Hospital to move to Old High School?

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The old Cherokee High School has sat vacant since last summer, but a proposal could see the new Cherokee Indian Hospital located there.   Casey Cooper, Cherokee Indian Hospital CEO, related that the hospital needs to expand by...

Class II Gaming eyed in Cherokee County

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is one step closer to establishing a Class II gaming facility in Cherokee County.  Tribal Council passed Res. 190 during Budget Council on Tuesday, Mar. 2 which authorizes the TBE/TCGE Joint...

Swain passes Moratorium on Duke Construction

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Construction will halt on a Duke Energy substation near the Kituwah Mound in Swain County thanks to a 90-moratorium passed by the Swain County Commissioners on Tuesday, Mar. 9.  “I’m very proud that Swain County Commissioners are...

Four charged in Jackson County Burglaries

NOTE:  This story was updated at 10am on Tuesday with the arrest of the fourth suspect in the case, Samantha Lynn Gunter.  SYLVA – Four persons have been arrested in Jackson County for a series of burglaries that had occurred in the Whittier and Dillsboro area...