COMMENTARY: Life is fleeting

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   As I was reading over the information of the tragic loss of a young woman on the Oconaluftee yesterday (Feb. 24), I was reminded how very fragile life is. This lady from Ohio, reported age 34, lost her life while...

OBITUARY: Doyce Stanley “Coach” Cannon Sr.

  ASHEVILLE – After a long illness, Doyce Stanley “Coach” Cannon Sr. went peacefully to be with our Lord on Thursday, Feb. 24, at home with his loving wife, Lin, by his bedside. He was born in Haywood County on Nov. 15, 1937, to Dock Stanley...

Crowe found guilty of breaking into a home

  Macon County jurors found a man guilty last week of breaking into a home in December 2019 in the Nantahala community, District Attorney Ashley Welch said. After being found guilty, Andrews resident Jon Crowe, 47, received an added sentence enhancer for habitual...