by admin | Jan 3, 2024 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor I recently read a headline that reminded me of how incredibly corrupt some “news” organizations are. Yes. News companies. Corruption. News media are supposed to be keepers of the public trust, guardians of truth, and the...
by admin | Jan 3, 2024 | OBITUARIES
SYLVA, N.C. – Julia Ardell Biddix, 88, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023 at Cherokee Indian Hospital. Julia was a native of Swain County but had resided in Jackson County for most of her life and was a daughter of the late John William and Margaret Violet...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Helen Sue Wahnetta Bottchenbaugh passed on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. Helen was a proud respected Cherokee woman, who took great pride in being called Mom, Grandma, Lala, and Grandma Helen. Helen had four children, five generations of grandchildren. She lived in the Big...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Rafael Cruz Ramirez, 37, of Cherokee, passed away at Duke University Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, after an extended illness. The only son of Debra Smith and Rafael Ramirez, “Cruz”, “Raf”, or “Ralphie” as he was known leaves behind his father, his cousins...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | OPINIONS
(Editor’s Note: This commentary was received on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Due to the One Feather policy of only publishing one commentary per reader per month, it is being published online now and will appear in the Jan. 11, 2024 print issue.) By ANN COGGINS...
