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Photo submitted by Hinton Center Hinton Center has accommodations for large and small groups, from lodge rooms, to cabins and large guest houses. A family demonstrates how lots of folks can stay together. The Joe Ervin Retreat House is popular for large retreat groups and family reunions.

Focus on non-profits: Hinton Center

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

By Lorrie Ross Staff Writer More than six decades ago, a quiet piece of land on Lake Chatuge became what we know as Hinton Rural Life Center. As Clay County’s oldest non-profit, Hinton Center celebrated 60 years in 2021.

Flag Day

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Billy and Dawn Swaff ord provided a show of patriotism on Flag Day, with their giant U.S. fl ag teethered to a truck in the parking lot of Parts City in Hayesville. Billy is a skydiver who jumps with the fl ag on patriotic occasions.

How to grow a business is summit topic

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

By Lorraine Bennett Staff Writer Starting a new business, growing a small business and networking with people who might be helpful with the business — these were the themes Thursday morning when more than 50 people gathered upstairs in the Beal Center for the Clay County Business Resource...

Myers to be recognized for his service to God and Country

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

By Mitchell Shields Guest Writer There are few WWII Veterans living today that were from Clay and Cherokee Counties. One is Ralph Myers, of Brasstown, N.C., the son of Marion Myers. Myers’s uncle was Columbus Myers from Clay County who was killed during combat in WWI.

Friday brings Run Katie Run to town square

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

By Victoria Ewing Ware Guest Writer Clay County Communities Revitalization Association’s Friday Summer Concert Series continues at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 20, with Marietta, Ga. based Run Katie Run, making their second visit to the historic Hayesville Square.

Utility worker OK after brush with car

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

By Becky Long Publisher A Brasstown woman accused of using her car as a weapon faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon and resisting a public officer. Melissa Susan Vines, 66, lives at the residence, Royal Oaks Trail in Brasstown, where the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon, May 5.

Becky Long • Clay County Progress Autos fi lled three sides of the square on Saturday for the Car-B-Que sponsored by Rotary Club of Lake Chatuge. Next year the event will be held again the fi rst Saturday in June.

Autos + barbecue = scholarships

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

By Becky Long Publisher The threat of rain on Saturday subsided, the sun popped out and the crowds popped in for the Car-B-Que hosted by Rotary Club of Lake Chatuge.

Lorraine Bennett • Clay County Progress Councilman Harry Baughn and Zoning Administrator Ron Wallace discuss Wallace’s final report.

Council approves budget and names new zoning administrator

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

By Lorraine Bennett Staff Writer The Hayesville Town Council gave its approval Monday to a budget of $559,812 for fiscal 2025-2026 and named a new zoning administrator to replace outgoing Ron Wallace, who likely will leave the job by the end of June.

Commission Board meeting continued

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

The Clay County Board of Commissioners will hold a continuation of their regular meeting of June 5 at 8 a.m. Monday, June 23 in the large conference room downstairs of the Clay County Health Department located at 345 Courthouse Drive, Hayesville, N.C. The agenda is as follows: • Prayer.

Flag Day June 14

American Legion Post 532 to host a Flag Day June 14

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

By Robert Seibert Guest Writer Old Glory is the story of one man’s devotion to a national treasure and an inspiring example for all Americans who revere their flag. In 1824, William Driver, a merchant seaman from Salem, Mass.