COMMENTARY: We have all been here before….

by | Aug 27, 2020 | OPINIONS

  Observations and random thoughts.  By WILLIAM LEDFORD                 I’ve watched the highlights of both Democrat and Republican conventions and the contrast is truly amazing. When speaking about the coronavirus one side discussed the effects of the virus on...

COMMENTARY: Don’t move rocks in tribal, park waterways

by | Aug 26, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   I drive by the Oconaluftee River, on the Qualla Boundary, multiple times daily and I frequently take walks on the Oconaluftee River Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  It seems that as tourism...

COMMENTARY: Take control

by | Aug 25, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   “Actually, I want to know where we are at right now. Because the way some things are going right now, there is not a flow and it is very counterproductive. You know, if we want to see some things fixed, then let’s talk...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: God’s Samson Course 

by | Aug 21, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   Read Judges 13–16, and then Hebrews 11:32-33  (“Samson had tremendous potential.  Not many people have started life with credentials like his.  Born as a result of God’s plan given...

COMMENTARY: Voting – use it or lose it  

by | Aug 19, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By MARY HERR CHEROKEE, N.C.   Decisions made at all levels of government (President and Congress in Washington, DC, General Assembly in Raleigh and County Commissioners, Sheriffs, Courts, etc.) impact the daily lives of Cherokee people. If you shop...

COMMENTARY: Only 18 weeks till Christmas

by | Aug 19, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   I am not a very social person. I wasn’t when I was younger and I am surely not as I grow older. I like people and actually have a few that I love, but as far as chit-chat and “hugginess”, I have had to train myself to...