Lilly Knoepp
Lilly Knoepp serves as BPR’s first fulltime reporter covering Western North Carolina. 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.
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The opening of the dispensary marks the first time that an Indigenous tribe has sold marijuana to residents in a state where the substance is still illegal.
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A once-promising process for returning looted Native American remains has slowed to a crawl. We ask what can be done to fix the problem. -
Three decades after Congress passed a federal law intended to return ancestral remains to Native tribes, UNC-CH’s Research Laboratories of Archeology still hold remains representing more than 600 individuals — the largest share of unrepatriated remains in the state. -
Early voting is underway across the state. Voters in half a dozen cities are choosing mayors and other municipal positions. The only elections here in Western North Carolina are runoffs. Graham County will choose a Republican sheriff and Jackson County will choose a school board seat. -
The Macon County Board of Elections confirmed that Republican candidate Dereck Jones requested a recount in the county sheriff's race. -
A newly released video shows Congressman Madison Cawthorn’s March 3 traffic stop. The video was released after a group of North Carolina media organizations including Blue Ridge Public Radio filed a complaint seeking its release. -
Individuals and organizations had 60-days for final objections on the plan but only if they had previously commented. Those objections trigger a 90-day response time from the U.S. Forest Service. BPR explains some of the objections. -
HCA Healthcare and Copestone, a mental health service that is part of Mission Health, were both cited for failing to ensure that respirator masks such as N-95 masks were fit-tested or tracking fit-testing in October. -
The Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday from Mississippi challenging Roe vs. Wade. BPR looks at the level of abortion access currently in Western North... -
In Tuesday’s election, voters in Graham County narrowly approved seven different ballot questions that would allow for beer and wine to be sold in the county.
