Tribal Court Dockets for Aug. 15 and 16

This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court.  All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Tribal Court Docket for Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Couple enjoyed Fire Mountain Trail

  I just want to say that my wife and I had a great time this past week in Cherokee, what a beautiful place! We really enjoyed riding our bikes on the Fire Mountain trail system. You do a wonderful job keeping those trails well maintained. Thank you, for a great...

Indictment filed in murder of Pisgah Inn employee

  ASHEVILLE – A criminal bill of indictment was returned on Wednesday, Aug. 8 by a federal grand jury sitting in Asheville charging Derek Shawn Pendergraft, 20, of Asheville, with second degree murder for killing a co-worker, announced Andrew Murray, U.S....

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Wants sports gaming

  The estimate given in the One Feather was $250,000,000. Not a small chunk of change by any measure. Enormous as that number seems, would you believe that, that number, was just a small fraction of the money that exchanged hands in the sports betting industry...