CHS to hold Graduation

  Cherokee High School’s Class of 2010 will graduate on Friday, May 28 at 7pm at the new Cherokee Central Schools Cultural Center.      The following students are graduating as National Beta Club members: Katherine Allison, Nicolette Crowe, Regina Crowe, Nicolas...

Lespier charged in Rough Branch Murder

ONE FEATHER STAFF REPORT James Ernest Lespier, 31, of Cherokee, has been arrested and charged with murder in the May 18 shooting death of 22-year-old Erien Amanda Smith according to a Criminal Complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday, May 20.  According to...

Cherokee named first Native CEC Community

SUBMITTED By LYNNE HARLAN EBCI PUBLIC RELATIONS Cherokee was awarded  Certified Entrepreneurial Community (CEC) status by AdvantageWest on Tuesday, May 11. The certification was presented by Scott Hamilton, AdvantageWest Executive Director, and Pam Lewis, Senior Vice...

Shooting at Rough Branch

ONE FEATHER STAFF REPORT  Erien Amanda Smith, 22, of J. Crowe Road in the Rough Branch Housing area of the Wolfetown Community, was shot and killed early in the morning of Tuesday, May 18.  According to Ray Stamper, EBCI Public Safety, a call came into EBCI Dispatch...

Tribal Council Results – May 6

PROVIDED By TOP OFFICE Tabled Ord. No. 160 – Business Background Checks – Withdrawn Tabled Ord. No. 215 – Hunting & Fishing Ord. amendments – submitted by Teresa McCoy – Killed Tabled Ord. No. 216 – Election Ord. amendments – Remains tabled for work session Tabled...