These are the honor roll lists for Cherokee Elementary School 4th and 5th grade students for the first nine weeks grading period.

Staff Sergeant Joshua Rory Welch, an EBCI tribal member, enlisted in the United States Army in June 2003 and completed Basic Training at Fort Sill, Okla.

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. 21.

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 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.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are offering a reward for information regarding the recent theft of artifacts from the Palmer House in Cataloochee.

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.

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 Foundation.