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Steel going up at Hospital Construction site
Robins & Morton, a construction and engineering company based out of Birmingham, Ala., is literally moving mountains to complete the new Cherokee Indian Hospital construction project. To date, the project has moved 547,573 total cubic yards of dirt, which would fill one football field 309 feet high and take an F-250 pickup truck 238,075 trips to move.
Cherokee Boys Club Report – week of Sept. 18
Cherokee Boys Club Report – week of Sept. 18
Ribbon cutting held for new Birdtown Playground
The Cherokee Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Cherokee Preservation Foundation and the Cherokee DARE Program, held a special ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 10 to officially open the new Birdtown Playground.
Tribal Court Judgment Summary for Sept. 10
Tribal Court Judgment Summary for Sept. 10
White House Committee Representative visits Cherokee Education Facilities
Sedelta Oosahwee, associate director of The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHI-AIANE), arrived in Cherokee on Tuesday, Sept. 9 to visit the EBCI Tribal education facilities. This would mark the first visit from the WHI-AIANE to any tribal land in the southeast region of the United States.
Poachers convicted by federal jury
A federal jury sitting in Asheville convicted on Monday, Sept. 8, Jerry Francis Parker, 63 and Walter Henry Stancil, 66, both of Rabun County, Ga., for their involvement in illegal bear hunting activities and related offenses, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Mars Hill University renews agreement with Tribe
Representatives from Mars Hill University and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians signed a renewal agreement on Tuesday, Sept. 9 solidifying and renewing the cooperative relationship between the two organizations.
Sen. Hagan introduces Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act
U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9 that she has introduced The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act (S.2744), which authorizes the National Park Service to release the $4 million Congress approved for Swain County in fiscal year 2012.
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