WRESTLING:  McCoy wins MAAC Award

EBCI tribal member Spencer McCoy, a junior at Swain County High School, won the White & Williams Co. Award for the top 1A/2A Male Athlete in an Olympic Sport at the 53rd Annual MAAC (Mountain Amateur Athletic Club) Awards Banquet. “It is a great honor to have...

Mother’s Day 5K rainy, successful

  By SCOTT MCKIE B .P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.  Well, it didn’t go away, but that didn’t stop almost  135 people, including 91 runners, who braved the pouring rain to participate in the annual Cherokee Choices Mother’s Day...

2014 Cherokee Pow Wows planned

“Growing Ones” Youth Pow Wow.  May 23-25 at Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds.  Grand entries – Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 1pm and 7pm, Sunday at 1pm.  Head Dance Judge: Will Tushka.  MC: Ric Bird.  Arena Director: Keith Sharphead.  Host Northern Drum: Birdtown Crossing. ...