Smoky Mountain News reports:
A domestic violence and sexual assault agency serving victims of abuse in Jackson County abruptly shut its doors last week after more than three decades in operation.
REACH of Jackson County has been plagued for two years by an on-going funding crisis, but the sudden closure came amid questions about internal accounting irregularities.
The director and finance director were fired and seven other employees put on furlough.
This leaves victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Jackson County without a local agency to turn to. …
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