SPEAKING OF FAITH: Worship God, for he is your victory 

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH    “When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him.  ‘My father!  My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!’ he cried. “Elisha...

OBITUARY: Jane Lossie Taylor

  Jane Lossie Taylor, 83, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care Center in Asheville. She was the daughter of the late John Rome Lossie and Charlotte (Welch) Lossie of the Big Cove Community.  Jane will be welcomed to...

Lambert sentenced to 45 months for stabbing

  ASHEVILLE – George Allan Lambert, 48, of Cherokee, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 6 to 45 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stabbing a victim with a knife, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...