New WCU Chancellor meets EBCI community leaders

  By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF   New Western Carolina University (WCU) Chancellor Kelli Brown was in Cherokee on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 22 as part of her ‘Welcome Tour.’ The event was held at Selu Garden Café at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort....

Judy Regina Bird – obituary

  Judy Regina Bird, 48, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and aunt went home to be with the Lord after a brief illness on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. She was born on March 27, 1971 in Cherokee and resided in the Snowbird Community. Judy, a fluent...

Lillian Saunooke Franklin – obituary

  Lillian Saunooke Franklin, 80, of the Birdtown Community, went home to be with the Lord Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. A native of Cherokee, she was the daughter of the late Cain Saunooke and Margaret Smith. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Golinda Lambert,...

Hiker fatality in Deep Creek area in Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a report of man in cardiac distress near the Deep Creek Campground and Picnic Area at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22. Kirk Lazar, age 70, of Evans, Ga. was hiking with his wife on the Juney Whank...