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A security enclosure around an outside area for inmates of the Cherokee County Detention Center in Murphy, N.C. Frank Taylor / Carolina Public Press

November 2, 2018, by Kate Martin

BREAKING: Cherokee jail administrator resigns, sheriff promises change

Capt. Mark Patterson resigns as Cherokee County jail administrator, days after CPP published critical allegations from former guards. Sheriff calls for change in radio broadcast.…more
A security gate at the Cherokee County detention center, in Murphy, N.C. Frank Taylor / Carolina Public Press

October 29, 2018, by Jordan Wilkie and Frank Taylor

Former guards allege pattern of inmate abuse at NC county jail

Former guards raise concerns about inmate’s death, allege pattern of coerced fights, targeting inmates for beatings, medical neglect…more
Cherokee County Detention Center in Murphy

June 1, 2018, by Michael Gebelein

Guard fired after scrap with inmate questions handling of case as SBI investigates

No one disputes that two guards had an altercation with an inmate at the Cherokee County Detention Center in Murphy. But the sheriff’s version of how he……more
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State Legislative Building of North Carolina in Raleigh. Home to the NC General Assembly.

The Kicker, Show 25 | The (very) long legislative session of 2019

October 11, 2019

Impeachment divides NC congressional delegation along party lines

October 4, 2019

Medicaid care shifting for recipients in North Carolina

October 1, 2019

How well is North Carolina prepared for a recession?

September 30, 2019

Kari Read hands out meals to first-graders at Blue Ridge School in Cashiers.

Lunch debt a burdensome problem for schools, students

September 16, 2019

Letter to NC Election Board: Voting equipment approval didn’t follow law

September 13, 2019

Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine will no longer offer birthing services after Sept. 30.

Hospital purchase drives change for multiple local health foundations

August 13, 2019

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