This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court.  All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

A new North Carolina state law increases the penalty for those who have been banished from tribal lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians who decide to try to return illegally.  House Bill 744 was passed 109-0 on Wednesday, June 15 and was ratified by Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday, June 15. 

The Western Carolina University community is mourning the loss of Chancellor David O. Belcher, who died Sunday, June 17, at the age of 60 after a more than two-year battle with brain cancer.

Johnathan Hill, 25, of Cherokee, was sentenced on Thursday, June 14 to 48 months in prison for his role in the 2015 murder of a male victim at Smokemont Baptist Church.

Tribal Court Judgment Summaries for May 2, 9, 10, 16, and 23

The printing service of the Cherokee Boys Club, open since the early 1980s, has been hit by the global downturn of the print industry.  It will close operations on Friday, June 29.