Park to host Smokies Service Days

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park is inviting the public to participate in “Smokies Service Days” beginning June 29 to help complete much needed work across the park. Park staff will lead these single-day volunteer opportunities that are ideal for people of...

James (Jim) Robert Miller – obituary

  James (Jim) Robert Miller, 38 of Cherokee and Haywood County, died unexpectedly on Monday, June 17, 2019. He was the son of Ruby George of Cherokee and the late Robert A. Miller (Bobby) of Waynesville. He was an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...

Oconaluftee Job Corps and others to remain open

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Almost a month after federal officials announced that nine Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCCs) were slated to close, that decision has been reversed.  The nine CCCs, including the Oconaluftee CCC site,...