COMMENTARY: Educate, don’t opinionate

COMMENTARY: Educate, don’t opinionate

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   Okay, this is probably one of my most unpopular topics, particularly to my colleagues. I really have an issue with media outlets that attempt to manipulate public opinion by injecting media bias, or that of...
OBITUARY: Mary R. Smith

OBITUARY: Mary R. Smith

Mary R. Smith, 89, of Cherokee, N.C., passed away on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at Tsali Care Center in Cherokee, surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born on Sept. 11, 1936, in Maggie Valley, N.C., to the late Homer and Mattie Adaline Cagle Sutton. She was the wife...