Arch wins J.A. Younts Award

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Ethan Arch, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has won a prestigious state award while bringing clean drinking water to the residents of the Qualla Boundary.  He is the recipient of this year’s J.A....

Fatal accident at Park Overlook

  At 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a Chimney Tops overlook along Newfound Gap Road after receiving a report that a man fell approximately 50 feet below the embankment. Wesley Brandon Stedham, 48, of...

Lumbee Recognition Act passes House 

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF    The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, a state-recognized group based in Robeson County, is one step closer to achieving a goal they’ve been seeking for over 100 years – federal recognition as an American...