Credit cards serve as the training wheels for digital currency
"Retailers could [begin to surcharge] customers if they choose to purchase goods with cash.... "
Harrison Keely Editor
      There may only be two kinds of dollar bills in the future: 1s and 0s. During a political season where change reigns, financial institutions are turning away from coins and searching for the successor to the dollar bill. Of course there's the Amero, a currency for the entirety of North America to...
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CLAY COUNTY VOICE
Where would you like to see a new Hayesville post office built?
By Zach Howell
     LACY ROGERS "Next to the new Courthouse, where there is more parking."
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Letters to the Editor
      Recently, I watched an interview of Senator Hillary Clinton by Bill O'Reilly. Mr. O'Reilly asks Senator Clinton why the House and Senate refused to drill to obtain America's untapped oil deposits. Senator Clinton responded that it would take thirteen years to get the first barrel of oil to the gas...
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Crime Stoppers with Sheriff Joe Shook
By Sheriff Joe Shook COLUMNIST
      With the onset of warm weather and holidays, the Sheriff's Officeis prepared to respond to accidental drowning or boat accidents on Lake Chatuge or on the Hiawassee River. If the past is indicative of the future we will have to respond to one or more of these types of incidents this year. Also in...
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Sentinel Poll
Does Clay County need a new post office?
      Surf to www.smokymountainsentinel. com to participate in our weekly poll.
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