Regional

Sellers appointed to N.C. Superior Court

News Staff
Thursday, April 11, 2024
By Barbara Deas Guest Writer   On April 3, Gov. Roy Cooper announced the appointment of the Honorable Tessa Sellers to the N.C. Superior Court in Judicial District 43A, serving Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Macon and Swain counties.

Lindsay’s survival: one in a million

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
By Deby Jo Ferguson Staff writer   Jim Lindsay, 70, a resident of Hayesville is counting his blessings along with his wife, Joyce and two children, Jimmy and Kelli as he still recovers from a near fatal accident that he should not have survived. Born in Tampa, Fla.
Robert Seibert • Photo Warren Dupree speaks at the Vietnam Veterans memorial service on Friday, March 29.

Robert Seibert • Photo Warren Dupree speaks at the Vietnam Veterans memorial service on Friday, March 29.

Honoring our Vietnam Veterans

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
By Robert Seibert Guest Writer   Vietnam Veterans were honored this past Friday at Clay County Veterans Memorial Park. A POW/MIA chair was present as a physical symbol of the thousands of American POW/MIAs still unaccounted for from all wars and conflicts involving the United States of America.

Moore recognized by Clay Lions Club

News Staff
Thursday, March 28, 2024
By Russell Hughes Guest Writer   Lion Carl Moore was presented a 55-year membership pin in the Clay County Lions Club. He has served as every officer in the local club and also served as District 31-A Cabinet Secretary under District Governor Alvin Penland in 1985.
Marcia Barnes • Clay County Progress Attendees of an open house mingled among experts at Foster Park Recreation and Conference Center in Towns County to learn and ask questions about the parrot feather algae which has invaded the south side of Lake Chatuge.

Marcia Barnes • Clay County Progress Attendees of an open house mingled among experts at Foster Park Recreation and Conference Center in Towns County to learn and ask questions about the parrot feather algae which has invaded the south side of Lake Chatuge.

Parrot feather topic of TVA open house

News Staff
Thursday, March 21, 2024
By Marcia Barnes Staff Writer   The Tennessee Valley Authority, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality recently met with citizens at an open house to discuss local concerns about parrot feather.

Spring fire season is underway in western North Carolina

News Staff
Thursday, March 21, 2024
March officially signals the start of spring wildfire season in western North Carolina. The N.C. Forest Service is urging Clay County residents to practice caution and be safe when burning this spring. North Carolina is ranked third in the nation for the number of human-caused wildfires.

Bell Creek wreck results in fatalities

News Staff
Thursday, March 14, 2024
By Becky Long Publisher   The Towns County Coroner’s Office confirmed via a Facebook post on Tuesday that two people died as a result of Sunday’s vehicle accident on Highway 75 on Amethyst Lane and Bell Street in Hiawassee.