Appalachia Daily Update: September 30, 2026
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min · 3 segments
Hometown Heroes Wednesday: local people and happenings across Southern Appalachia.
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Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min · 3 segments
Hometown Heroes Wednesday: local people and happenings across Southern Appalachia.
We start in Cherokee, where the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is coming to the Burgess-Ukama Veterans Memorial Cemetery from October 7 through the 12th.
Steve Youngdeer, American Legion Post 143, and EBCI Parks and Recreation are hosting this national tribute, marking 51 years since the war's end.
And on Friday, October 9th, Cherokee High School hosts the Cherokee Warriors Mogadishu Mile, a two-mile combat warrior obstacle course at 7 in the morning.
It honors Operation Gothic Serpent and is open to veterans, first responders, and the whole community.
Then on Sunday, October 11th, the first annual Sam Lambert Golf Tournament tees off at 9 at Sequoia National in Whittier.
Folks Whittier's own Tom McMillan and Gillian King were just named the Western North Carolina Chapter's Red Cross Volunteers of the Year after nearly 15 years serving Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Haywood counties.
Over in Hayesville, Coach Tammy Dills earned the NCHSAA's Region 8 Special Person of the Year honor, celebrating decades of service to student-athletes.
And Dr. Bo Carroll of the EBCI Tribal Historic Preservation Office was named the recipient of a National Historic Preservation Leadership Award for his lifetime protecting Cherokee places and stories.
We start in Cherokee, where the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is coming to the Burgess-Ukama Veterans Memorial Cemetery from October 7 through the 12th.
Steve Youngdeer, American Legion Post 143, and EBCI Parks and Recreation are hosting this national tribute, marking 51 years since the war's end.
And on Friday, October 9th, Cherokee High School hosts the Cherokee Warriors Mogadishu Mile, a two-mile combat warrior obstacle course at 7 in the morning.
It honors Operation Gothic Serpent and is open to veterans, first responders, and the whole community.
Then on Sunday, October 11th, the first annual Sam Lambert Golf Tournament tees off at 9 at Sequoia National in Whittier.
Folks Whittier's own Tom McMillan and Gillian King were just named the Western North Carolina Chapter's Red Cross Volunteers of the Year after nearly 15 years serving Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Haywood counties.
Over in Hayesville, Coach Tammy Dills earned the NCHSAA's Region 8 Special Person of the Year honor, celebrating decades of service to student-athletes.
And Dr. Bo Carroll of the EBCI Tribal Historic Preservation Office was named the recipient of a National Historic Preservation Leadership Award for his lifetime protecting Cherokee places and stories.
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