MURPHY, NC — A woman from Blairsville, Georgia, was shot and killed in an apparent murder/suicide in Murphy, North Carolina, on Monday, Aug. 13, according to the Cherokee County (NC) Sheriff’s Office.

Results are in for the Blairsville General Election that ran Tuesday, Nov. 7, and for the three incumbents, it’s four more years. Three Blairsville City Council seats were up for grabs in the 2023 ...

The Blairsville Police Department and Union County Sheriff’s Office had an Athens woman in handcuffs within minutes of being dispatched to a robbery at SouthState Bank on Monday, Sept. 9, according to ...

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning until 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Union County Fire Chief/Emergency Management Agency Director Charles Worden said. Also, the National Weather ...

Mike Gowder, CEO of Union General Hospital Inc., was publicly arrested at his office and ushered out the front doors of the hospital in handcuffs on Thursday, Feb. 4. Gowder’s arrest comes after a ...

Union County’s own John Hill is set to become the next superintendent of Union County Schools. The Union County Board of Education voted unanimously in its Dec. 12 board meeting to name Hill the sole ...

Blairsville resident Summer Wright is believed to have been the victim of homicide at a home in Martin County, Florida, where she was reportedly staying as a guest at the time of her death. Martin ...

A Young Harris couple is in custody following the strong-armed robbery of the Ingles Pharmacy on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Jesse Thomas Cole, 29, a recent move-in from Colorado, was arrested that Tuesday night ...

GAINESVILLE – Flanked by their lawyers, Dr. James Heaton and former Union General Hospital CEO Mike Gowder faced off against Assistant U.S. Attorneys William McKinnon Jr. and Laurel Boatright in U.S.