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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Mark Meadows, former North Carolina congressman and chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, is indicted on felony charges in Arizona, related to trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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The town council’s refusal to back the LGBTQ group’s road closure application already has led to one member resigning.
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Republican and some unaffiliated voters are eligible to vote in May 14 second primary election for two statewide offices that were too close to call in March.
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The investigation is ongoing after a viral video and petition showing a group of people pulling two black bears from a tree in Western North Carolina.
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Great Smoky Cannabis Company opened its doors to medical marijuana card holders standing in line through drizzling rain on Saturday. Myrtle Driver Johnson, a Beloved Woman, an honorary distinction among the Eastern Band of Cherokee, made the first purchase.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee is opening North Carolina's first legal medical cannabis/marijuana dispensary on Saturday, 4/20.
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Former North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn hasn’t spoken publicly about allegations that he was involved in a car crash with a state trooper.
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Sylva Town Council Commissioner Natalie Newman announced on Saturday that she was stepping down from the town board and four other regional board seats.
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EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems expands projects to study how local farms put food on tables.
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The Sylva Town Council voted last month not to allow the annual Sylva Pride event to close part of Main Street for a parade. On Thursday evening, community members marched to the town council meeting to show their disappointment in the vote.