by Anthony Brown | Oct 24, 2014 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By EUGENIA L. JOHNSON Swain County Schools celebrated Native American heritage and culture by having school assemblies at Swain County Center for the Arts for the high school and middle school last month and for the elementary schools on Tuesday, Oct....
by Anthony Brown | Oct 22, 2014 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
BRYSON CITY – Duke Energy completed construction on the new Bryson Tailrace Access Area and Canoe Portage site located at the Bryson Hydroelectric Project on the Oconaluftee River in Swain County recently. The access area is free for public use and will...
by Anthony Brown | Oct 22, 2014 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has received a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council for $56,905 for the year beginning July 1, 2014 through June 2015. The Arts Council has designated the Museum a “State Arts Resource” organization because of its role...
by Anthony Brown | Oct 21, 2014 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are offering a reward for information regarding the recent theft of artifacts from the Palmer House in Cataloochee. The missing artifacts, including a trowel, mill pick, and a coffee mill, were taken from...
by Anthony Brown | Oct 21, 2014 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
CULLOWHEE – Members of Western Carolina University Staff Senate are selling collectible purple ornaments imprinted with the university’s 125th anniversary logo to raise money for the Staff Senate scholarship fund. The ornaments, which cost $10, are available at the...
by Anthony Brown | Oct 17, 2014 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
CULLOWHEE – Nine Western North Carolinians will form the 2014-15 cohort of the Coulter Regional Leadership Academy, a regional leadership development initiative facilitated by Western Carolina University in partnership with the Cherokee Preservation...
