by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – A federal jury in Asheville convicted Shane McKinley Swimmer, 21, of Cherokee, of second degree murder late on Thursday, Sept. 9, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Chief U.S. District...
by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | OBITUARIES
Sandra Leigh Ledford Robbins, 41, of Whittier, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. She was born on April 10, 1980 to Gail Ledford Johnson, who survives her. Sandra worked as a Cosmetologist at Perfect Reflections in Sylva. She received her degree in...
by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | OBITUARIES
Carolyn Sue Bird, 62, of the Snowbird Community, passed away on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. She was born in Swain County on June 12, 1959 to the late William Bird and Ellen Bird who survives her. She worked as a home health care nurse for most of life and was...
by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff Cherokee Central Schools hosted a multi-school cross country meet for both middle school and high school runners on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 8. Cherokee’s teams all placed including: Middle School Braves,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2021 | A&E, COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff This year (2021) is the bicentennial of the Cherokee Syllabary – a system of writing the Cherokee language developed over years by Sequoyah in the early 1800s. “Searching for Sequoyah”, produced by James M. Fortier...