Chief’s Garden Kit Program coming

By SARAH MCCLELLAN-WELCH EBCI COOPERATIVE EXTENSION      This will be the eighth year for the distribution of Principal Chief Michell Hicks’ Cherokee Family Garden Kits. The Garden Kits are Chief Hicks’ initiative to preserve gardening as a Cherokee family tradition...

Paul (Buck) West – obituary

     Paul (Buck) West, 60, of Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, April 11th, 2011 in a Cherokee Indian Hospital. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of Amy West Thompson and Step Father Joe Thompson of Cherokee and the late Cecil West. He was a member...

Lucinda Jane Bradley – obituary

     Lucinda Jane Bradley, 64, of Cherokee passed away April 9, 2011 at Haywood Regional Hospital in Waynesville following an extended illness.  She was a member of Rock Springs Church and was a Cherokee artisan. She enjoyed making beadwork and pottery, and she loved...