by admin | Dec 13, 2023 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has selected seven tribal members to join riders from the Cherokee Nation this June on the annual Remember the Removal Ride (RTR). The ride will retrace...
by admin | Dec 12, 2023 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By BROOKLYN BROWN One Feather Reporter SYLVA, N.C. – Bruce Martin Jr., 51, owner of Long House Funeral Home in Cherokee, N.C., was indicted by a grand jury in Jackson County on Nov. 13, 2023, on six child sex offenses, including one count of statutory...
by admin | Dec 12, 2023 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By BROOKLYN BROWN One Feather Reporter SYLVA, N.C. – Billy Jack Hicks, 51, was indicted by a grand jury in Jackson County on Oct. 2, 2023, in the murder of his wife, Danielle Davina Brady-Hicks—an offense that occurred in October 2020. Hicks had a recent...
by admin | Dec 12, 2023 | Council Action
The following ordinances, provided by the TOP Office, were deemed read and tabled during the Thursday, Dec. 7 Tribal Council session: Tabled Ord. No. 48 (2023) Tabled Ord. No. 49 (2023) Tabled Ord. No. 50 (2023) Tabled Ord. No. 51 (2023) Tabled Ord. No. 52 (2023)...
by admin | Dec 12, 2023 | OBITUARIES
Clifton M. Owle, 75, of the Birdtown Community, passed away due to an extended illness, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. A native of Cherokee, he was born April 2, 1948, to the late Jack Clifton Owle and Pauline Lambert. A strong and independent man, he was an outdoorsman, he...