Rebecca Mary Fuller Barton – obituary

  Rebecca Mary Fuller Barton, age 91, of Murphy, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017. Mrs. Barton was born Nov. 12, 1925 in Bryson City to the late William Ace and Laura Cochran Fuller. She had worked in Fontana on the construction of the dam where she met and...

Park to celebrate National Volunteer Week

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a volunteer work day at the Mountain Farm Museum on Tuesday, April 25. The park received a $5,000 grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area to create a modified style of fence to help protect the gardens from elk...

EDITORIAL: Trumped

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   “Does a resolution trump an ordinance?” This and many other questions were presented during Tribal Council last week. You really felt like you needed a lawyer present just to interpret the proceedings and things have...