LESPIER GUILTY

Bryson City Jury delivers Guilty Verdict after 8-Day Trial      BRYSON CITY  – A federal jury sitting in Bryson City found James Ernest Lespier, 33, an EBCI tribal member, guilty of fatally shooting Erien Amanda Smith on the in the Rought Branch Community on the...

Encephalitis being studied in Cherokee

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF                 North Carolina has one of the highest rates of La Crosse encephalitis (LACV) in the country over the past few decades and Cherokee has been one of the hot beds for the disease.  Last week, a representative from the...

Budget Council Results – May 31

Tabled Res. No. 695 – 3% COLA increase for FY12 Tribal Employees – Tabled Res. No. 714 – Grant Resolution from Planning & Development – Amended/Passed Res. No. 715 – Grant Resolution from Planning & Development – Passed Res. No. 716 – Adoption of Fiscal...

Tribal Council Results – June 2

Protest – Zane Bowman protest on Res. No. 670 (11) – Heir recognition – Walker Wolfe (d), Salkinney Wolfe (d), Josephine Wolfe (d) and Rebecca Wolfe (d) – Protest Denied, Resolution not numbered Tabled Ord. No. 611 – Amendments to Personnel Policy – Tabled until after...