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Trevis Hicks/Contributing Photographer A helicopter with the National Transportation Safety Board flies in wreckage from the Oct. 3 plane crash to Western Carolina Regional Airport on Friday.

Victims of local plane crash ID’d

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Friday, October 22, 2021

Authorities have identified the couple who were killed in a plane crash two weeks ago.

President Joe Biden being sworn into office on January 20, 2021. (Image from whitehouse.gov)

Biden approval rating dips amid concerns about the economy

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Friday, October 22, 2021

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Packaging Manufacturer to Invest $47 Million Catawba County Expansion

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

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Brasstown Valley to host conference of Southeastern State Park Directors

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Georgia’s Division of State Parks and Historic Sites is preparing to host a dozen state park directors from across the Southeast.

N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore presiding over the House session votes on Wednesday October 20, 2021. (Photo by Carolina Journal)

General Assembly passes measure to rein in a governor's emergency powers

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

The N.C. House in a concurrence vote passed House Bill 264, Emergency Powers Accountability Act, 66-44, on Wednesday, Oct.

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WNC Residents Unite for a World without Breast Cancer This Saturday

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

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Portable Fire Extinguishers

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

A portable fire extinguisher can save lives and property by putting out a small fire or containing it until the fire department arrives.

Lorrie Ross • Clay County Progress Some board members of People of Clay CARE stopped to pose for a picture during their ribbon tying on the Hayesville Square in October 2020. Red Ribbon Week is October 23 through October 31 and the group invites everyone to display a red ribbon on their door or front window. L-R: Board chairmen Daley Tucker, former board member and chair Harold Holbrook, founding member and board member Tanya Long, board member Terri Hager, and board secretary Debbie Tucker.

Red Ribbon Week observed Oct. 23-31

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Tie a red ribbon.

Lorrie Ross • Clay County Progress People of Clay CARE-Coalition Allies tor Recovery and Education, will be giving free medicine lock boxes and medication disposal pouches from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday in front of the Clay County Progress office on Main Street. The local community substance misuse prevention coalition has given away a few hundred medicine lock boxes and medication disposal kits in the last year and a half. In mid 2020, they presented several of each to Clay County Emergency Director Ric

Free medicine lock boxes distribution Saturday

News Staff

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

One in five young adults has misused a prescription drug, according to StopMedicineAbuse.org.

USDA Now Accepting Grant Applications for Wood Products, Energy

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh announced today approximately $13 million in new funding opportunities to support market innovation in wood products and wood energy.