EDITORIAL: Safety first for the trout derby

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   For the first time in its 17-year history, the Talking Trees Children’s Fishing Derby was postponed. On the Thursday before the derby, the river was swollen from days of constant and torrential rain. Postponing...

Shelby Jean Cabe Buchanan – obituary

  Shelby Jean Cabe Buchanan, 62, of Sylva, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at Harris Regional Hospital.  She was born Dec. 9, 1955, in Jackson County, to James Fred Cabe and the late Hilda Matilda Gibson Cabe. After graduating from Sylva-Webster High School, she worked...

Joshua Squirrel Sr. – obituary

  Joshua Squirrel Sr., 83, of Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of the late Shepard and Mianna Screamer Squirrel. He was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. He loved the Atlanta and the Cherokee...