The Cherokee One Feather met with Denise Ballard, EBCI Election Board chairperson, and Shirley Reagan, Election Board member, on Thursday, April 4 to discuss the vetting process for candidates filing for election for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. 

Tribal Council has reversed a decision from last month to purchase Cherokee Cablevision.

Efforts to create affordable, mixed-use housing for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) continued with a preliminary visioning meeting on Tuesday, April 2 with the company that won the request for qualifications for architectural and engineering services for the Camp Creek Housing Development Master Plan and Design, Shook Kelley based in Charlotte.

Macon County residents packed the Franklin Town Hall on the evening of Monday, April 1 to voice their opinions on the proposed transfer of the deed of the Nikwasi Mound to the non-profit organization Nikwasi Initiative.

On a sunny morning perfect for the event, leaders and officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) cut the ribbon opening a new solar power array.  The 2,016 solar module photovoltaic (PV) array opened on the morning of Wednesday, March 27 at Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel and is expected to cut energy demands and costs at the facility.