Felony death by vehicle–Guilty
Intoxicated driver causing Mary Couey’s death going to prison
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Almost two years after the death of 28-year old Mary Couey, who was killed in a vehicular collision on the Franklin mountain, the driver of the oncoming truck that crossed over into her lane causing the accident pled guilty and was [...]

Moss Memorial Library Receives Young Explorer Center
Young children from low-resource communities across the state now have access to brightly-colored, kid-friendly computer centers. With a $260,000 grant from IBM, The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC) and Communities In Schools of North Carolina (CISNC) provided 100 Young Explorer™ computer centers, each valued at $2,600, to [...]

NC food banks get $740,000 grant to fight hunger, AG Cooper announces
Attorney General awards money recovered in price fixing case to food banks
Winston-Salem: Food banks across North Carolina will get more than $740,000 in grant funds to help fight hunger, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Tuesday at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest [...]

Michael N & Katherine S Duvall sold 1.50 acres, Tract 1; 1.08 acres, Tract 2 in Hiawassee Township to Robert Kevin Ray for $190,000 on February 7, 2011.
Peggy L & Danny Sedberry sold 1.31 acres, Lot 32 (Deer Brook) in Hiawassee Township to Tommy L & Tonia L Lands for $ 155,000 on February 7, [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
February 7, 2011 – February 13, 2011

Travis Wayne Pugh, 36, of Warne, NC arrested for DWLR-driving while license revoked on February 8, 2011 and released on February 8, 2011.
Willard Thomas Leach, Jr., 57, of Murphy, NC arrested for no operators license; resisting public officers on February 11, 2011.
Daniel Brian McCray, [...]

Tri- County Friends of the NRA

Friends of NRA

Annual Banquet & Auction

March 26, 2011

Mountain Vista Inn
78 Terrace Ave.
Murphy, NC 28906

For ticket information contact
Phil Cantley
828-389-6653 or 828-361-3497
Funds raised benefit local shooting/safety programs, Women’s safety and shooting program, JROTC, BSA, 4-H, etc.
Murphy Medical Center is hosting a Books Are Fun Book  Fair on [...]

NON-FICTION AND LARGE PRINT THE LATEST AT MOSS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
In Non-Fiction:
Mark Bittman’s “The Food Matters Cookbook”–500 revolutionary recipes for better living.
Nora Ephron’s “I Remember Nothing”- If you liked “I Feel Bad About My Neck” you’ll enjoy this too. Ephron takes a cool, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the [...]

At the beginning of last week members of the Blue Dog Coalition held our annual issues conference to discuss way in which we can get our economy moving again. During the conference, my fellow Blue Dogs and I met with members from all sectors of the business community, government leaders from both sides of the [...]

Clay County Sheriff Vic Davis is requesting that firearm owners document the Make, Model and Serial Numbers of each firearm they own or are in possession of.  The chances of recovering a stolen firearm that has been documented as such increases substantially when this information is available at the time the report is made.  Without [...]

Dear Editor:
February 22 is Spay Day, when many veterinarians offer reduced-cost spaying and neutering. If you haven’t yet had your animals sterilized, here are some great reasons to “spay the day!”

Animal shelters across the country are overflowing with homeless cats and dogs. Up to 4 million animals must be euthanized for lack of homes every [...]