Forty Southwestern Community College students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society on Monday, April 6, on SCC’s Jackson Campus including EBCI tribal Gwynneth Bird of Cherokee.

Cherokee Elementary School recently celebrated Cultural Heritage Week.

Although Devyn Smith grew up less than an hour from UNC Asheville, he didn’t know a single person on campus when he arrived as a freshman.

The first meeting of the Cherokee Indian Fair Committee was held Monday, April 13 at 5:30 pm.

A new scholarship fund at Western Carolina University being established by the dean of the Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology and his wife is designed to provide financial support to students majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

Cherokee Indian Hospital is seeking entries for an amateur photography competition highlighting “family”.

Two meetings are set for Thursday, April 16 at the Yellowhill Community Club building for a concluding comment and discussion session on the draft action steps coming out of the EBCI Land Needs Assessment.

Michael Lavoie, EBCI Fisheries and Wildlife Management director, will be the featured speaker at WATR’s (Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River) on Monday, April 13.