Canton/Cherokee County fire proposal hits bump

The controversial proposal for a joint city of Canton-Cherokee County fire station was delayed again late last week.

For months, city and county officials have been weighing a proposed intergovernmental agreement under which the city would build a new fire station in the Laurel Canyon area of northwest Canton and the county would staff it, negating the need for the county to build a new station nearby and supposedly saving both the city and county money.