The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will premiere its first multi-week Christmas event on Friday, Nov. 28.

These are the honor roll lists for Cherokee Middle School for the first quarter.

When the 505 members of the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band pound the pavement of New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, they won’t be just taking part in the beloved holiday tradition.

The Truman D. Picard Scholarship Program, sponsored by the Intertribal Timber Council, is dedicated to American Indian/Alaskan Native students pursuing a higher education in natural resources.

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.