The Arena Group, operator and publisher of Sports Illustrated magazine, announced layoffs of over 100 employees on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.  Officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) assure that this news will not negatively affect the Tribe as Kituwah, LLC, a tribal entity, is a lead investor in the Sports Illustrated Resorts. 

The Cherokee Police Commission of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) met on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in the Ginger Lynn Welch Large Conference Room for their monthly meeting.

On Jan. 4, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Tribal Council approved an ordinance submitted by the Cherokee Police Commission on Nov. 27, 2023, amending the Elder and Vulnerable Adult Protection Criminal Code to create a rebuttable presumption that a defendant charged with certain violent criminal offenses will serve 72 hours in detention prior to release conditions.

In March 2022, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) received the first electric school bus in the State of North Carolina.  Now the Cherokee Boys Club (CBC), the EBCI tribal entity that operates the school buses for the Cherokee Central Schools system (CCS), will receive 15 more thanks to federal funding that has been announced. 

The Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority has announced that Marcheta Campbell has joined Tsali Care Center as the new facility administrator.

On Jan. 4, 2024, the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) approved Resolution 4386 to adopt the Ethics Investigation Report dated Aug. 3, 2023, issued by the Office of Internal Audit and Ethics in Case No. 2023-1-63, regarding Jeremy Wilson, and imposing sanctions.

The effort by two Cherokee women to restore the name of Kuwohi to an area in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now one step closer to coming to fruition.