by Anthony Brown | May 25, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) congratulated EBCI tribal member Mary Thompson for being appointed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to the Council for Native American Farming and Ranching. Thompson, a farmer and rancher in Cherokee, will advise the Secretary on...
by Anthony Brown | May 24, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Six projects are currently ongoing that will help improve the look of Cherokee’s downtown and cultural district. The projects are mainly geared to make it easier for people to get around town safely. “Safe...
by Anthony Brown | May 23, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue and leaders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians signed an amended agreement on Wednesday, May 23 expected to create 400 new jobs in western North Carolina by expanding the Cherokee’s gaming enterprises. The 30-year compact will...
by Anthony Brown | May 23, 2012 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Friends of the Smokies has worked for the last four years to meet a challenge grant from the Aslan Foundation of Knoxville to establish the $4 million Trails Forever endowment. Today a small group of donors hiked the Forney Ridge Trail with the Trails Forever...
by Anthony Brown | May 22, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
NEWS BRIEF By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Live table games are one step closer to reality at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel. The North Carolina Senate approved a bill on Wednesday, May 16 that would approve the amended gaming compact between...
by Anthony Brown | May 22, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Resource discussed at State of Cane Symposium By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF River cane (Arundinaria gigantea) once covered around 10 million acres in the southern United States in the 1700s and 1800s. It now covers an area less than 1 percent of...
