Over 1,200 vaccinated by Tribe 

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF    In December 2020, Victoria Harlan, an elder of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), took the first COVID-19 vaccine dose administered by the Tribe’s health care system.  As of Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021,...

Rivercane revitalized at Rivers Edge Park

  CLYDE – Haywood Waterways received a $3,600 grant from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation to plant river cane at River’s Edge Park in Clyde. The purpose is to promote the availability of natural resources to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)...

COMMENTARY: To own or not to own…

  By WILLIAM LEDFORD    Observations and random thoughts.    It’s been a turbulent couple of weeks in our country. We have a new President of the United States who has been officially inaugurated and sworn in. We have a Senate that’s divided 50-50 but...