by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Public Health and Human Services Division (PHHS) and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) confirmed on the afternoon of Monday, June 22 the first COVID-19 associated death of an EBCI tribal member. The death...
by admin | Jun 20, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
SYLVA – Southwestern Community College officials confirmed on June 20 that a student has reported testing positive for COVID-19. It’s the first case involving a student or employee at the college. The student was last at the Jackson Campus on Monday, June 15....
by admin | Jun 18, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – Joseph Dwayne Jumper, 39, of Robbinsville, was sentenced on Thursday, June 18 to 144 months in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition...
by admin | Jun 16, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a report of a woman in cardiac distress along the Abrams Falls Trail on Monday, June 15 at 1:09 p.m. Diana Graves, 67, of Chesterfield, Va., was hiking with her family when she experienced a cardiac...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
SYLVA – A man faces a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty Wednesday, June 10 in Jackson County to a string of break-ins and thefts in Sylva, as well as to assaulting and injuring an officer with the Cherokee Indian Police Department. Sylva...
by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF With the Black Lives Matter movement reaching global support, many organizers in small towns have begun to demonstrate their support on a local level. There have been several demonstrations around the region over the...
