Jonnie Jean Jamison – obituary

     Jonnie Jean Jamison, 76, Sylva, died Tuesday, February 7. She was born in Jackson County, the daughter of the late Rev. Ernest W., Sr. and the late Altha Beasley Jamison.  Jean was a receptionist with the Job link employment office and was a member of Shoal Creek...

New Cherokee Tribal Court Costs

The below schedule of Court Costs is approved and promulgated effective March 1.  COURT COSTS: * Criminal/Traffic/Infraction Court Costs – $190 * Probation Fee – $200 * Civil Filing Fee (Custody, Divorce, Money Owed $5,000 and over, etc.) – $150 *...

Tribal members sentenced to Prison

     George Lee Hernandez, 21, an EBCI tribal member, of Cherokee, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 2 to serve 46 months in prison for robbery related charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.      In January 2011,...