by Anthony Brown | Jan 3, 2014 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By DR. BEVERLY PAYNE Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) has partnered with several community agencies to provide support and resources for parents whose children accumulate excessive school absences. The school system has formed the Truancy Intervention Council (TIC)...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 2, 2014 | Happenings
Due to USET’s Impact Week, February’s Budget Council session will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 11 and Tribal Council will be held on Thursday, Feb. 13. The deadline to submit resolutions, ordinances and requests for time for these sessions will be Thursday, Jan. 30. You...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 2, 2014 | OPINIONS
Dear Dr. Per Cap: I’m a member of a tribe that pays a sizeable monthly per cap. Within the last five years the checks have really gone up, and our community is blessed to have this windfall; however, there have been problems, too. Specifically, we are starting to...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 2, 2014 | Happenings
CULLOWHEE – TV show host, political science professor and writer Melissa V. Harris-Perry will be the keynote speaker for Western Carolina University’s annual celebration in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Host of the weekend news and opinion...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 2, 2014 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
The ribbon cutting ceremony for the Yellowhill Activity Center occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 18l, 2013 at 1pm. Yellowhill Community Club officers in attendance were: Reuben Teesatuskie (Chair), Annie Owens (Vice-Chair), and Anita Welch Lossiah (Treasurer). Words of...