Farewell to our warrior in pink

Betty Dupree, eighty-three-years-old went home to rest Oct. 18, 2012.  For weeks she’d say, “I’m getting tired now.”  At the eve of her passing she was actively involved with the Cherokee Cancer Support Group with she helped to start in July 1998.  She alone with four...

Thank you for making Trick-or-Treat Night a success

Healthy Cherokee staff would like to thank everyone who made the event a success; the programs, business owners, and the community!  There were a total of 2,136 trick-or-treaters! Programs/Businesses: Granny’s Kitchen, EBCI Information Technology, EBCI Transfer...

Thank you from the family of John Allen Smith

We, the family of John Allen Smith, would like to say thank you to the Swain County EMT’s, Swain County ER staff, VFW Post 8013, USMC Honor Guard, Wolfetown Free Labor, Wrights Creek Baptist Church, Brother Dan Lambert, Chaplain Lewis Hardin, Big Y Community, Pall...

Thank you from the family of Beth Owle

The family of Beth Owle would like to express our appreciation for the prayers, visits, phone calls and words of comfort given when she was sick.  To our families and friends, thank you for being there; your support meant so much.   A special thank you to Pastor Greg...

Thank you from the family of Charlie Smith

There are not enough words to express how thankful we are for all the love we have been shown during the illness and passing of our beloved husband, daddy, and Papaw Charlie.  There are some people we want to say a special thank you to.  The doctors and nurses at...

Separation of church and state

The issue of religious differences as the cause of the world’s troubles has plagued this country since our beginning. In 1792, U.S. President George Washington wrote the following: “Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind those which are caused by a...