Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day welcomed thousands of visitors to the campus Saturday, Sept. 27, to honor achievements in historic preservation and to sample mountain music, arts, crafts, foods, traditions, games and activities.

Smoke testing of the Sanitary Sewer System in Cherokee will take place from Oct. 13-24 in the area from Tribal Bingo to Frontier Shopping Center only. This survey will assist inspection crews in locating breaks and defects in the sewer system.

Cherokee Central Schools hosted the North Carolina School Board Association (NCSBA) Region 8 District Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Kendall Toineeta, CHS senior, was named Homecoming Queen at Homecoming festivities at Ray Kinsland Stadium on Friday, Sept. 26.

Jamie Lossiah was named the CMS Homeocming Queen and Jade Ledford was named the Homecoming Princess at Cherokee Middle’s homecoming festivities on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Follow this link to view photos of the 2014 Little Miss, Junior Miss and Teen Miss Cherokee contestants.

Little Miss Cherokee Tah-Tah-Yeh Swimmer, Junior Miss Cherokee Raylen Bark and Teen Miss Cherokee Kaycee Lossiah give their greetings and welcome everyone to the 2014 Cherokee Indian Fair.

The Cherokee Indian Fair will take place Oct. 7-11 at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds. The Destination Marketing Department has prepared the lineup for this year’s event. The theme for this year’s Fair is Cherokee People: Our Legends and Tales.