Cherokee County News

Two women who had been bound and shot were discovered dead Wednesday afternoon in the Buck Shoals Road residence a short distance off Highway 11 where one lived.

A judge has ruled that a jury that will hear evidence in the killing of a North Carolina trooper won't be local, but the judge hasn't decided whether to move the trial to another county.

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

A Cherokee County, North Carolina man is going to jail for the rest of his life for having sex with a child.

A man with a gun demands Oycontin, and now authorities are looking for the suspect.

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Divers found the body of a 24-year-old woman in the waters of Lake Allatoona in Cherokee County a little after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Kristina Summers, spokeswoman for the Wildlife Division of the state Department of Natural Resources.

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.

Heavy rain flooded roads and forced evacuations this morning across North Carolina's foothills and in parts of South Carolina's upstate, and forecasters say those conditions could develop elsewhere today across the Charlotte metro region.

Like plenty of fathers, Kevin Bell took his young daughter to Chuck E. Cheese's for her birthday.

The burst of the nation's housing bubble has caused real estate markets to tank - everywhere, it seems, but in Swain County.

Cherokee County officials responded to a shooting at a home on Potter Road Friday evening.

ASHEVILLE A tornado? Isn't that something that happens in Kansas? While twisters are relatively rare in the mountains, topography doesn't entirely protect the region from the violent storms, as a tornado warning issued Wednesday morning showed.

CHEROKEE Cherokee Preservation Foundation announced it has provided funding to help regional nonprofits providing essential services to meet the huge surge in need brought on by the recession.

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.

RANGER A section of N.C. 294 in western Cherokee County is scheduled to be closed Monday through April 19 while workers install pipe culverts underneath the road.

A line of showers and thunderstorms moved into North Carolina last night, bringing hail and strong winds to several counties.

Scattered areas of light snow showers will continue to move through the area throughout the morning with snowfall accumultions at a trace amount.

ASHEVILLE The number of confirmed and probable cases of whooping cough in Western North Carolina continues to rise as health officials around the region work to contain the acute respiratory infection.

A company in Cherokee County is expanding. Snak-Time Foods announced an $800,000 investment on Wednesday that is expected to generate 40 new jobs at its Gaffney location.