Murphy News

It looks like blob of wriggling pudding staring out through a single, puckered eye.

The Waynesville Gallery Association will present Art After Dark from 6-9 p.m. Friday.

The jury in the trial of Edwardo Wong won't come from Haywood County because of pretrial publicity, a judge ruled on Monday.

AMHERST The masked man who robbed an Amherst store clerk at knifepoint nearly five years ago is going to jail for six-and-a-half years.

By Andrew Pearson Asheville Citizen-Times MURPHY - Even as Murphy football coach David Gentry nears the Western North Carolina record for career wins, he belongs to a growing group of statewide educators awaiting word on their job status.

Will Gentry return in 2009? 03:28:39 pm, Categories: posts Even as Murphy football coach David Gentry nears the Western North Carolina record for career wins, he belongs to a growing group of statewide educators awaiting word on their job status.

Published: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 10:24 p.m. PENROSE- Two local men were killed in a plane crash at Transylvania County Airport in Penrose on Monday afternoon.

Carlene Atkinson is out of jail but she's not allowed to drive. The Lake Wylie, S.C., woman is facing trial on three counts of murder in connection with a fatal wreck on N.C. 49 and had been jailed on $900,000 bond.

Lawmakers have dropped the idea of consolidating community colleges to save the state money, a proposal that would have merged the two westernmost schools.

Famed hoop dancer Eddie Swimmer last year became the first Cherokee director of "Unto These Hills," the Qualla Boundary's outdoor drama - still popular at age 60.

Call it 'budget kabuki.'' It's a time-honored practice we've seen many times at various levels of government: In a tight monetary environment, present a budget with cuts so unpopular they're sure to cause a huge backlash from the public.

Charges Howard Vernon Stanley, 41, of 4515 Carswell Road, Valdese, was charged Tuesday with DWI.

One local man was injured after his ultralight aircraft crash-landed in a pasture off West Pleasant Hill Road outside Pink Hill at about 5 p.m. Sunday.

Many people wishing to obtain a college degree in order to earn more money at their current job or to either land a different job consider going to a community college.

Raleigh The great explorers found hidden treasures using detailed maps. For people looking to find North Carolina's hidden treasures, the best resource is the 2009-2010 State Transportation Map.

For six full seasons, millions of Americans have thought of Jack Bauer, hero of the Fox series "24," as America's first line of defense against terrorism.

Murphy The N.C. Department of Transportation has closed a section of N.C. 294 near Murphy in Cherokee County this week to allow for a construction project.

Murphy, North Carolina is an extremely small mountain town not far from the borders of Georgia and Tennessee.

Shelba Moss and Judy Wood, students at NCSD, will be maids of honor at the Miss Morganton pageant.

Thanks to Barrie Rissman and her detailed guest commentary, 'Urge legislators to support humane animal euthanasia,' , perhaps more people will now see gas chambers for what they really are - antiquated horror chambers.