by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Tribal Council voted 70-30 during its regular session on Thursday, May 5 to move forward with a purchase of just over 85 acres of tribal trust land. The land is located in the...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff Thursday morning (May 6) came as a shock to the system for teachers and students at Swain County East Elementary School. Minutes before school was set to begin, a student warned a teacher at Swain East that they thought...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff The EBCI Police Commission approved several updated policies for the Police Department and voted on their own by-laws in Thursday’s (April 21) monthly meeting. The by-law in question was regarding open session and the...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff Tribal Council has given EBCI Holdings, Inc. approval to go ahead with a bid process seeking to build two new casinos. Res. No. 245, submitted by Scott Barber, EBCI Holdings chief executive officer, was approved by...
by admin | Apr 1, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
A Tuckasegee man who twice used knives to slash the necks of two men on separate occasions is headed to prison, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said. David Ray “Q-Tip” Sims, 46, pleaded guilty this week in Jackson County Superior Court to two counts...
by admin | Apr 1, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
A Sylva man who arrived an hour late to court, appeared to nap through his trial, admitted to using methamphetamine and smoking marijuana during the three-days of proceedings, then attempted to bolt from the courtroom after jury members returned guilty...
