CIPD Arrest Report for Sept. 20-26, 2020

  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...

Man suffers cardiac event on Laurel Creek Road

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a report of a man in cardiac distress along Laurel Creek Road on Friday, Sept. 25 at 1:50 p.m. near Crib Gap.  Zachary Brown, 26, of Portland, Tenn., was standing along the roadside with his family when...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: On the winner’s side! 

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH    Read Isaiah 61 “I believe,” said Pastor Melton, “This battle has already been won by Him.  I’m a winner!  Give Him your broken heart, for He was sent to bind up the brokenhearted,...

OBITUARY: Annie Bell Welch 

  Annie Belle Welch, 72, of Robbinsville, passed away, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Henry and Bessie Smoker Jumper.  She is survived by her husband, Joel...

Rushing a SCOTUS vote is not the best idea

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   We are in the throes of a heated election season. Partisanship seems to be at a level unseen in decades, maybe even centuries. Also, seemingly, most Americans do not seem to be able to find common ground on most...