Cherokee Elementary honors grandparents

  The 2017 “Honoring Our Grandparents” event was held at the Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center (CAC) on Tuesday, April 18 and presented by the CCS Cultural Department.  Grandchildren wrote commentaries which were shared by Emcee...

Miss Cherokee report for April 2017

  By AMORIE GUNTER MISS CHEROKEE 2016-17   Siyo! It brings me so much joy and sadness to be writing this month’s report. I now have six months left in my reign. It seems like just yesterday I was getting crowned as the 2016-17 Miss Cherokee. At the beginning...

Park recruiting volunteers for Cataloochee Valley

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking volunteers to assist rangers with managing traffic and establishing safe wildlife viewing areas within the Cataloochee Valley area. Volunteers will receive information and training in wildlife behavior, safe...

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation honors locals

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Two locals have been honored by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF), an elk and wildlife conservation group that is based in Missoula, Mont. and has over 500 chapters nationwide. Connor McCoy, an EBCI tribal...