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Monument bridges generational gaps

Breezy Raxter’s fifth graders set up a station where they learned about the county’s military history including the American Revolution at the new Veterans Park at the ballfields.

Saturday brings HHS graduation outdoors

By Lorrie Ross Staff Writer   “Pomp and Circumstance” will echo through Frank R. Long Memorial Stadium this weekend as 82 graduates of Hayesville High School’s Class of 2025 cross the football field. Graduation is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at the school’s football stadium.

End of year a busy time

By Marcia Barnes Staff Writer   Clay County Schools Board of Education meeting opened with the customary formalities on Monday, May 19 and quickly moved to a video on Hayesville High School’s Senior Walk.

TVA Open House in Towns County well-attended

By Marcia Barnes Staff Writer   TVA’s second public meeting inviting the community to be heard on the proposed safety modifications to the Chatuge Dam spillway was well-attended on Tuesday, May 13 in Young Harris, Ga.

The day our mountains moved

By Lorrie Ross  Staff Writer    Minutes after the ground shook with unusual rumblings on Saturday morning, May 10, social media posts were rampant. “What was that?” and “Was there an explosion of some kind?

Three hundred attend TVA meeting in Hayesville

By Marcia Barnes Staff Writer   Three hundred people filled the Clay County Schools cafeteria for a TVA Open House in Hayesville on Thursday, May 8. The TVA held the meeting to hear public input on proposed safety modifications to the Chatuge dam spillway.

Veterans Park dedication ceremony set for Memorial Day

By Becky Long Publisher   Their May 1 meeting was brief,; however, commissioners took the time to reflect on Clerk to the Board Betty Bradley’s leadership and hard work in development of the new Veterans’ Park at the entrance to the ballfields in Hayesville.

Young entrepreneur presents business plan to town council

By Lorraine Bennett Staff Writer   Possibly the youngest person ever to make a presentation to the Hayesville Town Council appeared at Monday evening’s meeting to ask permission to open a lemonade stand and sell lemonade near the town square.

TVA working to broaden community awareness

By Marcia Barnes Staff Writer   Information coming down from the TVA continues to broaden community awareness that the Chatuge Dam Safety Modification Study is underway. No decision has been made on which type of modification the dam will undergo to correct problems at the spillway.

Real estate seeing early impacts of possible drawdown

By Dick Parker Guest Writer   A month after TVA announced the possibility of lowering Lake Chatuge water levels to repair the spillway and long before the agency has determined a course of action, real estate professionals in Clay County say they are already feeling the impact.