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Swain County Residents Petition To Close County Borders To Stop COVID-19 Spread


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Both the Qualla Boundary and Graham County have put in place restricted travel for non-residents. Residents in an other rural count y are calling for s imilar measures. On Monday, Whittier resident Kellie Marr started a petition to ask Swain County commissioners to shut the county’s borders. The petition has already garnered almost 700 signatures. “Every case around us has been from a different state. It’s like we’re standing at our exits with open arms saying, ‘Welcome Corona,’” says Marr. Marr
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