Lilly Knoepp
Senior Regional ReporterLilly Knoepp is Senior Regional Reporter for Blue Ridge Public Radio. She has served as BPR’s first fulltime reporter covering Western North Carolina since 2018. She is a native of Franklin, NC who returns to WNC after serving as the assistant editor of Women@Forbes and digital producer of the Forbes podcast network. She holds a master’s degree in international journalism from the City University of New York and earned a double major from UNC-Chapel Hill in religious studies and political science.
Email: lknoepp@bpr.org
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Tennessee Valley Authority plans call for draining reservoir for up to 8 years in order to make repairs. -
Macon County commissioners say they have no plans to exit the regional library system even as officials in one neighboring county weigh breaking ties – part of a years-long tangle over library programming, which some have charged as too political. -
Jackson County Commissioners recently discussed leaving the Fontana Regional Library System, citing issues with “left-leaning content” as well as what they call general mismanagement. There is now a new children’s library card that is available in Macon, Jackson and Swain counties. -
Asheville Police Department confirmed an investigation of a reported disturbance that occurred at the Embassy Suites in downtown Asheville on Saturday night. -
Vecinos presta servicios a residentes sin seguro médico o con seguro insuficiente en el oeste de Carolina del Norte. Abrieron su primera sede permanente en Franklin. -
Vecinos serves uninsured and underinsured residents in Western North Carolina. They opened their first ever permanent facility in Franklin.
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The annual Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relative’s walk is on Saturday, May 3, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. for all community members and allies. -
Last week, the Haoe Lead fire was 57% contained. Cheoah and Tusquittee Ranger Brian Browning says firefighters kept some of the oldest trees in the country safe during the blaze in the wilderness area. -
Sue Shugart will start as chief executive officer on May 26. She has been in healthcare for more than 20 years, and most recently served as CEO of Rutherford Regional Health System in Rutherford, N.C. -
Jackson County leaders have removed a plaque that previously covered an inscription on the pedestal of “Sylva Sam,” a Confederate monument. The plaque stood for four years as a compromise to prior calls for the Confederate soldier statue to be removed.
