Visitation to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is up 8 percent through the first six months of 2015.

Note: This is a schedule for Tribal Court, and defendants are scheduled to appear on the dates listed. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Principal Chief Michell Hicks sustained injuries in a Friday, July 17 afternoon fall from a ladder at his home.

This is the Tribal Court Docket for July 23.

The EBCI Public Safety Communication Center received a report from a female that a male had been struck by a car on the evening of Wednesday, July 15.

Note: This is a schedule for Tribal Court, and defendants are scheduled to appear on the dates listed. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

A committee has been established to develop a Code of Ethics for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. A total of 11 people, with one seat currently vacant, were appointed and approved by Tribal Council on Thursday, July 9 to serve on the Committee.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) on Friday, July 10 dismissed the historical value of Native American artifacts as a basis for establishing national monuments, as first reported by Greenwire in a story about President Obama’s designation of three national monuments.