Everett (Ed) Cucumber – obituary

  Everett Cucumber, 83, of Beckley, WV died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at the Beckley VA Hospital.  He was born in Cherokee on Dec. 16, 1931, and is the son of the late James and Elizabeth Reed Cucumber.  In addition to his parents, those gone on before him are...

Simermeyer named NIGC associate member

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), praised the proposed appointment of Sequoyah Simermeyer to serve as an associate member of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC). Simermeyer...