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Special "Spring" Color Me Stitches

March 19, 2010
Special "Spring" Color Me Stitches

Happy Spring!  from “Stitches” creator Billy Young
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Tribal Council Results – March 4

March 19, 2010

Tribal Council Results - March 4
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Miss Cherokee travels to Tourism Exhibition in Germany

March 17, 2010
Miss Cherokee travels to Tourism Exhibition in Germany

This month, Miss Cherokee Rachael Hicks traveled to Berlin, Germany to participate in ITB Berlin, a major Tourism Exhibition.
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Cherokee Tribal Court Report – week of March 18

March 17, 2010

Cherokee Tribal Court Report - week of March 18
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Cherokee Police help with Drug Bust in Bryson

March 17, 2010
Cherokee Police help with Drug Bust in Bryson

Cherokee Police aided Swain County Deputies and Probation Officers in a residence search in Bryson City that netted meth, cocain, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
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Four arrested on Drug Charges in Jackson County

March 16, 2010
Four arrested on Drug Charges in Jackson County

Four people were arrested and over 39 grams of Marijuana was seized during a search that was conducted at 1428 South River Road, in Sylva.
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Park recruiting Volunteers to assist with Elk Program

March 16, 2010
Park recruiting Volunteers to assist with Elk Program

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Volunteers-in-Parks program once again is enlisting volunteers to assist with managing people and elk in Cataloochee Valley, N.C.
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Budget Council Results – March 2

March 15, 2010

Budget Council Results from Tuesday, March 2
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New Apartment Complex underway in Cherokee

March 15, 2010
New Apartment Complex underway in Cherokee

Ground was broken on a new and affordable housing complex in the Wolfetown Community on Friday, Mar. 9.
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Local Church Members to travel to Haiti

March 12, 2010
Local Church Members to travel to Haiti

Six members of New Beginnings Independent Baptist Church in Cherokee will travel to Haiti next month.
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Property Owner concerned about Tuckasegee Town

March 10, 2010

Tuckasegee Town, a historic Cherokee site, is in danger according to Cherrie Moses whose family has owned the property where the site is located for the past 120 years.
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Hospital to move to Old High School?

March 10, 2010

The old Cherokee High School has sat vacant since last summer, but a proposal could see the new Cherokee Indian Hospital located there.
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Class II Gaming eyed in Cherokee County

March 10, 2010

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is one step closer to establishing a Class II gaming facility in Cherokee County.
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Swain passes Moratorium on Duke Construction

March 9, 2010
Swain passes Moratorium on Duke Construction

Construction will halt on a Duke Energy substation near the Kituwah Mound in Swain County thanks to a 90-moratorium passed by the Swain County Commissioners on Tuesday, Mar. 9.
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Tribal Member serving on Conservation and Development Council

March 9, 2010
Tribal Member serving on Conservation and Development Council

Mary W. Thompson, an EBCI tribal member, is currently serving her second term on the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Council (NARC&DC).
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Four charged in Jackson County Burglaries

March 9, 2010
Four charged in Jackson County Burglaries

Three persons have been arrested in Jackson County for a series of burglaries that had occurred in the Whittier and Dillsboro area
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DOJ to convene National Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country

March 5, 2010

The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will convene the National Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country on Tuesday, March 9, through Thursday, March 11.
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