Richard Monroe Hughes – obituary

     BRYSON CITY – Richard Monroe Hughes, 68, of Hughes Branch Road, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in a Hendersonville Health Care Facility. A lifelong resident of Swain County, he was the son of the late Floyd and Roseann Thomas Hughes. He...

Herbicide put on Nikwasi Mound

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF        FRANKLIN –  Town workers sprayed herbicde on Nikwasi Mound in the Town of Franklin leaving dead, brown grass.  Many have asked why.                   “I feel that we owe the Tribe an apology,” said Franklin Town...