After deciding several weeks ago that the 2022 Cherokee Indian Fair would be held on the grounds of the old Cherokee Elementary School due to safety issues at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds, tribal officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) have had to switch venues again. 

The second defendant involved in the Oct. 6, 2017, shooting death of a Western Carolina University student pleaded guilty Friday, May 27.

The sun shone brightly on the marble stones, bronze plaques, and flags at the Cherokee Veterans Park on the morning of Monday, May 30 as the Steve Youngdeer American Legion Post 143 hosted its annual Memorial Day observance ceremony. 

With a slight breeze going through the valley at Kituwah, the thoughts of 12 Cherokee men and women turned to a journey ahead and their ancestors before.  The 2022 Remember the Removal (RTR) riders received a send-off from Kituwah, the Mother Town of the Cherokee, on the evening of Friday, May 27. 

The EBCI Family Safety Program and the Public Health and Human Services Division of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians announced on Wednesday, May 25 the procurement of the Improving Child Welfare through Investing in Family Grant, a five-year, $2.2 million grant to support the needs of vulnerable families in the Cherokee Community. 

Snowbird community services will no longer be operating out of a refurbished drug store.

A Jackson County man who skipped court in February prior to a jury returning a verdict of guilty for drug trafficking and possession has been sentenced to prison, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch and Sheriff Chip Hall said in a joint announcement.

Two ambitious and studious young women have been named the top students in the Cherokee High School Class of 2022.  Abigail Taylor and Aria Foerst have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian respectively. 

Two ambitious and studious young women have been named the top students in the Cherokee High School Class of 2022.  Abigail Taylor and Aria Foerst have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian respectively.