by Anthony Brown | Aug 18, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – Forrest Dakota Hill, 23, of Easley, SC, was sentenced to federal prison on Tuesday, Aug. 16 for 200 months for the 2015 murder of a male victim on federal land, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...
by Anthony Brown | Aug 18, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Lowney Yohnagalegi Crow, 33, an EBCI tribal member of Cherokee, on Tuesday, Aug. 16 to 87 months in prison on charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, announced Jill Westmoreland...
by Anthony Brown | Aug 16, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal Council approved a measure earlier this month to wage an investigation into various personnel issues regarding tribal employees of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The investigation, approved during the...
by Anthony Brown | Aug 16, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Note: This is a schedule for Tribal Court, and defendants are scheduled to appear on the dates listed. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of...
by Anthony Brown | Aug 13, 2016 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR The Tribal Realty office has been closed and employees have been placed on administrative leave. According to David Wyatt in Tribal GIS, it all began several years ago. In 2008, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)...
by Anthony Brown | Aug 12, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER STAFF Kim F. Deas, Planning Coordinator for the Commerce Division of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), is the person responsible for compliance and enforcement of both the sign and “chiefing” ordinances currently...