Clay County Progress
Clay County Progress is a weekly newspaper based in Clay County, North Carolina, covering Clay and Cherokee counties in North Carolina and Towns County, Georgia. History 
The Clay County Progress was preceded by the Clay County News, which launched Sep. 17, 1926, and was published by L.F. Cross through 1938. The Clay County Progress began printing in November 1951 with J.K. Hutchings as its publisher. The Cherokee Scout in nearby Murphy, North Carolina, printed a combined Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress edition between 1961 and 1980. The Progress has been printed on the Scout'''s press since at least 1964. The newspaper's website, ClayCountyProgress.com, launched by February 2002. Between 1987 and January 2012, the Progress faced competition from weekly newspaper The Smoky Mountain Sentinel, which was also based in Hayesville. The Sentinel had a circulation of 4,000 when it shut down due to the publisher falling ill. Since it closed, the Progress has been the only newspaper in Clay County.The Progress began publishing "Reader's Choice" awards in 2022. In October 2023, the Clay County Progress'' moved its headquarters from the Clay County square downtown to Moore's Plaza on Business Highway 64. The paper's offices had previously been located at Moore's Plaza until 2003. The newspaper did not explain why it moved. See also
 List of newspapers published in North Carolina

References

Weekly newspapers published in North Carolina
Clay County, North Carolina