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WCU to resume ‘normal operations’ this fall

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Western Carolina University is moving forward with plans to resume as close to normal operations this fall, given the current COVID-19 trends and projections and as WCU’s clinic is helping to vaccinate the Western North Carolina region.

Glidewell named EMC general manager

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Allan Glidewell has been named general manager of Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation, according to a March 9 announcement from Blue Ridge EMC’s board of directors. Glidewell brings more than 23 years experience in the utility industry working primarily in electric cooperatives.
Students, from left, Adam Cook, Tyler Fuller and Caleb Dingman in Silas Brown's middle school agriculture class are learning how to graft fruit trees.

Students, from left, Adam Cook, Tyler Fuller and Caleb Dingman in Silas Brown's middle school agriculture class are learning how to graft fruit trees.

Journalism class commemorates high school teachers

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
  The Hayesville High School Journalism Class recognizes Career and Technical Education teachers below in commemoration of CTE month. Wade Byers is a Hayesville native.
Kaydence Ford, kindergarten, Hayesville Primary school, National School Breakfast Week winner.

Kaydence Ford, kindergarten, Hayesville Primary school, National School Breakfast Week winner.

Students “score big” with school breakfast

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Shelby Scarbrough, third grade National School Breakfast Week winner. Busy weekday mornings make it a challenge for many families to find time for a healthy breakfast.
Volunteer woodchuckers Glynn Bourque and Ricky Beggs cut donated wood for Hinton’s Firewood Ministry.

Volunteer woodchuckers Glynn Bourque and Ricky Beggs cut donated wood for Hinton’s Firewood Ministry.

Local firewood ministry needs individual, group volunteers

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Hinton Rural Life Center desperately needs volunteers to pick up donated wood. This typically involves going to the donor’s home, cutting up the downed trees, loading it on a truck and taking it to Hinton’s firewood lot on Hinton Center Road in Hayesville.
Lorrie Ross • Clay County Progress Hayesville Town Councilman Will Penland attended his last council meeting as a councilman. He is moving outside of town and gave his resignation. Mayor Harry Baughn presented a small cake to Penland, along with a card.

Lorrie Ross • Clay County Progress Hayesville Town Councilman Will Penland attended his last council meeting as a councilman. He is moving outside of town and gave his resignation. Mayor Harry Baughn presented a small cake to Penland, along with a card.

Hayesville councilman resigns

News Staff
Friday, March 12, 2021
The Town of Hayesville will need a replacement councilperson with the resignation of Will Penland during the Tuesday, March 9 meeting.
Jared Putnam • Clay County Progress Clay County Commissioner Scotty Penland discusses the possibility of an agreement between the Clay County and Towns County fire department during the March 4 board of commissioners' meeting in Hayesville.

Jared Putnam • Clay County Progress Clay County Commissioner Scotty Penland discusses the possibility of an agreement between the Clay County and Towns County fire department during the March 4 board of commissioners' meeting in Hayesville.

Fire truck tied to county growth

News Staff
Thursday, March 11, 2021
A requested variance on Clay County's height restriction never made it to a vote at the board of commissioners' meeting on March 4. The way in which the issue ultimately gets resolved could, however, play an important role in the future growth within the county.
Pixabay Image

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Charges not filed yet in hit and run

Becky Long - publisher
Thursday, March 11, 2021
No charges have been filed in connection to the Feb. 26 hit and run that is believed to have caused the death of Angelica “Angel” Marie Grant. However, the investigation continues and will likely go before a grand jury to determine whether there is cause for an indictment.
Image taken from Google Maps

Image taken from Google Maps

Death under investigation

Becky Long - publisher
Thursday, March 4, 2021
A 50-year-old grandmother and mother of two was discovered dead Saturday morning on the roadside of Highway 64 W, near Fort Hembree Road in Hayesville. Angelica “Angel” Marie Grant, of Dahlonega, Ga.