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 [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
May 8, 2011 – May 15, 2011

Ricky James Dyer, 36, of Hayesville, NC arrested for probation violation on May 10, 2011 and released on May 10, 2011.
Shannon Maney Huskins, 38, of Murphy, NC arrested for driving while impaired; drive left of center on May 10, 2011 and released on May 10, [...]

AG Cooper moves to stop phony foreclosure assistance scheme
Forsyth County operation makes promises to save homes but fails to deliver
Raleigh: A Winston-Salem foreclosure rescue operation that targeted financially distressed homeowners with claims to help them save their homes from foreclosure is barred from collecting any money from consumers for foreclosure assistance or loan modifications, [...]

Rep. Shuler Working to Protect American Workers from Unfair Trade Deals
Calls on President and Congressional Leaders to Fund Trade Assistance Before Considering New Trade Agreements

Washington, D.C. – In response to increasing signals from the Obama Administration that it is preparing to move forward on three proposed free trade agreements – Colombia, Korea, and Panama [...]

National Law Enforcement Officers Week
This week is National Law Enforcement Officers Week.  The nation takes time during this week each year to recognize the men and women who work on the local level to protect and serve the citizens within their communities.  Many lives are lost in the line of duty each year while these [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
Every so often, an issue comes along that sort of turns principles on their head. The issue this time just happens to be gas prices. The prevailing economic theory is that supply and demand drives prices and that free markets ensure a “balance” between the two. Further, political theory holds that government should [...]

How can we solve the illegal immigration problem?
Having grown up on a family farm, I saw how we got into this pickle. In the early 1950’s my father got temporary working visas to bring in farm workers from Jamaica. Then in the late 1950’s the Federal government put a national quota for temporary farm worker [...]

This is another installment in a series of articles commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.  May 20, 2011 is the 150th anniversary of North Carolina’s secession from the United States and the beginning its involvement in the Civil War.
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North Carolina Secedes!
“Aha!” This was the moment he had been awaiting, when the President [...]

Last week the House of Representatives voted on a series of domestic drilling bills and a bill to reauthorize funding for U.S. intelligence agencies.
We must increase domestic energy production, and I strongly support those efforts, but the two energy bills we debated, H.R. 1229 and H.R. 1231, failed to help American families, did nothing to [...]

Murphy Public Library to host Scholastic Book Fair event May 19-24, 2011
What: Murphy Public Library will host a Scholastic Book Fair from Thursday, May 19 until Wednesday, May 24, 2011. Funds raised will help purchase books for the libraries children’s departments ( for ages 0-18) Families and the community are invited this fun reading event [...]