by admin | Apr 21, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
The following people were arrested by the Cherokee Indian Police Department and booked into the Anthony Edward Lossiah Justice Center. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Testing is an important part of the puzzle for the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority’s (CIHA) fight against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) within the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), but...
by admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is one of a handful of federally recognized tribes to receive a USDA Disaster Household Distribution (DHD) authorization for its Tribal Food Distribution program. The...
by admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF With many tribal programs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) closed due to quarantine orders relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the EBCI Syringe Services Program is opening twice a week to...
by admin | Apr 14, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch’s office secured the conviction on Monday, April 13 of an Otto man who played a key role in a large-scale methamphetamine operation to ferry drugs from Atlanta, Ga. into Macon County. Kenneth Wayne Underwood, 51, pleaded...
by admin | Apr 13, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Five people have tested positive in the past two days for COVID-19 at Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) facilities operated by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). Three of those are residents of...
