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Lilly Knoepp

Senior Regional Reporter at Blue Ridge Public Radio

Journalist @BlueRidgePublic covering Western NC past Asheville. 🌄 Tar Heel, @cunyjschool and @ReeseNewsLab alum. she/her

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  • ‘Disturbance’ under investigation at Asheville Rotary Club event where Rep. Edwards was a featured speaker

    3 days ago | bpr.org | Lilly Knoepp

    Asheville Police Department confirmed that they are investigating a report of a disturbance that occurred at the Embassy Suites in downtown Asheville on Saturday night. The incident, first reported by McClatchy over the weekend, occurred at a Rotary District 7670 event where Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-11) was listed as one of the speakers. APD confirmed to BPR that Edwards was present but did not confirm that he was involved in the event. Edwards’ office did not respond to BPR’s request for comment.

  • Vecinos abre un centro de salud permanente en Franklin

    4 days ago | bpr.org | Jose Sandoval |Lilly Knoepp

    Vecinos, una clínica gratuita sin ánimo de lucro y centro de salud rural dedicado a atender a residentes sin seguro médico o con cobertura insuficiente, ha abierto una nueva ubicación permanente en Franklin. El nuevo centro de salud comunitario del condado de Macon dará servicio a los residentes de los condados de Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson y Swain, en el oeste de Carolina del Norte.

  • Vecinos opens permanent health hub in Franklin

    1 week ago | bpr.org | Jose Sandoval |Lilly Knoepp

    Vecinos, a non-profit free clinic and rural health center dedicated to serving uninsured and underinsured residents, has opened a new permanent location in Franklin. The new Macon County community health hub will serve residents of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, and Swain counties in Western North Carolina.

  • New ECBI database, annual event return focus on murdered and missing Indigenous relatives

    2 weeks ago | bpr.org | Lilly Knoepp

    Saturday is the annual Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relative’s walk, organized by the Qualla Boundary Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women’s (MMIW QB) community advocacy group. Recently, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council approved establishing a new database that will help officially track this information for the first time. Last year, 38 community members were honored on the walk, including 35 women and three men.

  • 'Very special place.' 400-year-old trees in WNC untouched as 3,000-acre wildfire raged

    2 weeks ago | bpr.org | Lilly Knoepp

    Western North Carolina forest with some of the oldest trees in the nation suffered an over 3,000-acre wildfire earlier this month, but its stand of tulip poplars – and the memorial forest, steeped in history – were spared. The Haoe Lead Fire in Graham County started in the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and threatened the area’s 400-year-old trees, said Cheoah and Tusquittee District Ranger Brian Browning of the U.S. Forest Service. “This is the trailhead for the Jenkins Meadow trail.

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