SPEAKING OF FAITH: Lead us to the rock that is higher…

  By TIMOTHY L.  MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read Exodus 33:11-23;  Psalm 61:1-8;  Proverbs 30:24-26. Have you ever been caught between a rock and a hard place?  Moses certainly was.  With some...

Swimmer found guilty of second degree murder

  ASHEVILLE – A federal jury in Asheville convicted Shane McKinley Swimmer, 21, of Cherokee, of second degree murder late on Thursday, Sept. 9, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Chief U.S. District...

OBITUARY: Sandra Leigh Ledford Robbins

  Sandra Leigh Ledford Robbins, 41, of Whittier, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021.  She was born on April 10, 1980 to Gail Ledford Johnson, who survives her. Sandra worked as a Cosmetologist at Perfect Reflections in Sylva.  She received her degree in...