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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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.
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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.