Spur re-opens in Park following mudslide

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park crews completed debris removal along the northbound Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Both lanes are reopened to all traffic. Park crews received assistance from the...

COMMENTARY: A call for Democratic overhaul

  By JOSH HOLLOWAY  CHATTANOOGA, TENN.    Was anyone really surprised. I mean, when you decide to do something and the vast majority of the free world is telling you it’s a bad idea, what do you expect. The party that defended slavery, was against civil...

COMMENTARY: Photography is art one second at a time 

    By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF    One of my favorite movies is “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – I’m a sucker for the sappy.  In that movie, Walter, played by Ben Stiller, has an interesting conversation with famous photographer Sean...

COMMENTARY: How do I become Cherokee? 

  By SHANNON SWIMMER  PAINTTOWN COMMUNITY    This question often elicits eye rolls and sarcastic answers. But, what would happen if enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians started asking that question, in an earnest way, in an effort to be...