by admin | Apr 22, 2025 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
The Ray Kinsland Leadership Institute (RKLI), a department of the Cherokee Boys Club, has been awarded a $336,872 grant from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation to further its mission of creating a community of selfless leaders deeply rooted in Cherokee culture for...
by admin | Apr 16, 2025 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced that two men in two separate cases in Macon County pleaded guilty recently to trafficking illegal drugs. In the first case, Franklin resident Joshua Charles Schooler, 36, was sentenced in Macon County Superior Court for...
by admin | Apr 14, 2025 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced Brandon Tyler Buchanan on Monday, April 14 to 30 years in prison for second degree murder, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Buchanan, 33, a member of...
by admin | Apr 12, 2025 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – A Cherokee basketball legend with a gigantic smile and an amazing heart passed away recently. Mianna “Peaches” Squirrell passed away on Monday, April 7 at the age of 44. Squirrell’s obit sums...
by admin | Apr 11, 2025 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By BROOKLYN BROWN One Feather Reporter FRANKLIN, N.C. – On the morning of Wednesday, April 9, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Natural Resources team gathered with members of the Nature Conservancy, Mainspring Conservation Trust, the...
by admin | Apr 10, 2025 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By BROOKLYN BROWN One Feather Reporter CHEROKEE, N.C. – The Cherokee Police Commission met in the Ginger Lynn Welch Poke Salad Room on the afternoon of Thursday, April 10. Commissioners in attendance were Joseph Buddy Johnson (Kolanvyi, Big Cove), Rick...