by admin | Aug 15, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By BRITTYNEY LOFTHOUSE Macon County News contributing writer Editor’s Note: This article is being republished here with permission from the Macon County News. FRANKLIN – After a forensic investigation of the bone fragments recovered in May from a...
by admin | Aug 13, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The Cherokee Police Commission discussed several issues during their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 11 including drug activity on the Qualla Boundary as well as self-governance for law enforcement of the Eastern...
by admin | Aug 13, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The planning of this year’s Cherokee Indian Fair, the largest annual event for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), scheduled for Oct. 4-8, was delayed at first but is now moving forward. With the Cherokee Indian...
by admin | Aug 11, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff DANVILLE, Va. – The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has partnered with Caesar’s Entertainment on a new $650 million casino that is being called Caesar’s Virginia. Thursday, Aug. 11 marked the groundbreaking event for...
by admin | Aug 10, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said a Franklin man will serve life in prison after admitting on Wednesday, Aug. 10 in Macon County Superior Court to killing his infant son. Jesse Wilson, 26, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the May 11, 2017, death of...
by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON — On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (Aug. 9), Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the members of the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names, a federal advisory group to help identify and recommend...