Clay County Arrest Report
September 12, 2011 – September 18, 2011
Peyton Crawford Daughtry, 33, of Hayesville, NC arrested for assault by strangulation; assault on female; communicating threats; interfere emergency communication on September 12, 2011.
Broderick Levoid Hinton, 54, of Hayesville, NC arrested for felony larceny; possession of stolen goods on September 12, 2011.
Robert Earl Johnson, 59, of [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
September 5, 2011 – September 12, 2011

Bradley Christopher Cento, 17, of Canton, NC arrested for driving while impaired; driving after consuming<21 on September 5, 2011 and released on September 5, 2011.
Nolan James Goodwin, 17, of Canton, NC arrested for consume alcohol under 21 on September 5, 2011 and released on September [...]

A Taste of the Thames
By: Willis P. Whichard
Special to the Smoky Mountain Sentinel
Part IV: Saint Mary’s , Locks along the Thames, Dorchester Abbey, a Birthday Party for Ken .
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
We said goodbye to the Bear Hotel at 9:30 a.m. An eleven-mile coach journey conveyed us to the riverside hamlet of Iffley, where we [...]

Tackle the Flu Campaign Kicks Off

Robbinsville, N.C. – The Graham County Health Department and the N.C. Division of Public Health are out to “Tackle the Flu” this fall.
“Every year, thousands of students are absent from schools across our state because of flu.  Some people who get the flu are sick for a [...]

Graham Commissioners’ meetings
September 6 & 19
By Lavina West
Sentinel writer
ROBBINSVILLE–Graham County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, September 6 at 5 PM. Meeting had been rescheduled from Monday because of the holiday. Commissioners Holder, Edwards, Williams and Orr were present. Commissioner Smith was not present.
Finance Officer Garland thanked the board, department heads, etc., for helping keep expenditures [...]

Monthly fowl sale starts this fall
Commissioners talk ducks and chickens
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
MURPHY–Poultry in its various forms will be put up for sale by farmers beginning the 2nd Saturday of October at the Cherokee County Industrial Park and old Farmer’s Market. The Vengeance Creek Stone operation has long ended, and the grounds there have been [...]

Cherokee County Arrest Report
Booked during 9/11-9/17/2011

9/11/2011

Gordon Louis Amlotte, Jr., age 51 of 265 Midway Creek Rd. Murphy, NC. 28906 arrested for communicating threats, assault on a female, and felony assault on the handicapped.
David Richard Roberts, age 62, of 3106 Owl Creek Rd. Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for diving while impaired.
9/12/2011
Michelle Louise Cancienne, [...]

Rep. Shuler Urges Postmaster General to Keep Post Offices Open, Postal Workers Employed
Washington, DC — Yesterday U.S. Representative Heath Shuler sent a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Pat Donahoe expressing concern for and opposition to proposed plans that would terminate 120,000 postal employees  and close nearly 3,700 postal facilities throughout the [...]

Tusquittee Chronicles  Part XI
By Claude Moss
SAN FRANCISCO–1953–I was past seven but had not reached my eighth birthday when I was taken to Hayesville to see my first circus, consisting of a little runty elephant and two or three clowns. While there I became so sick that I paid very little attention to what was going [...]

On September 5th, 2011 Clay County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office personnel responded to a location off Fires Creek Rd in reference to a suspected brush/grass fire.  Fire Department personnel were first on scene and discovered two males on the property attending to two 55-gallon burn barrels.  According to Fire Chief, Brandon Bailey, he became [...]