An inmate considered nonviolent escaped from the jail's work crew Thursday and was captured and returned to the detention center Friday afternoon. Thomas Daniel Ware, trustee at the Clay County Det ...

Hayesville’s softball gals seek their second win Thursday at home against Andrews and another on the Wildcats’ diamond the following day. The Lady Jackets hope to play as well as they did at Sm ...

Murphy native Braden Rumfelt advanced to the top seven after some tense moments as he was announced as the seventh finalist ...

The Hayesville girls soccer team broke into the win column by avenging a season-opening loss to Blue Ridge Early College last Monday. The Lady Yellow Jackets held the upper foot this time, as junio ...

Hayesville’s track and field teams did more than hold their own in a 15-school meet track meet at Swain County High School last Tuesday. Several Yellow Jackets distinguished themselves in ...

About three dozen people showed up Thursday evening at Hayesville’s Historic Courthouse Beal Center to learn more about the ...

The high-flying Yellow Jackets pushed their SMC ...

By Lorrie Ross Staff Writer By Lorrie Ross Staff Writer Clay Counties Beal Event Center has a new person in the directors chair. Claudia Musgrave officially became Execut ...

By Becky Long Publisher Early voting gets underway at the Clay County Board of Elections, Thursday, Feb. 12.

The Nantahala National Forest plans to conduct prescribed fire operations on the Cheoah and Tusquitee Ranger Districts this week, pending all required approvals. This work will likely continue thro ...

By Becky Long Publisher Becky Long • Clay County Progress County commissioners on Jan. 8 enacted an ordinance to prohibit commercial data centers from operating in Clay County which was supported by ...

Core Scientific seeking water, sewer services to join large supercomputer By Randy Foster Cherokee Scout A 250,000- square-foot factory that once produced thread for garments before converting to ...