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‘Just Us’ will be performing at the Brasstown Community Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24 to close out the Summer Concert Series for this year. Band members from left: Blake Atkins, Stacy Wilson, Teresa Wilson and Brent Womac.

‘Just Us’ will be performing at the Brasstown Community Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24 to close out the Summer Concert Series for this year. Band members from left: Blake Atkins, Stacy Wilson, Teresa Wilson and Brent Womac.

‘Just Us’ concludes summer concert series

News Staff
Thursday, August 22, 2024
By Sarah Staugler Guest Writer   To close out the Brasstown Community Center 2023 Summer Concert Series we have brought back a fan favorite “Just Us”  playing on Saturday Aug. 24 .
The Resonant Rogues will entertain at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, in Festival Barn at J.C. Campbell Folkschool. Pictured are Sparrow Smith on accordion and Keith Smith on guitar.

The Resonant Rogues will entertain at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, in Festival Barn at J.C. Campbell Folkschool. Pictured are Sparrow Smith on accordion and Keith Smith on guitar.

Resonant Rogues returning Aug. 26 to the John Campbell Folk School

News Staff
Thursday, August 22, 2024
By T-Claw Crawford Guest Writer   Join us at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, in Festival Barn for a concert with Resonant Rogues. They wowed us this past winter with their full electric sound. Now we are bringing them back for a more intimate acoustic duo set.

Indictments handed down in child cases

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Staff Reports   Kenneth James Gauthier, 35, was arrested on Monday, Aug. 5 after a Clay County Grand Jury handed down indictments charging him with eight felony counts of second-degree exploitation of a minor.

Two killed in Macon wreck

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
By Thomas Sherrill The Franklin Press   A Thursday afternoon wreck on the east side of Winding Stair Gap killed two Hayesville men and hospitalized six others. According to Trooper C.N. Barker with the N.C. State Highway Patrol, around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug.
Gnarly Fingers band members are, from left, Brian Kruger, Tom Edwards, Pat List and Keith Layton. They will be performing at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 on the square.

Gnarly Fingers band members are, from left, Brian Kruger, Tom Edwards, Pat List and Keith Layton. They will be performing at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 on the square.

Gnarly Fingers closing summer concert season

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
By Victoria Ewing Ware Guest Writer   The popular north Georgia-western North Carolina band, Gnarly Fingers, takes the gazebo stage on the Historic Courthouse Square tomorrow night to close out the season for the Clay County Communities Revitalization Association 2024 Friday Summer Concert...

An evening of Appalachian tales at the Peacock

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
By Lily Ponitz Guest Writer   Local storytellers, musicians and performers take the stage next weekend at the Peacock to celebrate Appalachian performing arts. The acts range from folk singing to Celtic storytelling and everything in between.
Historic Hayesville Inc. Board member Mil Puglisi and Friends of Historic Hayesville volunteer Paula Walters joined HHI Board member Marie Thompson for their presentation of $10,000 to Peacock Board member Virginia Mattox, Contractor Steven Ethridge and Peacock Board member Steve Massell to support renovation of the theater’s restrooms.

Historic Hayesville Inc. Board member Mil Puglisi and Friends of Historic Hayesville volunteer Paula Walters joined HHI Board member Marie Thompson for their presentation of $10,000 to Peacock Board member Virginia Mattox, Contractor Steven Ethridge and Peacock Board member Steve Massell to support renovation of the theater’s restrooms.

Partnership supports local theater

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
By Sandy Zimmerman Guest Writer   HHI Board members have considered the Peacock Performing Arts Center a valuable partner for promotion and economic vitality for downtown Hayesville since 2013 with the town’s designation into the N. C. Department of Commerce Small Town Main Street program.