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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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.
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Los agricultores y trabajadores agrícolas se dirigen a una temporada muy ocupada para cultivar alimentos en todo el estado. Vecinos, una organización sin fines de lucro, brinda atención médica y otros servicios a trabajadores agrícolas y adultos de bajos ingresos sin seguro en el oeste de Carolina del Norte. La organización abrirá un nuevo centro de salud comunitario que incluirá atención dental y servicios legales en Franklin el próximo año.
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Farmers and farmworkers are heading into a busy season to grow food across the state. Nonprofit Vecinos provides medical care and other services for farmworkers and uninsured, low-income adults in western North Carolina. The organization will open a new community health hub that will include dental care and legal services in Franklin next year.
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Officers responded to a domestic call in the community of Bethel on Saturday at about 5pm, according to a press release from the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office. The name of the man shot has not been released. The sheriff’s office has not said publicly who fired the initial shots.
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Plans for the state’s first recreational marijuana sales are on hold as the Eastern Band of Cherokee announces their marijuana dispensary will only sell medical marijuana during its grand opening.
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While the peregrine population bounced back in North Carolina, disturbance from human activity near nesting sites remains a threat to the falcons.
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Six years in the making, the new statue features three women – one Cherokee, one Black and one white – in Macon County’s history.
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The company works with the U.S. military to repair and maintenance defense equipment and is approved for up to $845,100 in taxpayer support.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Great Smoky Cannabis Company dispensary will open 4/20. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about buying cannabis on the boundary.
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A new exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee People opens today. Called sov·er·eign·ty, the exhibit focuses on the autonomy of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. BPR’s Senior Regional Reporter Lilly Knoepp talked with the curators Director of Education Dakota Brown and Director of Collections Evan Mathis.