Community News
Cherokee Tribal Child Care Services’ Thanksgiving Schedule
The Cherokee Tribal Child Care Services will dismiss early on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Children should be picked up by 11:45am. There will be no bus runs on that day. They will also be closed on Thursday, Nov. 23, Friday, Nov. 24 and Monday, Nov. 28 (In-Service...
Flash Workout ‘Move Your Body’ keeps students moving at Job Corps
Pop music star Beyonce recently partnered with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to create the Let’s Move! Flash Workout. The Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Cherokee has embraced the Let’s Move! concept, and launched a...
Birdtown Youth Pizza Party
New Kituwah working on developing Charlotte’s Web into Cherokee language book
The New Kituwah Academy is currently working on a project to translate the classic children’s book Charlotte’s Web into the Cherokee language.
Mars Hill College celebrates Cherokee Day
A demonstration and pickup game of traditional Cherokee stickball on the college quad was just one of the events hosted by Mars Hill College as part of its Cherokee Day on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Seven Clans Grant Council to give youth-based grants
The Cherokee Youth Council (CYC) recently established the Seven Clans Grant Council (SCGC) that will give small grants that will benefit the youth of the Qualla Boundary.
CHS’s Allied Health Science classes attend 12th Annual Health Careers Fair
Cherokee High School’s Allied Health Science Classes attended the 12th Annual Health Careers Education Awareness Conference on Oct. 11.
New WCU chancellor to meet with communities
Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher will meet members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Swain County community in November as part of a “get acquainted tour” that will take WCU’s new chief executive officer to 15 stops during a four-month span.
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