Drug arrests made following traffic stop

  Two people were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 1 after a traffic stop near the intersection of HWY 441 South and Tee Pee Drive in Cherokee. Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) Narcotics Detectives, CIPD Patrol Officers, and Tribal ALE Agents seized 251 grams...

Low wages fuel child care labor crisis

  By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff   Many of North Carolina’s childcare centers were struggling for labor before the pandemic – now those facilities are barely holding on. According to a survey gathered by the North Carolina Child Care Resource and...

Welch arrested on drug, firearms charges

  On Monday, Nov. 22, officers from the Cherokee Indian Police Department served a search warrant at 71 Flora Mae Smith Lane in Cherokee. During the execution of the search warrant, Anthony Dirk Welch, a 51-year-old male of Cherokee, was arrested and charged with...