Task Force seizes 36 Pounds of Pot

Drug Task Force Investigators arrested Christopher M. Gallegos, of Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, June 3 and seized over 36 pounds of marijuana.   The arrest was made on McCoy Branch in Cherokee and was the result of a large scale, Interstate Drug Trafficking...

Lespier pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge

ONE FEATHER STAFF REPORT ASHEVILLE – James Ernest Lespier, 31, from Cherokee, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Asheville on one count of murder in connection with a fatal shooting which allegedly took place on May 18 in which 22-year-old Erien Amanda Smith...

Huskey indicted on Drug Charge

The Western District U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, June 4 that a federal indictment has been filed against Richard Delano Huskey for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. On May 6, Tribal, Federal, State, and Local Drug Agents served...

Day of Caring held

260 Volunteers Participate in 2010 Cherokee Day of Caring   SUBMITTED By NANCY FOLTZ CHEROKEE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION Cherokee Preservation Foundation, the Office of the Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), and Harrah’s Cherokee Casino &...

Tabled Ordinances

Ordinance 274 Ordinance 356 Ordinance 357 Tabled Ord. No. 358 (2010) SUBMITTED By RAY and DARLENE BRADLEY WHEREAS, the Tribe does not have an established law governing the creation, alteration, termination and management of condominiums on Tribal property; and...