to local governmental agencies, community organizations and individuals, 2010 was a most productive year.  Over 150 volunteers were involved in helping with CCCRA projects.  Approximately $15,000 was raised through events and donations to help with our major projects:  Jackrabbit Hiking/Biking Trails, Nelson Heritage Park, and the Historical Courthouse [...]

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Shuler Votes Against Full Repeal of Healthcare Law; Working to Achieve Bipartisan Reform

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Heath Shuler today began working to move in a commonsense direction to fix the nation’s healthcare law, while also maintaining the portions of the existing law on which Republicans and Democrats can agree.
“The American people expect Congress [...]

Special to the Smoky Mountain Sentinel
A Visit to Vietnam
By: Willis P. Whichard
Willis Whichard is a retired NC Supreme Court Justice and past dean of the Campbell Law School. He is a part-time resident of Hayesville. The Sentinel has previously published accounts of Judge Whichard’s travels in throughout Europe and Asia. This is the first part [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
It can be so easy to get caught up in daily squabbles that the big picture can get lost. The big picture that I am referring to here is the future of our quality of life. In the past I have written about free trade and open global markets with the conclusion that [...]

Cicero wrote in 55BC “The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, and the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled . . . lest Rome becomes bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
In recent years, is there a government that [...]