JLC Meet the Candidates: Painttown

  By AMBLE SMOKER ONE FEATHER STAFF     The Junaluska Leadership Council (JLC) held the candidate forum for the Painttown Tribal Council candidates on Tuesday, May 26.  Each candidate was given an opportunity to present their platform, two standard...

Body found in Oconaluftee River

  The EBCI Public Safety Communications Center received a report of a body floating in the Oconaluftee River on Saturday, May 23 at 11:07am.  The body was reportedly in the water near the curve across from Cherokee Tire. A fisherman spotted the body of a male and...

Birdtown man shot in head, four arrested

  The EBCI Public Safety Communication Center received a report at 10:05pm on Thursday, May 21 of a male subject having been shot in the head. The shooting was alleged to have taken place at a residence in the Birdtown Community.  Four people have been arrested...

What is Section 17? 

    By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   It’s been over a year since Tribal Council passed a resolution (No. 182 – 2014) authorizing a draft to be crafted for a Section 17 corporate charter for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.  The main goal,...

Tribal Court Judgment Summary for May 13

    BRADY, Corie 14-40.64 Reckless Endangerment – Guilty Plea, Prayer for Judgment Continued, PJC one year, $190 court costs   CROWE, Nikki Nichole 14-40.62(a)(1) Simple Assault – Dismissed on Plea 14-95.11(c) Drugs:  Possession of Drug Paraphernalia –...