Debbie and Jim Rodby now have opened the latest in Cherokee County fun just past Fields of the Wood on US 294. WagonMaster Adventure Ranch features wagon rides, gem mining, mini golf, arcage-style target galleries for paintball and airsoft, mini cars, bounce castles and more. There are picnic areas, camping, volleyball and a playground. For […]

Tri-State Rusty Iron Antique Tractor and Engine Club meets 7pm the first Thursday of each month at First United Methodist Church on Vally River Avenue in Murphy. Call Lowell Marble at 828-644-5169 for details.

Mountain Country Rod and Gun Club meets 7pm the third Tuesday of each month at Penland Senior Center on 69 Alpine St in Murphy, near the Library. call Glen Gale at 828-835-9490

Visit www.heritagepartners.org and click on the 9th annual Heritage Walk & Festival for all the scoop on Saturday, September 5 in the historic downtown business district and Konehete Park along the Valley River.  FUN!  Also featured on this web site is the Murphy River Walk, the Scenic Circle I and II guides to outdoor eco-attractions, and […]

links to the latest info and a map…
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/nepa/tusquitee/tellico.htm

The Tennessee Valley Authority has extended the deadline to comment on the enviormental review of the TVA land use plan for the tri-state area. Go to http://www.tva.com/environment/reports/mtnres/ to view and email to comment at Mountain_Reservoirs@tva.gov

April 1st-no foolin’! Tellico is set to reopen some of it’s trails, see here…
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/press/tellico_opening_2008.pdf

Now available for corporate meetings, weddings, family reunions, and other events is a wonderful all wood timber frame facility known as “The Barn” at the McGuires’s Millrace Farm. Full of mountain ambiance with it’s huge stacked stone fireplace, 30 foot ceilings, and wrought iron chandeliers but equiped with modern amenities like a sound system, 12 foot […]

Here is the link to the USFS announcement on the closure of Tellico…
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/nepa/tusquitee/tellico_closure_release.pdf
and the page with all the Tellico info…
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/nepa/tusquitee/tellico.htm
It does appear that Trail 1 and upper 2 will remain open to provide access to private lands.