by Anthony Brown | Mar 16, 2015 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
Cherokee’s Tiffani Riggen, Peri Wildcatt, Eli Littlejohn and Brandt Sutton have been selected to play in the 1st Annual West vs Midwest All-Star game on March 21 at Cherryville. Lady Braves head coach Chris Mintz is one of the coaches for the West team. He will...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 16, 2015 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Those of you who are in or near my generation probably remember watching roller derby on television. It was wild. It was crazy. It was rough. It was fun. The rules are different now as it’s a bona fide...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 13, 2015 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management officials are planning a 550-acre prescribed burn in the Wash Ridge unit adjacent to Cataloochee Valley in North Carolina. Weather permitting, burn operations could begin as early as Wednesday, March 18, and...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 13, 2015 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Cherokee Lady Braves dropped their home opener 3-1 on an overcast day to the Haywood Christian Academy Red Wolves. “It was good, we need to put two halves together,” said Gary Ledford, Lady Braves head...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 13, 2015 | OBITUARIES
Wilson Junior Thompson, 77, of Cherokee, passed away on March 11, 2015 at Mission Hospital following an extended illness. Wilson is the son of the late Wilson Thompson Sr. and Martha Owle Thompson. Wilson is survived by his wife, Anita S. Thompson; children,...