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Council agrees to delay FY21 Budget Hearings
The shutdown of Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos in the spring due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has put the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in a budgetary strain.
Redskins organization facing pressure again to change name
A notice in the Daily Republican newspaper, in Winona, Minn., on Sept. 24, 1863 reads, “The state reward for dead Indians has been increased to $200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory.
Remote learning still a question mark for NC schools
The countdown to the fall semester is getting unnervingly close for many in the North Carolina education system.
Tribal Council Agendas for July 7, 9
Tribal Council Agendas for July 7, 9
WCU board removes name ‘Hoey’ from campus auditorium
The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution removing the name “Hoey” from a campus performance facility.
‘A little sense of normalcy’: Fireworks will fly on July 4th
Despite almost every event in Cherokee being cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic, the July 4 fireworks aren’t going anywhere.
Tragic drowning occurs near Oconaluftee Visitor Center
At approximately 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers responded to a drowning in progress on the Oconaluftee River behind the Mountain Farm Museum in Cherokee.
Larch sentenced to 92 months on firearms charge
ASHEVILLE - Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Tanner Moren Eagle Larch, 30, of Cherokee, on Thursday, June 25 to 92 months in prison and three years of supervised release for a firearms offense, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the...
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