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WCU's Pride of the Mountains hosting 18th annual high school marching band...
The marching band from Haywood County’s Pisgah High School performs in a previous Tournament of Champions at WCU. CULLOWHEE – Twenty-two of the top high school marching bands from the Carolinas,...
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Meth trafficking and Stolen Car
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced...
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High speed chase with stolen motorcycle
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced...
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Murphy man arrested for sexual assault
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced...
View Article“Operation Paladin” Targets On-line Child Predators
The following press release has been issued by Georgia Bureau of Investigations. (Bartow County - 11/5/2018) – As a result of a proactive undercover investigation coordinated by the Georgia Internet...
View ArticleWNC Forum on Drug and Human Trafficking
On Thursday, November 8, Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, NC hosted a forum on drug and human trafficking with local law enforcement and social service organizations. Seventy attendees...
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Erlanger Murphy nurse recognized with DAISY Foundation award
Erlanger Murphy CEO Mark Kimball with DAISY Award winner Audrey Hedden and Chief Nursing Officer, Teresa Bowleg, MSN, RN. Murphy, N.C. – On November 5, Erlanger Murphy Medical Center and the Nurse...
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Valley River Employee Arena Hall-Miller Returns from Life-Changing and...
Arena Hall-Miller (left-center) poses in Zambia during a Clean the World Service Trip In August, Blairsville resident Arena Hall-Miller, Housekeeping Supervisor at Harrah's Cherokee Valley River...
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Citizen tip leads to arrests for drugs and fugitives
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced...
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Career Technical Education (CTE) Student Spotlight
The Career Technical Education (CTE) Department of Cherokee County Schools will be sharing CTE student spotlights throughout the 2018-2019 school year. Each grading period, a student currently...
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Detention Issues/Reorganization of Jail Administration Cherokee County...
On November 29, 2018, Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced that after conferring with District Attorney Ashley Welch, a joint request to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation was made to...
View ArticleHouseholds of Cherokee County Can Apply for Low-Income Energy Assistance...
The federally funded Low-Income Energy Assistance Program provides eligible households with a one-time payment to their heating vendor to offset the high cost of heating during the cold-weather months....
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Pellet gun shatters school bus window in Murphy; Police searching for suspect
MURPHY, NC - Shortly after 4:00 pm this afternoon, the Cherokee County 911 Dispatch Center received a call regarding one of the Cherokee County school buses being struck by a projectile and shattering...
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Superior Court Rulings
The following press release has been issued by the District Attorney's Office. Macon County Superior Court Administrative TermNewman R. Sigman, 55, of Franklin, North Carolina pled guilty to First...
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Good Shepherd Hospice Joins Hospice of Chattanooga Network
Ribbon Cutting on Dec. 17 for New North Carolina Addition to Hospice of Chattanooga NetworkMURPHY, N.C. (Dec. 6, 2018) – Hospice of Chattanooga will celebrate the addition of the Good Shepherd Hospice...
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1A Football Championship – Murphy blows by Pamlico for program’s ninth title
DURHAM, NC – The Murphy Bulldogs reeled off 21 first quarter points on their way to a 60-27 victory over Pamlico County and the school’s ninth NCHSAA football state championship. The win was Head...
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Andrews teen arrested for Murder
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer of the...
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Pair arrested for Breaking and Enterings
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced...
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Murphy man sentence for child sex crime
Murphy, NC— On December 04th, 2018 Robert J Tyndell, of Murphy, North Carolina was sentenced to 2 terms of imprisonment of a minimum term of 13 months to a maximum term of 25 months with 745 days...
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Local man sentenced for child sex crime
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.Murphy, NC— On December 04th, 2018 Barry Wade Allen, of Murphy, North Carolina was sentenced to a term of imprisonment...
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