AROUND THE REZ: Homecoming is a welcome event

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   What do Dakota Fanning, Jessica Simpson, Paula Abdul, and Renee Zelweger all have in common?  And, no, this isn’t a “horse walks into a bar” joke.  They were all crowned Homecoming Queen during high school....

Park plans 420-Acre Prescribed Burn in Cades Cove

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Zone fire management staff plan to burn approximately 420 acres of fields east of Hyatt Lane in Cades Cove. Weather permitting, burn operations will occur between Tuesday, Oct. 4 and Thursday, Oct. 6....

Belt retires from WCU Cherokee Center

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Roseanna Belt was busy moving boxes of personal belongings out of the Western Carolina University Cherokee Center on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 30.  After 15 years with the Center, she has hung up her boots and...

Qualla Parkway Partners program launching

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   This year marks the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS), and the most visited unit of the entire system is located less than a mile from the border of the Cherokee Indian Reservation.  The Blue Ridge...