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THE FAR BLUE MOUNTAINS

by Tom Bennett

 

This column is published bi-monthly by The Cherokee Scout of Murphy, North Carolina.

 

"Forest Service and county have a holiday gift for children" published on November 25, 2009.

"As four-wheelers leave Tellico, tunnel borer eyed for Snowbird" published on November 11, 2009.

"'I don't have a criteria that you can't mine a pretty mountain'" published on October 28, 2009.

"Allen's volunteer navy unearths Hiwassee Lake's ancient trash" published on October 14, 2009.

"Final, foul days of eyesores of the northwest county" published on September 30, 2009.

"Forest Service has specialist on hand as it angles for Upper Tellico solution" published on September 16, 2009.

"Mountain bill clears 27 hurdles to passage despite a budget crisis" published on September 2, 2009.

"Highlanders summon medical aid strangely and fracture verbs" published on August 19, 2009.

"A corridor bypassing the gorge would keep alive Ocoee revival" published on August 5, 2009.

""I'm committed, and my family and my heirs to eternity'" published on July 1, 2009.

"From breakneck logging to a careful record of what's here" published on June 24, 2009.

"To preserve farms, bring back agricultural board" published on June 10, 2009.

"It's 40 seconds to Raleigh and it's the year's mountain legislation" published on May 27, 2009.

"A little assistance better than having farmers on welfare" published on May 13, 2009.

"'Green,' yes, but can new materials crack the code?" published on April 29, 2009.

"Irish firm mines for granite and political connections" published on April 15, 2009.

"Here's a news flash from county planning board" published on April 1, 2009.

"A Pontiac with no wheels stalls local archaeology" published on March 4, 2009.

"Heading out along the Benton MacKaye Trail" published on February 18, 2009.

"'A racehorse cannot spring from a long-eared donkey'" published on February 4, 2009.

"Beware when the sirens sound and strobe lights flash" published on January 21, 2009.

"Internet continues to bring world closer together" published on January 7, 2009.

"State's longest steel span brings responsibility" published on December 24, 2009.

"The dangerous subdivision road on Wilscott Mountain" published on December 10, 2008.

"Couple's labor of love to heat a Murphy landmark" published on November 26, 2008.

"Two sides of Corridor K issue raised again by DOT" published on November 12, 2008.

"County's real estate bubble a freewheeling time" published on October 29, 2008.

"Hiwassee River's next phase must clear final hurdle" published on October 15, 2008.

"Setting forth our land use-zone definitions a heavy matter" published on October 1, 2008.

"A good day's work keeping pace with beef cravings" published on September 17, 2008.

"At election time, tallying how we care for our corner of world" published on September 3, 2008.

"Restrictions making our developments nicer" published on August 6, 2008.

"There's a reverential silence in presence of U.S.' big trees" published on July 23, 2008.

"Good developers take steps county doesn't require" published on July 9, 2008.

"Will corridor Burns calls 'I-3' be safe for Cherokee County?" published on June 11, 2008.

"Land of Sky Parkway: Economic savior or path of peril" published on May 28, 2008.

"Making treatment plant better a priority for mayor" published on May 14, 2008.

"'I don't like clear cutting, I don't like raping the land'" published on April 30, 2008.

"The river has been a workhorse as environmental law expands" published on April 16, 2008.

"Murphy's fried mountain erodes, only emergency will spur action" published on April 2, 2008.

"Will mountain protection 'stop all construction' or make slopes safe?" published on March 5, 2008.

"I'm from Murphy, and this river's been a part of my life'"  published on February 20, 2008.

 

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