Park announces 2023 fee program changes 

Park announces 2023 fee program changes 

Great Smoky Mountains National Park leadership has announced the decision to adopt the Park it Forward parking tag program and to increase camping fees beginning next year. Parking tags will be required to be displayed on any motor vehicle parked within the park...
CIPD Arrest Report for Aug. 7-14

CIPD Arrest Report for Aug. 7-14

The following people were arrested by the Cherokee Indian Police Department and booked into the Anthony Edward Lossiah Justice Center. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent until...
OBITUARY: Isaac Climbingbear Sr.

OBITUARY: Isaac Climbingbear Sr.

Isaac Climbingbear Sr., 64, of the Big Cove Community, went home to join his wife Myrna Climbingbear on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. In addition to his wife, he was also preceded in death by his parents, Henderson Sr. and Idell Hammonds Climbingbear; brothers, Eli...
Planning updates for 2022 Cherokee Indian Fair

Planning updates for 2022 Cherokee Indian Fair

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   The planning of this year’s Cherokee Indian Fair, the largest annual event for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), scheduled for Oct. 4-8, was delayed at first but is now moving forward.  With the Cherokee Indian...