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The HHI Centennial Exhibit Building housed various offices from the 1960s to 2013 when it became headquarters for local participation in the North Carolina Department of Commerce  Small Town Main Street program.

The HHI Centennial Exhibit Building housed various offices from the 1960s to 2013 when it became headquarters for local participation in the North Carolina Department of Commerce  Small Town Main Street program.

Historic Hayesville Inc. Exhibit Opens Saturday for Season

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
By Sandy Zimmerman Guest Writer   Small Town Main Street/Historic Hayesville Inc. volunteers have prepared the exhibit at 116 Sanderson Street for opening on May 31 for the 2025 season from June through December. Hours to view the historical displays are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monument bridges generational gaps

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
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

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
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.
Marcia Barnes • Clay County Progress From left, Brady Reynolds, Slade Crouch and Jackson Sellers were recognized for Men’s 2024/2025 Basketball All Smoky Mountain Conference at the Clay County School Board of Education meeting. Back board member Josh Ashe congratulates the students.

Marcia Barnes • Clay County Progress From left, Brady Reynolds, Slade Crouch and Jackson Sellers were recognized for Men’s 2024/2025 Basketball All Smoky Mountain Conference at the Clay County School Board of Education meeting. Back board member Josh Ashe congratulates the students.

End of year a busy time

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
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

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
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

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Friday, May 16, 2025
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

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Friday, May 16, 2025
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

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Friday, May 16, 2025
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.

TVA working to broaden community awareness

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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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.