by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff In their meeting Tuesday night (Sept. 7), members of the Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education made it clear that they would be doing everything possible to stay open amid raising numbers of COVID-19 on the...
by admin | Sep 6, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff After 27 years and a few too many cramped meetings, the Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department opened the doors to a new facility in Cherokee County over the weekend. Fire Chief Chad McNabb said that this move is a huge...
by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
A Franklin man will spend at least 118 months and up to 128 months in prison after admitting in court to helping rob and beat another man. Jonathan Wesley Simmons, 39, pleaded guilty last week to robbery with a dangerous weapon as a habitual felon and...
by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
A man who sped in a stolen vehicle through Franklin last year in a botched attempt to evade law enforcement will spend 51 to 74 months in the N.C. Division of Adult Correction, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said. Joshua Faulk, 35, of Lakeland, Fla.,...
by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) became 100 percent owners of Cherokee Cablevision last November. Now, stakeholders are gathering resources for a complete renovation of the business and its services. Bill...
by admin | Sep 2, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
CHARLOTTE – Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Lillian Elaine Brady, 53, Cherokee, to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release on Thursday, Sept. 2 for trafficking methamphetamine, fentanyl and other narcotics, announced William...