The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has been granted the authority by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer the Water Quality Standards program under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

History department faculty Sue Abram and Andrew Denson from Western Carolina University are overseeing a public history project that recently received a development grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership.

Record-setting visitation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues in 2015, with 351,670 visitors enjoying the park in January.

Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort has announced the airing of two television commercials produced by local production company, Raven’s Eye, Inc.

The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership has announced an award of $13,050 to the Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team (GREAT) to build a Cherokee-themed outdoor classroom with interpretive signage next door to Robbinsville High School.

The White House joined with 250 American Indian and Alaska Native youth attending the UNITY Midyear Conference on Thursday, Feb. 12 to launch the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Native youth Challenge.

The United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) strongly endorsed a bill on Monday, Feb. 9 that would remove all trademark protections of the Washington NFL team as long as the franchise retains the R-word racial slur as its team name.

These are the Budget Council Results from Tuesday, Feb. 3.