Elk Foundation to hold Fundraiser

The Great Smoky Mountains Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) will  host their seventeenth WNC annual fundraising event at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Hotel on Saturday, July 31. The evening will begin at 4:00 p.m. with Kim DeLozier, Wildlife...

WCU hosts photo exhibit focusing on Trail of Tears

CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will display a photography exhibit focusing on the Trail of Tears in the museum’s Gallery C through Sept. 30.             Including 50 contemporary photographs by David G. Fitzgerald, the collection...

Cherokee Residents arrested in Tenn.

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. – Five Cherokee residents were arrested in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. over the weekend.  Josh E. Crowe, John W. Raby, Amber S. Crowe, Jerilyn M. Jackson, and Hannah F. Calhoun were arrested by Pigeon Forge Police on Saturday, July 10 and charged in...