Murphy Medical Center invites the public to a Community Health Fair on Saturday, June 18 from 7am to 11am at Tri-County Community College, Enloe Building.  Free services offered include “Know Your Numbers” exam (height, weight, BMI, and blood pressure); non-fasting diabetic finger sticks; and diabetes consults. Free breast exams will be offered from 7 am [...]

HONOR VETERANS & CLAY COUNTY’S HISTORY ON SATURDAY, MAY 28TH.
Freedom Run in the morning and see Civil war Camp followed by Veteran’s Parade at 11 a.m. and Ceremony at Noon on the hayesville Square. View historical displays and Sesquicentennial Quilt during the Open House at the Old jail Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mildred Parker Lowery, age 87 of Hayesville, NC passed away at her residence in Hayesville, NC on Friday, May 13, 2011.
She was a native of Clay County, NC but had moved to Orange City, Florida and later returned to Hayesville in 1966 where she made her home. Mildred enjoyed sewing, quilting, and gardening.  She won many 1st and 2nd place ribbons for [...]

Anna LaForte

Date
April 23, 1919 – May 15, 2011

Obituary
Anna LaForte, age 92, of Hayesville, NC passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee, GA.
She was a native of New Jersey and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mack. Anna was a homemaker and enjoyed crocheting, embroidery, sewing and especially [...]

Free Hayesville Concert May 27
The Hayesville town square will be the scene of another concert on Friday May 27.  The Junction Band, headed by Clay County native Susan Gray Riley, will play.  The band plays “oldies” from the 50s and 60s. The concert will run from 7 to 9 pm.  Bring your chairs, and enjoy [...]

Raymond D. Lurilli Recognized at Young Harris College 2011 Honors Ceremony
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Young Harris College is pleased to announce that Raymond D. Lurilli of Hayesville, N.C., was presented with the Distinguished Academic Award at the 2011 Honors Ceremony held on Sunday, April 17, at Susan B. Harris Chapel on the YHC campus. Students [...]

Training course begins at Spikebuck Town in Clay County led by Professor Jane Eastman, Director of Cherokee Studies at WCU and sponsored by CCCRA and the Fred Moss Foundation. Students from the WCU summer archeological field school are: (front/left) Kira Nothnagel, Alex Bialek, Ashley Hussey, Stephanie Hribar, Melanie Boeyer, Heather Sweeny and Steven Yates. (Back/left) [...]

The above photo is from World War I and shows Clay County men leaving to serve in the Armed Forces. Some are identified but the Sesquicentennial Committee would like assistance for identifying others. The photo will also help VFW Post 6812 and American Legion Post 532 with their history and documentation.
This photo will be part [...]

By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Jane Eastman, an anthropology professor at Western Carolina University, and a dozen of her students are back in Clay County this month resuming excavation of a Cherokee Indian village site near the Spike Buck Mound (an indian burial ground) northeast of Hayesville.
Eastman said that carbon-dated pottery shards recovered from the site placed [...]

Clay County Deed Transactions
May 9, 2011 – May 13, 2011
Elizabeth B Ells-TR and Richard Jay Gibson sold 1.41 acres, Lot R (River Oaks II) in Hayesville Township to Citi Mortgage, Inc. for $ 64,000 on May 9, 2011.
John J. Snow III-Tr sold 1.01 acres, Lot 37A (Trillium Heights) in Brasstown Township to Cathy A. Crock [...]