by admin | Feb 18, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced on Thursday, Feb. 18 that Fredrick Thomas Gettins Strohm, 41, of Jackson County, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling more than $95,000 from an Indian tribal...
by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal prosecutors of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) have dismissed both felony charges against Benjamin Cody Long. Long was arraigned and detained in December 2019 following a cyberattack on the tribal...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) were both unanimously elected on Thursday, Feb. 11 as Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for the 117th Congress....
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) ramped up COVID-19 vaccine distribution with the first fully public event on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Hosted at Tribal Bingo by the Cherokee Indian Hospital and EBCI Public...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Last month, the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) awarded accreditation to the Cherokee Indian Hospital Laboratory, based on results of a recent on-site inspection as part of the CAP’s Accreditation Programs. “The laboratory...
by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
CULLOWHEE – Amid the pandemic and a recession, total enrollment at Western Carolina University has dipped only slightly for the 2021 spring semester, while the number of graduate students enrolled moderately increased over previous years. There are 11,284...
