by admin | Jan 29, 2018 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By RICHARD G. SNEED PRINCIPAL CHIEF Work on our legislative agenda continues. This month, I have submitted a resolution for approval and support from Tribal Council. Several issues are included on a single resolution concerning the upcoming legislative...
by admin | Jan 29, 2018 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Cherokee playwright receives Artist Award WASHINGTON – Mary Kathryn Nagle, a Cherokee Nation citizen, has received a $50,000 United States Artist Award. Nagle’s play “Sovereign” opened in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Jan. 24 and is inspired by her own...
by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Stephen Russell Dean McCoy, 27, an EBCI tribal member of Cherokee, on Thursday, Jan. 25 to 108 months in prison on federal charges stemming from a string of robberies of hotels and businesses...
by admin | Jan 25, 2018 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
For the second year in a row, Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed over 11 million visitors. In 2017, a record 11,338,894 people visited the national park, which is a slight increase, 0.2 percent, over 2016. The park continued to see the highest...
by admin | Jan 23, 2018 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Mitchum Scott Turpin, Tilmon Gene Fortner, and Kasey Lynn Keffer, all of Sylva, have pleaded guilty in federal court in Asheville to one count each of Robbery before the Honorable Dennis J. Howell. The maximum punishment faced by each defendant is 15 years’...
by admin | Jan 22, 2018 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
California tribe to open $35 million casino YREKA, Calif. – The Karuk Tribe of California is set to open a $35 million casino facility in Yreka, Calif. in late February. Mike Rose, casino general manager, told the Medford Mail Tribune, “They (Karuk tribal...
