Third grade students at New Kituwah Academy shared their “campaign speeches” to their fellow classmates in grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade on Tuesday, Nov. 6.  The speech presentation started out as a writing assignment about what their campaign would consist of...

The Oconaluftee Institute of Cultural Arts (OICA) is no longer. But, its staff and students are not out in the cold.

CULLOWHEE –Pi Gamma Mu, an international honor society in social sciences, recently named one of 10 scholarships awarded annually to graduate students in honor of Gordon E. Mercer, professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. Mercer, a retired professor of...

Cherokee High School had some very special guests on Friday, Oct. 19.  Alisha Long, Meshay Long, and Kayla Smith, CHS graduates and EBCI tribal members, are all students currently attending the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  As part of the high school’s...

PRINCIPAL HONOR ROLL 6th grade: Juanita Paz Palacha, Blake L. Smith, Jacob C. Sneed 7th grade: Nolan B. Arkansas, Macie J. Welch 8th grade: Autumn C. Endros   ALPHA HONOR ROLL 6th grade: Rachel M. Blythe, Josiah N. Lossiah, Hunter L. Robbins, Emma N. Stamper,...