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Christie chosen as 2024 Cherokee Phoenix Homecoming T-shirt design winner
STIWELL – After being encouraged by multiple people, one of them being a past winner, Cherokee Nation citizen Tasha Christie submitted her design for the 2024 Cherokee Phoenix Homecoming T-shirt contest and was chosen as this year’s winner. This year’s shirt goes on sale May 1. “Cody...
Into the Tall Grass
An inexplicable darkness beckons from across a wooden footbridge over the Oconaluftee River in Cherokee. Several hundred feet of canopy stretch along the far edge of a sandy island: a thicket of 40-foot-tall bamboo. Stepping into the otherworldly tall grass feels like striding from the Blue Ridge Mountains onto another continent as the temperature drops in the dense shade.
Suspect in North Carolina murder commits suicide in victim’s vehicle
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) – Investigators are closing the book on a murder in the North Carolina mountains. Cherokee County deputies found a woman’s body at her home in the Andrews area on Monday. Windy Thompson’s vehicle was also missing. They quickly identified a South Carolina man...
Town, county leaders discuss fire protection at joint meeting
Jessica Webb editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com Voices were raised, jokes were shared, progress was made. Bryson City Town Board of Aldermen and Swain County Board of Commissioners met for a joint…
Getting hands on at the SMS STEAM Expo
On Tuesday morning, April 30, the Swain Middle School gym was abuzz with activity as students got to explore video games, the Smokies and the stars at the school’s first STEAM Expo. There was plenty to explore, from Cherokee basket artists and glass blowing and blacksmiths from the Jackson...
Why Owen softball's Mia Roland's most important piece of equipment may be a notebook
BLACK MOUNTAIN — Swain County pitcher Rylee Rawls caught Owen shortstop Mia Roland off guard when she threw an off-speed pitch after fouling off three consecutive pitches in the bottom of the first. Roland swung early and chopped a ground ball to short. She reached first base safely on an error after the ball skirted through the shortstop’s legs. ...
Rabun County Sheriff’s Office hosting Coffee with a Cop
On May 19, 2024, from 9-11am, the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office will be co-hosting a Coffee with a Cop event at the Dunkin Donuts located at 539 US 441 South in Clayton. Stop by, ask questions, get advice, learn about the ongoing Citizens’ Law Enforcement Academy, all over coffee and maybe a donut.
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