Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort has officially wrapped up its August World Series of Poker Circuit event. Billy Cashwell, from Stedman, won the Main Event at Harrah’s Cherokee earning $271,234 and a circuit ring. 

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Chrissy Arch, chief operating officer (COO) at Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, to the Board of Examiners for the 2019 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Two Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) 4-H members placed at the State 4-H Presentation Competition recently at N.C. State University in Raleigh.

“We’re Still Here: The Trail of Tears and the Strength of the Cherokee People” was the title of a workshop created and presented by Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) 4-H youth and adult volunteers in Raleigh during North Carolina 4-H Congress last month. 

For the second time, Ryan Eriquezzo has found himself at the top of the Global Casino Championship, taking home $279,431 at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.

Over the last two years, EBCI Animal Control has been trying to change its public image.

The first World Champion Hoop Dancer lives in the Big Cove Community and is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.  Now, the thousands of people who come onto the Qualla Boundary each year will know that fact as well.